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jBAY Modeling of Vane-Type Vortex Generators and Study on Airfoil Aerodynamic Performance
(MDPI, 2020-05-12)
The increased demand for wind power is related to changes in the sizes of wind turbines and the development of flow control devices, such as vortex generators (VGs). In the present study, an analysis of the vortices generated ...
Flow control based 5 MW wind turbine enhanced energy production for hydrogen generation cost reduction
(2022-02-05)
Improving the performance and the production of renewable energy sources, especially the wind energy, is considered an attractive approach to reduce the Cost of Energy (COE) associated to the hydrogen generation process. ...
Computational Modeling of a 2D Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Cell
(Springer Nature, 2024-01)
These days, the implementation of sustainable power generation has led to a
difference in propensity in the energy creation and capacity frameworks,
compelling them to conquer the hardships that it addresses. Considering ...
Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: A Review Oriented to Fluid-Dynamic Optimization
(MDPI, 2020-12-31)
Large-scale energy storage systems (ESS) are nowadays growing in popularity due to the increase in the energy production by renewable energy sources, which in general have a random intermittent nature. Currently, several ...
Computational Methods for Modelling and Optimization of Flow Control Devices
(MDPI, 2020-07-19)
Over the last few years, the advances in size and weight for wind turbines have led to the development of flow control devices. The current work presents an innovative method to model flow control devices based on a cell-set ...
Numerical Modeling of Face Shield Protection against a Sneeze
(MDPI, 2021-07-05)
The protection provided by wearing masks has been a guideline worldwide to prevent the risk of COVID-19 infection. The current work presents an investigation that analyzes the effectiveness of face shields as personal ...
Power Control Optimization of an Underwater Piezoelectric Energy Harvester
(MDPI, 2018-03)
Over the past few years, it has been established that vibration energy harvesters with intentionally designed components can be used for frequency bandwidth enhancement under excitation for sufficiently high vibration ...
5 MW Wind Turbine Annual Energy Production Improvement by Flow Control Devices
(MDPI, 2018-11-06)
Several flow control devices have been studied in recent years. Majority of them were designed firstly for aeronautical purposes. At present many research is aimed to introduce these devices in wind turbines (WTs) in order ...
Gurney Flap Implementation on a DU91W250 Airfoil
(MDPI, 2018-11-06)
Abstract
The increasing capability of Wind Turbine (WT) based power generation systems has derived in an increment of the WT rotor diameter, i.e., longer rotor blades. This results in an increase of the electrical power ...