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1 Introduction
The continuous improvement of this world is based on technological advancement. And the
technological advancement is directly related to the utilization of energy. The demand of
energy is creeping up every day due to increase of population, industrial and agricultural
advancement. But the conventional energy sources are becoming limited which is ultimately
making them more expensive. In addition to this, everyone is concerned about global
climate change. This whole scenario is pushing the world to find the alternative source of
energy.
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1.2 Wind Energy
Wind energy has the potential to resolve the power demand of the entire world of it can be
converted into the electricity efficiently. Wind is going to be the most popular alternative
energy source, because of its availability throughout place and time. As a pollution free and
sustainable source, wind is getting importance in energy policy too. The disadvantages are
its lower efficiency and high installation cost. But the ultimate cost would be if it operates
continuously and small scale turbines can be installed in any corner of the world.
On efficiency measurement, HAWT is the popular to the researchers. But it works best in
places where the wind is not disturbed and has high wind velocity. But the inherent
advantages of facing the wind direction, simplistic design, cheap technology for
construction, lower wind start-up speeds, easier maintenance, and are relatively quiet are
turning the focus to VAWT. Specially in areas where wind power is low and do not always
have a high wind velocity. The designs of VAWTs are simple and operation is based on the
difference of the drag force on its blades.
The previous researcher also experimented on three bladed Savonius wind turbine and
concluded that change of blade shape can have real impact on this kind of turbine. The
turbine model without any overlap at higher Reynolds number shows better aerodynamic
co-efficient. The outcome provided the basic motivation to design newer blades which may
help to improve the performance of VAWT.