Numerical investigation of performance of a new type of savonius turbine
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Paper/Presentation Title | Numerical investigation of performance of a new type of savonius turbine |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Al-Faruk, A. (Author), Sharifian, S. A. (Author) and Al-Atresh, S. (Author) |
Editors | Brandner, P. A and Pearce, B. W. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2012) |
ERA Conference ID | 42494 |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISBN | 9780646583730 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.afms.org.au/conference/18/269%20-%20Al%20Atresh.pdf |
Conference/Event | 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2012) |
Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference | |
Event Details | Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Rank A A A A A A A A |
Event Details | 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2012) Event Date 03 to end of 07 Dec 2012 Event Location Launceston, Australia |
Abstract | Wind energy is non-polluting and is freely available in many areas and is gaining popularity among researchers. Among wind turbines, Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) are more common compared to Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) mainly because of their higher efficiency. However, Savonius turbine of VAWT type has many advantages over others such as simplicity in construction, lower cost of production, constancy of the output power regardless of the wind direction, and good starting torque at low wind speed. It is conceived that the efficiency of the Savonius turbines can be increased using industrial wasted heat primarily due to their structural similarity with the split chambers which are often used to induce fire-whirls in laboratories. This work deals with a basic design of such combined configuration and compares its efficiency with a conventional Savonius turbine. The computational results show that the new design has a higher steady state angular velocity as well as higher coefficient of power than the conventional Savonius turbine. |
Keywords | savonius turbine; wind power; wind turbines; renewable energy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401703. Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical) |
400803. Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics) | |
401706. Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation | |
Public Notes | © The 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
Byline Affiliations | Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1q30/numerical-investigation-of-performance-of-a-new-type-of-savonius-turbine
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