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    Savonius Wind Turbine

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    The Savonius wind turbine was invented in 1922 by Finnish engineer Sigurd Johannes Savonius. It is a simple vertical-axis wind turbine consisting of two or three scoops curved like an S-shape. As wind blows against the curved surfaces, it produces rotation due to the differential drag experienced by the scoops. Savonius turbines are not very efficient but are robust, self-starting, and able to operate in variable wind directions making them well-suited for applications requiring high torque at low speeds like water pumping. Common uses include anemometers, ventilation devices on vehicles, and small power generators for remote installations.

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    The Savonius wind turbine was invented in 1922 by Finnish engineer Sigurd Johannes Savonius. It is a simple vertical-axis wind turbine consisting of two or three scoops curved like an S-shape. As wind blows against the curved surfaces, it produces rotation due to the differential drag experienced by the scoops. Savonius turbines are not very efficient but are robust, self-starting, and able to operate in variable wind directions making them well-suited for applications requiring high torque at low speeds like water pumping. Common uses include anemometers, ventilation devices on vehicles, and small power generators for remote installations.

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    The Savonius wind turbine was invented in 1922 by Finnish engineer Sigurd Johannes Savonius. It is a simple vertical-axis wind turbine consisting of two or three scoops curved like an S-shape. As wind blows against the curved surfaces, it produces rotation due to the differential drag experienced by the scoops. Savonius turbines are not very efficient but are robust, self-starting, and able to operate in variable wind directions making them well-suited for applications requiring high torque at low speeds like water pumping. Common uses include anemometers, ventilation devices on vehicles, and small power generators for remote installations.

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    Savonius Wind Turbine

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    Carlos Castillo Palma
    The Savonius wind turbine was invented in 1922 by Finnish engineer Sigurd Johannes Savonius. It is a simple vertical-axis wind turbine consisting of two or three scoops curved like an S-shape. As wind blows against the curved surfaces, it produces rotation due to the differential drag experienced by the scoops. Savonius turbines are not very efficient but are robust, self-starting, and able to operate in variable wind directions making them well-suited for applications requiring high torque at low speeds like water pumping. Common uses include anemometers, ventilation devices on vehicles, and small power generators for remote installations.

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    Savonius wind turbine

    type similar to the Flettner-type, but autorotationary. He


    experimented with his rotor on small rowing vessels on
    lakes in his country. No results of his particular investigations are known, but the Magnus-Eect is conrmed
    by Knig.[1] The two Savonius patents: US1697574, led
    in 1925 by Sigurd Johannes Savonius, and US1766765,
    led in 1928.

    2 Operation

    Savonius wind turbine

    Savonius wind turbines are a type of vertical-axis wind


    turbine (VAWT), used for converting the force of the
    wind into torque on a rotating shaft. The turbine consists of a number of aerofoils, usuallybut not always
    vertically mounted on a rotating shaft or framework, either ground stationed or tethered in airborne systems.

    Schematic drawing of a two-scoop Savonius turbine

    Origin

    The Savonius turbine is one of the simplest turbines.


    Aerodynamically, it is a drag-type device, consisting of
    two or three scoops. Looking down on the rotor from
    above, a two-scoop machine would look like an S shape
    in cross section. Because of the curvature, the scoops
    experience less drag when moving against the wind than
    when moving with the wind. The dierential drag causes
    the Savonius turbine to spin. Because they are drag-type
    devices, Savonius turbines extract much less of the winds
    power than other similarly-sized lift-type turbines. Much
    of the swept area of a Savonius rotor may be near the
    ground, if it has a small mount without an extended post,

    The Savonius wind turbine was invented by the Finnish


    engineer Sigurd Johannes Savonius in 1922. However,
    Europeans had been experimenting with curved blades
    on vertical wind turbines for many decades before this.
    The earliest mention is by the Italian Bishop of Czanad,
    Fausto Veranzio, who was also an engineer. He wrote
    in his 1616 book Machinae novae about several vertical
    axis wind turbines with curved or V-shaped blades. None
    of his or any other earlier examples reached the state of
    development made by Savonius. In his Finnish biography there is mention of his intention to develop a turbine1

    EXTERNAL LINKS

    making the overall energy extraction less eective due to wind speed. Much larger Savonius turbines have been
    the lower wind speeds found at lower heights.
    used to generate electric power on deep-water buoys,
    which need small amounts of power and get very little maintenance. Design is simplied because, unlike
    with horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs), no pointing
    3 Power and rotational speed
    mechanism is required to allow for shifting wind direction and the turbine is self-starting. Savonius and other
    The maximum power of a Savonius rotor is given by vertical-axis machines are good at pumping water and
    Pmax = 0.36 kg m3 h r v 3 , where h and r are the other high torque, low rpm applications and are not usuheight and radius of the rotor and v is the wind speed.
    ally connected to electric power grids. They can sometimes have long helical scoops, to give smooth torque.
    The angular frequency of a rotor is given by = v
    r
    , where is a dimensionless factor called the tip-speed The most ubiquitous application of the Savonius wind turratio. The range varies within is characteristic of a bine is the Flettner Ventilator, which is commonly seen
    specic windmill, and for a Savonius rotor is typically on the roofs of vans and buses and is used as a cooling
    around 1.
    device. The ventilator was developed by the German airFor example, an oil-barrel sized Savonius rotor with h=1
    m and r=0.5 m under a wind of v=10 m/s, will generate
    a maximum power of 180 W and an angular speed of 20
    rad/s (190 revolutions per minute).

    craft engineer Anton Flettner in the 1920s. It uses the


    Savonius wind turbine to drive an extractor fan. The vents
    are still manufactured in the UK by Flettner Ventilator
    Limited.[2]

    Small Savonius wind turbines are sometimes seen used


    as advertising signs where the rotation helps to draw attention to the item advertised. They sometimes feature a
    simple two-frame animation.

    Use

    5 Tethered airborne Savonius turbines


    Airborne wind turbines
    Kite types
    When the Savonius rotor axis is set horizontally and
    tethered, then kiting results. There are scores of
    patents and products that use the net lift Magnuseect that occurs in the autorotation of the Savonius
    rotor. The spin may be mined for some of its energy
    for making noise, heat, or electricity.

    6 Gallery
    Operation of a Savonius turbine
    A Savonius rotor bladed WECS

    7 References
    [1] Felix van Knig (1978). Windenergie in praktischer
    Nutzung. Pfriemer. ISBN 3-7906-0077-6.
    Combined Darrieus-Savonius generator in Taiwan

    Savonius turbines are used whenever cost or reliability is


    much more important than eciency.
    Most anemometers are Savonius turbines for this reason,
    as eciency is irrelevant to the application of measuring

    [2] Flettner

    8 External links
    Build your own model Savonius wind turbine

    3
    Windside Savonius Type Wind Turbines for use in
    Extreme Environments
    Forgen low power Savonius Type Wind Turbines for
    Marine Applications
    HelixWind Savonius Type Wind Turbine
    Savonius turbines for dynamic environments www.
    spinpower.org
    How to build a Savonius wind generator
    Notions of Wind Energy for the Complete Idiot

    9 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

    Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses

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