Savonius Wind Turbine Performance Comparison with One and Two Porous Deflectors: A CFD Study

Md Mahmud Hasan Saikot; Mahfuzur Rahman; Md Anwar Hosen; Wasif Ajwad; Md Faiyaz Jamil; Md. Quamrul Islam

doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0296.v1

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Savonius Wind Turbine Performance Comparison with One and Two Porous Deflectors: A CFD Study

Md Mahmud Hasan Saikot^*

,Mahfuzur Rahman,Md Anwar Hosen,Wasif Ajwad,Md Faiyaz Jamil

,Md. Quamrul Islam

Md Mahmud Hasan Saikot^*

,Mahfuzur Rahman,Md Anwar Hosen,Wasif Ajwad,Md Faiyaz Jamil

,Md. Quamrul Islam

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17 August 2022

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Abstract

The present study explores the effect of using two porous deflectors on the performance of the Savonius wind turbine compared to only one porous deflector. The numerical simulation is performed to solve the unsteady Navier-Stokes equations using the SST k-

Keywords:

Savonius wind turbine

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Porous deflector

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Porosity

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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

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Self-starting

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Engineering - Energy and Fuel Technology

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