Introduction

Fossil fuel, wind energy and the adaptability of Darrieus turbine to urban environment . Need to start
in low wind speed.
Flow field of a blade in straight bladed VAWT

Airfoil details
Self-starting behaviors of VAWT, Technology available so far

Selection of Airfoil
Details of Conventional NACA 0021 and its performance in low Reynolds
number
Modification of NACA 0021
Flow over an airfoil and the wake flow and the vortex development
Reynolds number effect
Wind tunnel test of the airfoils
Wind tunnel facility
Errors in measurement and the effect of end plates.




CFD analysis on the airfoils
Theoretical background and the governing equations
Computational domain the grid details


CFD on notched airfoil rotor.

Turbine details
Effects of a blade profile, the Reynolds number, and the solidity on the
performance
of a straight bladed vertical axis wind turbine
Numerical model of the rotor


Flow simulation results.

Flow field around blade in one revolution


Conclusion