Improving efficiency of Savonius wind turbine by means of an airfoil-shaped deflector

Keyhan Layeghmand, N. Ghiasi Tabari, Mehran Zarkesh

2020Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering52 citationsDOI

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AirfoilTurbineRotor (electric)Computational fluid dynamicsTorqueMechanicsPhysicsReynolds numberTurbulenceMarine engineeringAerospace engineeringEngineeringMechanical engineeringThermodynamicsWind Energy Research and DevelopmentWind and Air Flow StudiesAerospace Engineering and Energy Systems