Efficiency comparison of horizontal axis wind turbines and bladeless turbines

Abstract

The purpose of this meta study is to determine whether bladeless wind turbines are more efficient than horizontal axis wind turbines. Using resources such as research papers, online articles and academic papers from different academic databases provided by UTS library, a comparison between these wind turbines was constructed. Using Weibull’s equation, it was found that horizontal axis wind turbines are still more efficient. Although bladeless are more cost efficient, offshore horizontal axis wind turbines produce more energy at lower wind speeds, due to the ratio between power usage to power output of approximately 80% for bladed turbines and approximately 70% for bladeless turbines. More research needs to be done on how to increase the efficiency of these wind turbines.