A COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF SAVONIUS WIND TURBINE

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) are ideal options for small scale generation of electricity from wind. Savonius, one of the widely developed and used VAWTs are suitable for rooftops and self sustaining light posts. An attractive alternative is a computer model in the place of the experimental model. Computer models provide the user with the privilege to change inputs and see the outcome instantly as against fabricating a prototype as in experimental studies. In this work, we have obtained these relationships through the experimental results available in the literature. This work aims at developing a transient computational model following certain standards that are important to transient turbomachinery simulations, with inputs from industry experts. The performance metrics obtained from the computational model is compared to existing experimental results available and corroborated. The computational model that is developed allows for estimating performance metrics for a new design. This framework allows for propagating uncertainties in variables like wind speed and enable one for a robust or reliable design.