Currently, the Savonius wind turbine (SWT) has established itself as a reliable wind turbine
solution, particularly for small-scale wind farms. It is a reliable form of power generation …

Increased demand of energy leads to exploration of new sources of energy. In the last few
years, hydrokinetic energy technology emerged as an important area in the field of …

The Savonius wind turbine is one of the best candidates for harvesting wind energy in an
urban environment, due to unique features such as compactness, simple assembly, low …

A cross-flow wind turbine has a high torque coefficient at a low tip speed ratio; therefore, it is
a good candidate for a self-starting turbine. This study aims to investigate the best …

The present study proposed a novel porous deflector in front of the Savonius wind turbine to
improve the performance. This new deflector was specifically proposed to minimize the …

The present study mainly focused on a new design of deflector by utilizing a rotating cylinder
to augment the overall performance of the drag-type Savonius turbine since the negative …

One of the major drawbacks of having a hybrid cross-flow hydrokinetic turbine (HKT) is the
alternative nature (positive and negative) of instantaneous torque generation by blades over …

The use of renewable energy sources has becoming a necessity to generate electricity.
Helical Savonius rotors have been preferred for small-scale hydropower generation …

In the present work, computational fluid dynamics simulation was carried out using ANSYS
Fluent to study the performance of conventional and tapered turbine blades for hydrokinetic …

It is a priority to generate affordable and reliable energy with higher participation of
renewable energy technologies into the global energy mix to provide efficient sustainable …