An experimental study on improvement of a Savonius rotor performance with curtaining

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1673-1678

  Altan, Burçin Deda ^a   Atilgan, Mehmet ^a   Özdamar, Aydoǧan ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Curtaining; Rotor performance; Savonius wind rotor; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

WEIGHT CONTROL;

CURTAINING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM POWER; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; ROTOR PERFORMANCE; SAVONIUS ROTOR; SAVONIUS WIND ROTOR; WIND ENERGY; WIND ROTORS; WIND-TUNNEL;

ROTORS;

EID: 49649084392     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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