Meeting future world energy needs while addressing climatic changes has led to greater
strain on conventional power sources. One of the viable sustainable energy sources is wind …

This paper presents a review on the performance of Savonius wind turbines. This type of
turbine is unusual and its application for obtaining useful energy from air stream is an …

Vortex-induced motions are generally known as destructive phenomena for engineering
structures. Nevertheless, they have a positive effect which is their great potential to extract …

Wind tunnel experiments have been conducted with a newly developed two-bladed
Savonius-style wind turbine specifically meant for a small-scale energy conversion. This …

For solving the world energy problem and the bad effect of conventional sources of energy
on environment, great attention allover the world is paid towards the use of renewable …

The performance of a Savonius wind turbine with constant cross-sections is examined by
means of quasi 2D flow predictions executed in ANSYS CFX. Simulations were performed in …

This study aimed to understand the performance and shape characteristics of a helical
Savonius wind turbine at various helical angles. The power coefficient (C p) at different tip …

Due to the worldwide energy crisis, research and development activities in the field of
renewable energy have been considerably increased in many countries. Wind energy is …

We experimentally studied the effects of end plates with various shapes and sizes on the
aerodynamic performance of helical Savonius wind turbines with twist angles of 180° and …

Energy crisis and high emission of fossil fuels are major driving forces for developing
renewable energy based technologies. In order to meet growing demand for energy …