Advances and trends in hydrokinetic turbine systems

LI Lago, FL Ponta, L Chen - Energy for sustainable development, 2010 - Elsevier
An emerging class of renewable energy technology, the hydrokinetic conversion device
(HCD), offers ways to capture the energy of flowing water without the impoundment or …

Global renewable energy and its potential in Malaysia: A review of Hydrokinetic turbine technology

F Behrouzi, M Nakisa, A Maimun, YM Ahmed - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Utilization of electrical energy is the key to economic growth and improvement in people׳ s
living standards, especially in developing countries. The growing demand for electrical …

Performance study of ducted nozzle Savonius water turbine, comparison with conventional Savonius turbine

AH Elbatran, YM Ahmed, AS Shehata - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Savonius turbine presents an attractive, environmentally friendly and cost effective electric
generation in low velocity regions. However, this turbine has not been fully explored, as …

Numerical study of two-bucket Savonius wind turbine cluster

M Shaheen, M El-Sayed, S Abdallah - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The performance of a single Savonius turbine depends on the interaction between the
buckets of its rotor. Recent studies also show that interactions between Savonius turbines in …

Ducted wind/water turbines and propellers revisited

MJ Werle, WM Presz Jr - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2008 - arc.aiaa.org
THERE has been considerable effort and discussion in the literature concerning the
potential for ducted wind/water turbines, as depicted in Fig. 1, to extract more power than …

Towards development and optimization of the Savonius wind turbine incorporated with a wind-lens

A Hesami, AH Nikseresht - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Simple design and easy power generation are the two main factors that make the use of
vertical axis wind turbines affordable in small scale applications. But, their low efficiency …

Application of bend-twist coupled blades for horizontal axis tidal turbines

RF Nicholls-Lee, SR Turnock, SW Boyd - Renewable Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The blades of a horizontal axis tidal turbine are required to operate in a harsh subsea
environment over a long life cycle with minimal need for maintenance. The concept of using …

Numerical and experimental studies on hydrofoils for marine current turbines

JN Goundar, MR Ahmed, YH Lee - Renewable energy, 2012 - Elsevier
The difficulty experienced by researchers while designing marine current turbine rotors is
designing a superior-performance and cavitation free hydrofoil. The design of a high …

Development of efficient vertical axis wind turbine clustered farms

M Shaheen, S Abdallah - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
An efficient triangular shaped three co-rotating Savonius turbine cluster arranged in close
proximity shown in Ref.[1] enhances the average output power of its three turbines up to …

Underwater ducted turbine

E Grillos, S Allison, BV Davis - US Patent 7,471,009, 2008 - Google Patents
An apparatus is disclosed for a turbine for generating electri cal power from water or airflow
comprising at least one rotor disk having a plurality of hydrofoil blades, a guide vanes, a …