Wind Energy Handbook

Tony Burton, David Sharpe, Nick Jenkins, Ervin Bossanyi0471489972, 9780471489979, 9780470852163

As environmental concerns have focused attention on the generation of electricity from clean and renewable sources wind energy has become the world’s fastest growing energy source. The Wind Energy Handbook draws on the authors’ collective industrial and academic experience to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of wind energy research and provide a comprehensive treatment of wind energy for electricity generation.
Features include: – An authoritative overview of wind turbine technology and wind farm design and development – In-depth examination of the aerodynamics and performance of land-based horizontal axis wind turbines – A survey of alternative machine architectures and an introduction to the design of the key components – Description of the wind resource in terms of wind speed frequency distribution and the structure of turbulence – Coverage of site wind speed prediction techniques – Discussions of wind farm siting constraints and the assessment of environmental impact – The integration of wind farms into the electrical power system, including power quality and system stability – Functions of wind turbine controllers and design and analysis techniques
With coverage ranging from practical concerns about component design to the economic importance of sustainable power sources, the Wind Energy Handbook will be an asset to engineers, turbine designers, wind energy consultants and graduate engineering students.

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Table of contents :
Wind Energy Handbook……Page 1
Copyright……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
Acknowledgments……Page 15
List of Symbols……Page 17
Figure C1……Page 25
Figure C2……Page 26
Ch1 Introduction……Page 27
Ch2 Wind Resource……Page 37
Ch3 Aerodynamics of Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines……Page 67
Ch4 Wind-Turbine Performance……Page 199
Ch5 Design Loads for Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines……Page 235
Ch6 Conceptual Design of Horizontal-Axis Turbines……Page 355
Ch7 Component Design……Page 403
Ch8 Controller……Page 497
Ch9 Wind Turbine Installations & Wind Farms……Page 537
Ch10 Electrical Systems……Page 585
Index……Page 635
Back Cover……Page 644
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