The effects of a deflector on the self-starting speed and power performance of 2-bladed and 3-bladed Savonius rotors for hydrokinetic application
Mohd Badrul Salleh, Noorfazreena M. Kamaruddin, Zulfaa Mohamed-Kassim
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Rotor (electric)Rotational speedMechanicsFreestreamTip-speed ratioReynolds numberWind tunnelFlow (mathematics)VortexPower (physics)TorqueMarine engineeringEngineeringPhysicsMechanical engineeringTurbulenceThermodynamicsQuantum mechanicsWind Energy Research and DevelopmentAerospace Engineering and Energy SystemsBiomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms