PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A 1kW VARIABLE PITCH-STRAIGHT BLADE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE | Journal of Energy Resources Technology | ASME Digital Collection
This research work represents a study of the design, analysis and experimental study of a 1kW Variable Pitch-Straight Blade Vertical Axis Wind Turbine using Natural Fiber Reinforced Composite. Wind turbine which is an emerging technology is of great interest for researchers nowadays. The Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) was chosen for this study because of its numerous advantages over Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT). A new concept of Variable Pitch was implemented by the introduction of a pitching mechanism associated to the turbine blades which helps the blade to maximize the generation of torque and power....
