• Ajinkya H Padalkar
• Dhanaji Narute
• Mahesh Kadam
• Venkatesh Dange

This paper represents a comparative study of different forms of Savonius wind turbine. The Savonius turbine is one of the simplest vertical axis wind turbine. Savonius wind turbine is usable for wind power and tidal power belongs to vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). Recently, more and more research is made on it for its advantages such as: being able to accept wind from any direction, long fatigue life of the blades, high starting torque, wide working wind speed range, easy to install, manufacture and maintain and low noise etc. The different forms of savonius wind turbine are Conventional, Helical, Modified Savonius wind turbine. Aerodynamically, savonius wind turbine is drag-type devices, consisting of two or three blades (vertical – half cylinders). Wind energy is one of the most promising sources of renewable energy. It is pollution free & abundantly available in the earth’s atmosphere, can be locally converted and thus help in reducing the dependency on fossil fuels. This paper reviews various forms of Savonius wind turbine along with experimental and numerical study results.

Vertical axis wind turbine, Energy generation, Wind energy, Renewable energy, Savonius wind turbines, Numerical study.

" A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF SAVONIUS WIND TURBINE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no.374-378, May-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805069.pdf

" A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF SAVONIUS WIND TURBINE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no. pp374-378, May-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805069.pdf