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Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-381-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-381-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Research article
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04 Feb 2025
Research article |  | 04 Feb 2025

Effect of blade inclination angle for straight-bladed vertical-axis wind turbines

Laurence Morgan, Abbas Kazemi Amiri, William Leithead, and James Carroll

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This paper presents a systematic study of the effect of blade inclination angle, chord distribution, and blade length on vertical-axis wind turbine performance. It shows that, for rotors of identical power production, both blade volume and rotor torque can be significantly reduced through the use of aerodynamically optimised inclined rotor blades. This demonstrates the potential of vertical rotors to reduce the cost of energy for offshore wind when compared to horizontal rotors.
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