A Comprehensive Review and the Efficiency Analysis of Horizontal and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

Saad Bin Abul Kashem; Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury; Molla Ehsanul Majid; Azad Ashraf; Mazhar Hasan-Zia; Mohammad Nashbat; Aliyaru Kunju; Amin Esmaeili

doi:10.21601/ejosdr/11001

Saad Bin Abul Kashem ¹ ^* , Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury ², Molla Ehsanul Majid ³, Azad Ashraf ⁴, Mazhar Hasan-Zia ⁴, Mohammad Nashbat ⁴, Aliyaru Kunju ⁴, Amin Esmaeili ⁴

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¹ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, QATAR² Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, QATAR³ Computing faculty, Academic Bridge Program, Qatar Foundation, Doha, QATAR⁴ Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Technology, College of North Atlantic, QATAR^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The Wind has the potential as an alternative source of renewable energy. Natural wind from the earth’s atmosphere is captured before converted into mechanical energy and then electrical energy. This paper presents a comparison of the efficiency of the horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) and vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT). The efficiency is determined using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation considering the wind scenario, a constant wind speed of 5 km/h with constant wind direction. It has been found that the drag coeffiecient of HAWT, VAWT–Savonius and VAWT– Darrieus are 0.5175, 0.2605 and 13.5622 respectively. This paper also proposes building a wind farm in Seamatan where the average wind speed is highest in Sarawak, Malaysia ranging from 4 km/h to 9 km/h.

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horizontal axis wind turbine
vertical axis wind turbine
efficiency comparison
renewable energy
green energy

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EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2021, Article No: em0163

https://doi.org/10.21601/ejosdr/11001

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Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M. E. H., Majid, M. E., Ashraf, A., Hasan-Zia, M., Nashbat, M., Kunju, A., & Esmaeili, A. (2021). A Comprehensive Review and the Efficiency Analysis of Horizontal and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, 5(3), em0163. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejosdr/11001

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Kashem SBA, Chowdhury MEH, Majid ME, Ashraf A, Hasan-Zia M, Nashbat M, et al. A Comprehensive Review and the Efficiency Analysis of Horizontal and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES. 2021;5(3):em0163. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejosdr/11001

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Kashem SBA, Chowdhury MEH, Majid ME, et al. A Comprehensive Review and the Efficiency Analysis of Horizontal and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES. 2021;5(3), em0163. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejosdr/11001

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Kashem, Saad Bin Abul, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury, Molla Ehsanul Majid, Azad Ashraf, Mazhar Hasan-Zia, Mohammad Nashbat, Aliyaru Kunju, and Amin Esmaeili. "A Comprehensive Review and the Efficiency Analysis of Horizontal and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines". European Journal of Sustainable Development Research 2021 5 no. 3 (2021): em0163. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejosdr/11001

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Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M. E. H., Majid, M. E., Ashraf, A., Hasan-Zia, M., Nashbat, M., . . . Esmaeili, A. (2021). A Comprehensive Review and the Efficiency Analysis of Horizontal and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, 5(3), em0163. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejosdr/11001

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Kashem, Saad Bin Abul et al. "A Comprehensive Review and the Efficiency Analysis of Horizontal and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines". European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, vol. 5, no. 3, 2021, em0163. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejosdr/11001