CFD and PIV investigation of unsteady flow through Savonius wind turbine

Energy Procedia

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 711-720

  Dobrev, Ivan ^a   Massouh, Fawaz ^a  

^a ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Particle image velocimetry; Savonius; Vertical axis wind turbine; Wind tunel experiment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPACT PACKAGE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIELD CONDITIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SAVONIUS; SAVONIUS WIND TURBINE; UNSTEADY EFFECTS; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 79960278007     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.05.081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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