TY - JOUR ID - 113965 TI - Development of a Savonius vertical axis wind turbine operated water pump JO - Journal of Applied Research on Industrial Engineering JA - JARIE LA - en SN - 2538-5100 AU - Oghoghorie, Oghenekevwe AU - Ebunilo, Patrick Okechukwu AU - Orhorhoro, Ejiroghene Kelly AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Nigeria. AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria. Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 190 EP - 202 KW - Wind Energy KW - Water Pump KW - Weed Speed KW - Develop KW - Savonius Vertical Axis Wind Turbine DO - 10.22105/jarie.2020.243507.1186 N2 - Wind energy is abundant, inexhaustible, affordable, environmentally preferable, and equally sustainable. More researches are emerging in the analysis of wind energy in Nigeria and each have proven that great potential exist for wind power generation in Nigeria but sufficient results is yet to be achieved in terms of application. The present research is intended to apply the technology of wind energy for pumping of water in rural Nigeria. To achieve this, a savonius vertical axis wind turbine is developed. To ensure, an optimum functioning system was developed and design consideration and conceptual design were drawn. The best conceptual design was selected for development using decision matrix. The system was evaluated for performance and UT363 Anemometer was used to measure the wind speed. Results obtained indicate a swept area of 3.41 m2, power of wind of 31.46 watts, blade tip speed and rotational speed wind of 7.38 rpm and 5.05 rpm were required for effective wind turbine operation. Besides, an average wind speed of 3.49 m/sec was required to pump an average 47.77 litres of water at an average time of 3.08 minutes. UR - https://www.journal-aprie.com/article_113965.html L1 - https://www.journal-aprie.com/article_113965_ba268f87d6e3a00c9c7d2d2b88a19e41.pdf ER -