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POWER GENERATED BY TURBINE SAVONIUS

by :

Santosa

Professor of the Agricultural Engineering Department

Faculty of Agricultural Technology
Andalas University

Padang, March 2011

Savonius turbine is a type of wind turbine with vertical axis. Turbine is the
simplest construction. Savonius turbine to spin because of the attractive force (drag).
Efficiency of wind turbines can achieve about 30% of this type (http://
www.planethijau.com/mod.php?mod=informasi&op=viewinfo&intypeid=3&infoid
=7).

The amount of mechanical power generated by wind turbines is presented in

the following formula:
)
P = 0.5 . ρ. Cp. A . V3 ……………………………………….. (1)

where P is mechanical power (watts), ρ is air density (kg/m3), Cp is wind turbine

performance coefficient, A is the wind turbine catchment area (m2), and V is wind
speed before passing wind turbine (m / s) (http://konversi. wordpress.
com/2009/01/24/optimalisasi-ekstraksi-energi-angin-kecepatan-rendah-di-indonesia-
dengan-aplikasi-konverter-boost/ ).

Wind turbine catchment area is obtained from:

A = π . d2 / 4 ....................................................................... (2)

where A is the area of wind turbine catchment area (m2), and d is the Savonius
turbines diameter (m).

Below is simulated calculation of the power generated by the Turbine Savonius.

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Air Turbine Wind Wind Turbine

Number Coefficient
Density Diameter Catchment Speed Power
(Cp)
(kg/m3) (m) Area (m2) (m/s) (watts)
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
1 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
2 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
3 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
4 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
5 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
6 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
7 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
8 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
9 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
10 1.00 0.50 0.20 3.00 0.30 0.80
11 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
12 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
13 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
14 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
15 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
16 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
17 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
18 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
19 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
20 1.00 0.75 0.44 3.00 0.30 1.79
21 1.00 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.18
22 1.00 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.18
23 1.00 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.18
24 1.00 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.18
25 1.00 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.18
26 1.10 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.50
27 1.10 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.50
28 1.10 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.50
29 1.10 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.50
30 1.10 1.00 0.79 3.00 0.30 3.50
31 1.10 1.50 1.77 3.00 0.30 7.88
32 1.10 1.50 1.77 3.00 0.30 7.88
33 1.10 1.50 1.77 3.00 0.30 7.88
34 1.10 1.50 1.77 4.00 0.30 18.67
35 1.10 1.50 1.77 4.00 0.30 18.67
36 1.10 1.50 1.77 4.00 0.30 18.67
37 1.10 1.50 1.77 4.00 0.30 18.67
38 1.10 1.50 1.77 4.00 0.30 18.67
39 1.10 1.50 1.77 4.00 0.30 18.67
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40 1.10 1.50 1.77 4.00 0.30 18.67

41 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
42 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
43 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
44 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
45 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
46 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
47 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
48 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
49 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
50 1.10 2.00 3.14 4.00 0.30 33.19
51 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
52 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
53 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
54 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
55 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
56 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
57 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
58 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
59 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
60 1.20 2.50 4.91 4.00 0.30 56.57
61 1.20 2.75 5.94 4.00 0.30 68.45
62 1.20 2.75 5.94 4.00 0.30 68.45
63 1.20 2.75 5.94 4.00 0.30 68.45
64 1.20 2.75 5.94 4.00 0.30 68.45
65 1.20 2.75 5.94 4.00 0.30 68.45
66 1.20 2.75 5.94 4.00 0.30 68.45
67 1.20 2.75 5.94 4.00 0.30 68.45
68 1.20 2.75 5.94 5.00 0.30 133.69
69 1.20 2.75 5.94 5.00 0.30 133.69
70 1.20 2.75 5.94 5.00 0.30 133.69
71 1.20 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 159.11
72 1.20 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 159.11
73 1.20 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 159.11
74 1.20 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 159.11
75 1.20 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 159.11
76 1.30 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 172.37
77 1.30 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 172.37
78 1.30 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 172.37
79 1.30 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 172.37
80 1.30 3.00 7.07 5.00 0.30 172.37
81 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29
82 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29
83 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29
84 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29
85 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29
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86 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29

87 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29
88 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29
89 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29
90 1.30 3.25 8.30 5.00 0.30 202.29
91 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61
92 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61
93 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61
94 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61
95 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61
96 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61
97 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61
98 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61
99 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61
100 1.30 3.50 9.63 5.00 0.30 234.61

Description:
(1) Column (2) is air density (in kg/m3), the simulated value in the range of 1.0 to 1.3.
(2) Column (3) is the turbine diameter(in meters), which is simulated in the interval
0.50 to 3.50.
(3) Column (4) is a broad catch the wind (m2) is calculated by equation (2)
(4) Column (5) is the wind speed (m / s), whose value in Indonesia in the range 3-5
(http://www.alpensteel.com/article/107-215-angin/1967-kajian-teknologi-energi.
html)
(5) Column (6) is a coefficient, whose value amounted to 0.30
(http://www.planethijau.com/mod.php?
mod=informasi&op=viewinfo&intypeid=3&infoid=7)
(6) Column (7) is a power turbine, which is calculated from equation (1).

REFERENCES

http://konversi.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/optimalisasi-ekstraksi-energi-angin-
kecepatan-rendah-di-indonesia-dengan-aplikasi-konverter-boost/ [9 March 2011]

http://www.alpensteel.com/article/107-215-angin/1967-kajian-teknologi-energi.html
[8 March 2011]

http://www.planethijau.com/mod.php?
mod=informasi&op=viewinfo&intypeid=3&infoid=7 [12 March 2011]