PERFORMANCE OF SAVONIUS ROTOR AS A WATER CURRENT TURBINE
2009
Ocean current energy systems are at an early stage of development with only a small number of
prototypes and demonstrations to date. Ocean currents are a potentially significant and currently
untapped resource of energy. Energy can be extracted from the ocean currents using submerged
turbines that are similar in function to wind turbines but capture energy through a hydrodynamic
rather than aerodynamic mechanism. This paper discusses the performance of three different
types of Savonius rotors used as water current turbines. This is the first time such rotors have
been used as water current turbines. They were tested to determine a suitable water current
turbine for a micro seafloor power generation system.
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