An experimental and numerical study on the improvement of the performance of Savonius wind rotor

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3425-3432

  Altan, Burçin Deda ^a   Atilgan, Mehmet ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Curtain; Numerical analysis; Savonius wind rotor; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; TORQUE; WIND POWER;

CURTAIN; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLUENT 6.0; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ROTOR PERFORMANCES; SAVONIUS WIND ROTOR; SAVONIUS WIND ROTORS; STATIC TORQUES; TRADE SOFTWARES; WIND ENERGY; WIND ROTORS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 54049090310     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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