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Marine Technology Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Marine Technology Centre, UTM
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Abstract
The Ocean has provided a new avenue in the quest for renewable energy. One potentialsource of energy is marine current, which is harnessed using either vertical or horizontal axis turbines.This paper describes a particular type of vertical axis turbine which is suitable for low current velocityapplications. The simulation of Savonius-type turbine, which hitherto has never been proposed formarine current energy application, is presented in this paper. A 3D computational model was builtand analyzed using a Computational Fluid Dynamic analysis using proprietary software. The overlapratio is identified as one of the important factors in Savonius turbine performance. This paperprovides results of the investigation for a range of overlap ratios between 0.1 and 0.6 and it was foundthat the maximum torque can be obtained at overlap ratio of 0.21.
Tawi, K., Yaakob, O., & Sunanto, D. T. (2010). Computer Simulation Studies on the Effect Overlap Ratio for Savonius Type Vertical Axis Marine Current Turbine. International Journal of Engineering, 23(1), 79-88.
MLA
Kamarul Tawi; Omar Yaakob; Dedy Triawan Sunanto. "Computer Simulation Studies on the Effect Overlap Ratio for Savonius Type Vertical Axis Marine Current Turbine". International Journal of Engineering, 23, 1, 2010, 79-88.
HARVARD
Tawi, K., Yaakob, O., Sunanto, D. T. (2010). 'Computer Simulation Studies on the Effect Overlap Ratio for Savonius Type Vertical Axis Marine Current Turbine', International Journal of Engineering, 23(1), pp. 79-88.
VANCOUVER
Tawi, K., Yaakob, O., Sunanto, D. T. Computer Simulation Studies on the Effect Overlap Ratio for Savonius Type Vertical Axis Marine Current Turbine. International Journal of Engineering, 2010; 23(1): 79-88.
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