Enhancing the performance of vertical axis hydrokinetic Savonius turbines using a novel cambered hydrofoil profile for rotor blades
Shehab Osama, Mohamed Emam, Shinichi Ookawara, Mahmoud Ahmed
Topics & Concepts
Camber (aerodynamics)FreestreamTip-speed ratioRotor (electric)Lift coefficientComputational fluid dynamicsTurbulenceMaximum power principleAngle of attackAdvance ratioMechanicsChord (peer-to-peer)Degree of reactionReynolds numberBlade pitchStructural engineeringTurbineEngineeringPower (physics)PhysicsAerospace engineeringAerodynamicsMechanical engineeringComputer scienceDistributed computingQuantum mechanicsWind Energy Research and DevelopmentAerospace Engineering and Energy SystemsFluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies