Based on flow field measurements, we uncover how blade pitching manipulates the flow structures to enhance performance. Our results can aid vertical-axis wind turbines increase their much-needed ...

This vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) uses five 3” PVC pipes cut in half for blades rotating on three kids bicycle wheels to spin an Ametek 38 volt motor or a wind blue alternator.The whole ...

More information: Sébastien Le Fouest et al, Optimal blade pitch control for enhanced vertical-axis wind turbine performance, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46988-0 ...

The development of the vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) solves several of ... which increases as the plates spin faster. The blades of the generator are made from blue foam with a metal bar ...

and one of the most popular solutions is a VAWT (vertical axis wind turbine). The main difference between these units and the horizontal-axis versions that we’ve become accustomed to is that the ...