A review of the optimization studies for Savonius turbine considering hydrokinetic applications

NR Maldar, CY Ng, E Oguz - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The trend of utilizing renewable energy sources is witnessing a brisk growth around the
world. Among the various sources of renewable energy, hydropower is considered the most …

A review on comparative study of Savonius wind turbine rotor performance parameters

V Shende, H Patidar, P Baredar, M Agrawal - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Performance improvement of a Savonius vertical axis wind turbine using a porous deflector

ME Nimvari, H Fatahian, E Fatahian - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

An innovative deflector system for drag-type Savonius turbine using a rotating cylinder for performance improvement

E Fatahian, F Ismail, MHH Ishak, WS Chang - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Optimization and performance study of bidirectional Savonius tidal turbine cluster with deflectors

Y Chen, Y Chen, J Zhou, P Guo, J Li - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Savonius vertical axis tidal turbines (S-VATT) show potential utilization in bidirectional tidal
regions because of the high start-up characteristics and coupled enhancement effects …

Performance improvement of a Savonius turbine by using auxiliary blades

KR Abdelaziz, MAA Nawar, A Ramadan, YA Attai… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable energy sources have proved their importance on a global scale as an optimum
alternative for fossil fuels. Wind energy is one of the most promising sources of renewable …

Numerical investigation of conventional and tapered Savonius hydrokinetic turbines for low-velocity hydropower application in an irrigation channel

CM Shashikumar, H Vijaykumar, M Vasudeva - … Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the performance of Savonius wind turbine by installation of a circular cylinder upstream of returning turbine blade

T Yuwono, G Sakti, FN Aulia, AC Wijaya - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of the installation of a circular cylinder upstream of the returning turbine blade on
the performance of the Savonius wind turbine was studied experimentally. The experiments …

[HTML][HTML] Performance improvement of a Wells turbine through an automated optimization technique

TK Das, E Kerikous, N Venkatesan, G Janiga… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present article reports optimization of the performance of a Wells turbine, which is an
axial turbine utilized for wave energy conversion, through a computational fluid dynamics …

Performance evaluation of the savonius hydrokinetic turbine using soft computing techniques

MS Khani, Y Shahsavani, M Mehraein, O Kisi - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …