Ponta, F.L.; Seminara, J.J.; Otero, A.D. - In: Renewable Energy 32 (2007) 1, pp. 35-56
A new computational model for the aerodynamics of vertical-axis wind turbines is introduced. It is based on the double-multiple streamtube concept and it incorporates the capacity of dealing with rotors whose blades follow oval-trajectories at variable setting-angles. We applied this model to...