Performance Evaluation of the Next Generation of Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (original) (raw)

The use of renewable energies has been raised, over all with the big machines used in the wind farms. However, the small wind turbine market still has a big gap. The Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) study aims at fill this gap, developing turbines with ranges between 200W and 500W. These characteristics permit to take advantage of the wind in regions were it has low speed, high turbulence and to be used in autonomous systems. This project will focus the prototype blades fabrication, methodology to analyze the power performance of the VAWT in lab and bench tests with generators.