Comparative study of a three-bucket Savonius rotor with a combined three-bucket Savonius-three-bladed Darrieus rotor

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1974-1981

  Gupta, R ^a   Biswas, A ^a   Sharma, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

Author keywords

Coanda flow; Power coefficient; Savonius Darrieus rotor; Torque coefficient; Vertical axis wind turbine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

COANDA FLOW; POWER COEFFICIENT; SAVONIUS-DARRIEUS ROTOR; TORQUE COEFFICIENT; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE;

ROTORS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; ROTORS; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESIGN; TESTING METHOD; TORQUE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 42149146151     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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