Wind Flow Analysis of Twisted Savonius Micro-Turbine Array

Authors

  • JESÚS ANTONIO ÁLVAREZ-CEDILLO Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo
  • Mauricio Olguín-Carbajal Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo
  • JUAN CARLOS HERRERA-LOZADA Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo
  • Ramón Silva-Ortigoza Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo
  • Jacobo Sandoval-Gutiérrez Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13053/cys-19-3-1967

Keywords:

. Wind energy, Savonius turbine, low-power turbines, aerodynamics, fluid analysis

Abstract

This paper provides a computational analysis of wind impact on different geometric configurations of Savonius turbines proposed and previously studied in specialized literature. As a result of comparative analysis of turbines, we performed a flow analysis over a micro-turbine array, proposed a twisted Savonius turbine respecting its original profile, and subjected it to a comparative analysis of its performance against conventional turbines. Our new proposal of Savonius turbines stands out due to its lower residual turbulence. The turbine dimensions are suited to the geometric relationships previously analyzed, and they are suggested in a way to respect the original profile of each turbine. The size of each turbine is small since its application is proposed for power generation in a low power array which can be placed on any building as part of its outer walls. 

Author Biographies

Mauricio Olguín-Carbajal, Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo

Received his Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from CIC-IPN, Mexico, in 2011. He worked with power generation dedicated systems in electrical industry until 2002 implementing communication protocols for SCADA systems. Since 2005 he has been a researcher in CIDETEC-IPN.  His mayor research areas are computer 3D modeling and simulation, computer graphics, virtual reality, networking, and network security.

JUAN CARLOS HERRERA-LOZADA, Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo

Received the Ph.D. in Computer Science and the M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Centro de Investigacion en Computación (CIC) of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN), in Mexico City. He has authored several articles and has been a speaker at national and international conferences. He has participated in different research projects and technological developments. His research interests include design of reconfigurable logic devices, practical applications with microcontrollers, and embedded systems design.

Ramón Silva-Ortigoza, Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo

Received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Mechatronics) from CINVESTAV-IPN, in 2006. Currently Dr. Silva is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI) and works in CIDETEC-IPN, Mexico. He is co-author of the book Control Design Techniques in Power Electronics Devices (Springer-Verlag, London, 2006). His areas of interests are mechatronical control systems, mobile robotic, and design of control techniques applied to electronic control power systems.

Jacobo Sandoval-Gutiérrez, Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Cómputo

Received his Master degree and his Ph.D. in Advanced Technology  from CICATA-IPN, in 2006 and 2010, respectively. His areas of interests are computer architectures, parallel computing, 3D manufacturing, and robotics. He has co-authored articles and patents in multidisciplinary topics.

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Published

2015-09-30

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2015): 19(3) 2015 Thematic issue: Vision and Robotics (Guest editors: S. Ortega, A. Pedroza, O. Carbajal, B. Castillo Toledo)

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