International Journal of Engineering and Technology

This paper presents the design and analysis of vertical axis Savonius wind turbine to generate electrical energy from wind energy. The Savonius rotor was designed with the rotor diameter of 2 m and the rotor height of 4 m. The 3D model of Savonius rotor blade was made by utilizing SolidWorks software. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)analysis and structural Finite Element Analysis are presented in this paper. CFD analysis was done to obtain the pressure difference between concave and convex surface of the rotor blade and structural FEA was done to obtain the structural response of blade.