Experimental investigation of overlap and blockage effects on three-bucket savonius rotors

Wind Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 363-368

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

Author keywords

Blockage correction; Overlap; Power coefficient; S rotor; Tip speed ratio; Tunnel interference

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; TUNNELS; TURBINES; WIND POWER;

BLOCKAGE CORRECTION; BLOCKAGE EFFECTS; CORRECTION FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; OPTIMUM VALUE; OVERLAP; POWER COEFFICIENTS; POWER-COEFFICIENT; S-ROTOR; SELF-STARTING; SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; TIP-SPEED RATIO; TUNNEL INTERFERENCE; VARIATIONS OF; VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINES; WIND-TUNNEL;

WIND TURBINES;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 48849106103     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952407783418702     Document Type: Article

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