On the performance analysis of Savonius rotor with twisted blades

Renewable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1776-1788

  Saha, U K ^a   Rajkumar, M Jaya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Coefficient of performance; Savonius rotor; Starting characteristics; Static torque; Twisted blade

Indexed keywords

POWER GENERATION; ROTORS; TORQUE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; SAVONIUS ROTOR; STARTING CHARACTERISTICS; STATIC TORQUE; TWISTED BLADE;

WIND POWER;

POWER GENERATION; ROTORS; TORQUE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; TORQUE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 33746304996     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2005.08.030     Document Type: Article

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