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 …

Savonius hydrokinetic turbines for a sustainable river-based energy extraction: A review of the technology and potential applications in Malaysia

MB Salleh, NM Kamaruddin… - … energy technologies and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The increasing need for access to reliable off-grid electricity in remote areas, coupled with
the negative effects of diesel-based generators, is driving demand for renewable and …

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 …

Performance study of a Helical Savonius hydrokinetic turbine with a new deflector system design

M Mosbahi, A Ayadi, Y Chouaibi, Z Driss… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of renewable energy sources has becoming a necessity to generate electricity.
Helical Savonius rotors have been preferred for small-scale hydropower generation …

The effects of deflector longitudinal position and height on the power performance of a conventional Savonius turbine

MB Salleh, NM Kamaruddin… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The limited electrical power inherent in rural and remote areas with a narrow width river can
be addressed with the utilization of a Savonius hydrokinetic turbine (HKT) that generates …

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 …

A review on technology, configurations, and performance of cross‐flow hydrokinetic turbines

G Saini, RP Saini - International Journal of Energy Research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

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] Influence of a passive upstream deflector on the performance of the Savonius wind turbine

W Tian, J Bian, G Yang, X Ni, Z Mao - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Some recent studies show that the aerodynamic efficiency of the Savonius wind turbine can
be improved by adding a properly designed deflector upstream of the rotor blade. However …

Predicting aerodynamic performance of savonius wind turbine: An application of generalized k-ω turbulence model

MB Duc, HT The, KP Van, AD Le - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Savonius wind turbine (SWT) is one of the popular vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) used
for energy harvesting applications. In this study, the aerodynamic performance of the SWT is …