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Numerical study on performance of a vertical axis wind rotor with S-shaped blades. [PDF]
PLoS ONETraditional Savonius wind rotor has simple structure and can operate in any wind direction. However, its aerodynamic efficiency is lower than other types.
Lei Song +4 more
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Laboratory model of the Savonius rotor
Известия высших учебных заведений: Проблемы энергетики, 2022 THE PURPOSE. Increasing the efficiency and efficiency of power plants based on renewable energy sources should be carried out by improving technological, constructive, organizational, legal, technical and economic measures.
Yu. V. Guseva +2 more
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Dependence of Power Characteristics on Savonius Rotor Segmentation [PDF]
Energies, 2021 Savonius rotors are large and heavy because they use drag force for propulsion. This leads to a larger investment in comparison to horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) rotors using lift forces.
Krzysztof Doerffer +4 more
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Comparative investigation of Savonius and hybrid H-Savonius wind rotor - an energy and exergy analysis [PDF]
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web, 2021 Exergy analysis is a vital tool for wind power development apart from energy analysis. The present study is based on a comparative energy and exergy analysis of Savonius wind rotor and hybrid H-Savonius wind rotor based
Shikha Bhuyan, Agnimitra Biswas
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Design and construction of Savonius rotor [PDF]
3C Tecnología_Glosas de innovación aplicadas a la pyme, 2020 Renewable energy sources have been researched for more than a century now. Wind energy; which is often characterized as an unreliable source of energy, is not unreliable if placed at places with smooth wind currents. Savonius rotor as Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) can be used as a standalone power generation device because of its low cost, low cut ...
Mirsad Hyder Shah, Sameer Ali Alsibiani
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Influence of tilt angle and the number of guide vane blades towards the Savonius rotor performance
Energy Reports, 2021 Additional guide vane (GV) to the Savonius rotor is used to overcome the low rotor efficiency. This study is experimentally carried out to know the influence of guide vane in improving two blades Savonius rotor performance.
Waled Yahya +5 more
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Aerodynamic Performance Investigations of Savonius Twin-rotor Wind Turbines [PDF]
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2023 The aim of this study is to evaluate the aerodynamic efficiency of a Savonius vertical-axis wind turbine. The approach used relies on resolving the Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (URANS), the turbulence being modeled by the k-ω SST ...
M. Tata +8 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 In order to improve the efficiency of the Savonius type vertical axis wind turbine, the present work analyzes an improvement based on an innovative rotor geometry. The rotor blades are inspired on an organic shape mathematically analyzed, the Fibonacci’s
Javier Blanco +3 more
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Journal of Fluid Science and Technology, 2020 The output power coefficient of the Savonius rotor needs to be improved in attaining better practical applications. Up until now, to improve the output power coefficient, the newly developed Savonius rotor with semi-elliptical sub-buckets has been ...
Takanori MATSUI +2 more
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Influence of a passive upstream deflector on the performance of the Savonius wind turbine
Energy Reports, 2022 Some recent studies show that the aerodynamic efficiency of the Savonius wind turbine can be improved by adding a properly designed deflector upstream of the rotor blade.
Wenlong Tian +4 more
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