On utilizing the orbital motion in water waves to drive a Savonius rotor

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 164-169

  Faizal, Mohammed ^a   Rafiuddin Ahmed, M ^a   Lee, Young Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Orbital motion; Particle image velocimetry; Savonius rotor; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

ORBITAL MOTION; ORBITAL MOTIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; ROTOR DIAMETER; SAVONIUS ROTOR; SINUSOIDAL WAVE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL WAVES; WATER PARTICLES; WATER SURFACE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FREQUENCIES; WAVE GENERATORS; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE MOTIONS;

SURFACE WATERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

FLOW VELOCITY; MACHINERY; POWER GENERATION; WATER WAVE; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 69549103191     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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