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ABSTRACT
This study proposes a novel blade configuration, made with a multicurve profile, to further maximize the advanced benefits and the performance of a Savonius turbine for energy harvesting applications. The advantages of the presently designed blade are proved by a detailed analysis of the flow mechanism and the performance through a sequence of two-dimensional (2D) unsteady computational fluid dynamics simulation. The remarkable finding states that the main blade section with a length ratio of 0.9 combined with an elliptical auxiliary section effectively enhances the positive wind flow phenomena around the blade, especially for the returning position, which either smooths the flow or reduces the pressure on the blade’s convex side. As a result, greater torque is obtained by the present configuration, responding to the improvement of the power generation to 0.24 – about 5.5% at the low TSR = 0.8 and up to 0.28 - about 185% at the high TSR = 1.5 over the conventional configurations. The effectiveness of the presently designed blade is further proved with more than 20% improvement in self-staring speed through six degrees of freedom analysis. The results above state a high potential application of the turbine with the presently designed blade for renewable energy applications and for supporting vulnerable communities without access to electricity.
Acknowledgements
Anh Dinh Le was funded by the Postdoctoral Scholarship Programme of Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF), code VINIF.2022.STS.02
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.