Adaptation of a container tank to a savonius vertical axis turbine analyzed by reverse engineering

Abstract

Due to the alarming climatic situation experienced by all nations, we are in the need to urgently develop and improve sustainable technologies for power generation in order to supply the growing demand for power generation in power systems worldwide. This project aims to design and build a prototype vertical axis wind turbine Savonius analyzed by reverse engineering process by adapting the structure of a tank and taking advantage of its shape and dimensions, with the intention of building a wind turbine with the lowest possible budget, In addition, data from the psychrometric chart of the state of Puebla (winter-spring) will be used so that by means of numerical simulations of fluid flow using CFD software we can obtain the parameters of linear velocity, angular velocity, drag coefficient and projected power that the wind rotor will be able to develop.