Research on the improvement of the performance of savonius rotor based on numerical study

1st International Conference on Sustainable Power Generation and Supply, SUPERGEN '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Zhenzhou ^a,b   Zheng, Yuan ^a,b   Xu, Xiaoyun ^d   Liu, Wenming ^d   Hu, Guoxiang ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Water Resources Efficient Utilization and Engineering Safety   (China)

^c Nanjing Yuneng Instruments Co Ltd   (China)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Helical rotor; Performance optimization; Power performance coefficient; Savonius rotor; Vertical axis wind turbine; Wind energy; Wind power generation

Indexed keywords

POWER PERFORMANCE; ROTOR PERFORMANCE; SAVONIUS ROTOR; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; WIND ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77951463675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SUPERGEN.2009.5348197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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