Endlessly rising power demands coupled with the growing urge to tackle the effects of
climate change has compelled governments worldwide to explore and utilize every possible …

Energy is the source of economic growth, and energy consumption indicates the country's
state of development. Energy engineering is a relatively new technical discipline. It is …

Savonius hydrokinetic turbine is a vertical axis turbine suitable for generating electrical
power used in rivers and canals. The performance of the turbine is described in terms of …

The use of vertical-axis turbines in marine-current applications for electric energy generation
is still in early developments, and one of the key factors for assessing the applicability of …

Hydrokinetic energy has the least environmental impact and a high potential for small-scale
energy production. Savonius hydrokinetic turbine extracts the hydrokinetic energy from the …

After the energy crisis in the 1970s, studies on alternative electrical energy production
processes gained more importance especially considering the possibility of a new energy …

A new vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) with overlapped side-by-side Savonius rotors is
designed and analyzed in this paper. The new VAWT consists of several Savonius rotors …

The use of deflectors as augmentation devices to improve the power performance of a 3-
bladed conventional Savonius turbine has been investigated by analyzing the deflectors' …

The utilization of renewable energy harvesting equipment is one of the methods to reduce
the level of environmental pollution risks to the world. Water and wind are considered as …

One approach for reducing the level of environmental contamination threats around the
world is to use renewable energy-harvesting equipment. Wind is a potential environmental …