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CFD Investigation of the Effect of Multiple Phase Shift Angles on the Performance of a Two-Stage Savonius Wind Turbine

Susan Kariuki, Churchill Saoke, Joseph Kamau, Patrick Muiruri

American Journal of Energy Research. 2024, 12(3), 63-69 doi:10.12691/ajer-12-3-3
  • Figure 1. Conventional Savonius wind turbine
  • Figure 2. A two-stage Savonius wind turbine
  • Figure 3. A 2-D view of the four turbines having varying phase shift angles, where the green blades are for the lower rotor while the black blades are for the upper rotor.
  • Figure 4. Two-stage Savonius wind turbines having varying phase shift angles.
  • Figure 5. Computational domain
  • Figure 6. A cross-section of the computational domain (Stator and rotatory domain)
  • Figure 7. Cross-section of the rotatory domain showing parts of the turbine
  • Figure 8. Trend of mesh sensitivity convergence in terms of the power coefficient
  • Figure 9. Validation results
  • Figure 10. Torque coefficient against TSR
  • Figure 11. Power coefficient against tip speed ratio
  • Figure 12. Velocity and pressure contours for the upper rotors of all the turbines
  • Figure 13. Velocity and pressure contours for the upper rotors of all the turbines