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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Electricity Production from Renewable Energy -- 1.1. Decentralized or centralized production? -- 1.1.1. Decentralized production -- 1.1.2. Centralized production -- 1.2. The issue of renewable energies -- 1.2.1. Observations -- 1.2.2. The sustainable development context -- 1.2.3. Commitments and perspectives -- 1.3. Renewable energy sources -- 1.3.1. Wind energy -- 1.3.2. Solar energy -- 1.3.3. Hydraulics -- 1.3.4. Geothermal energy -- 1.3.5. Biomass -- 1.3.6. Contribution of the various renewable energies -- 1.4. Production of electricity from renewable energies -- 1.4.1. Electricity supply chains -- 1.4.2. Efficiency factor -- 1.5. Self-production and self-consumption of energy -- 1.6. References -- 2 Solar Photovoltaic Power -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Characteristics of the primary resource -- 2.3. Photovoltaic conversion -- 2.3.1. Introduction -- 2.3.2. Photovoltaic effect -- 2.3.3. Photovoltaic cells -- 2.3.4. Cell association -- 2.4. Maximum electric power extraction [AST 08b, PRO 97, GER 02] -- 2.5. Power converters -- 2.5.1. Introduction -- 2.5.2. Structure of the photovoltaic conversion chains [PAN 04] -- 2.5.3. Choppers [SEG 85, BER 02] -- 2.5.4. Inverters [FOC 98] -- 2.6. Adjustment of the active and reactive power -- 2.7. Solar power stations [PRO 97, AST 08b, SAB 06] -- 2.7.1. Introduction -- 2.7.2. Autonomous power stations -- 2.7.3. Power stations connected to the network -- 2.8. Exercises -- 2.8.1. Characteristics of a photovoltaic panel -- 2.8.2. Sizing an autonomous photovoltaic installation -- 2.9. References -- 3 Wind Power -- 3.1. Characteristic of the primary resource -- 3.1.1. Variability -- 3.1.2. The Weibull distribution -- 3.1.3. The effect of relief -- 3.1.4. Loading rate -- 3.1.5. Compass card |
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3.2. Kinetic wind energy -- 3.3. Wind turbines -- 3.3.1. Horizontal axis wind turbines -- 3.3.2. Vertical axis wind turbines -- 3.3.3. Comparison of the various turbine types -- 3.4. Power limitation by varying the power coefficient -- 3.4.1. The "pitch" or variable pitch angle system -- 3.4.2. The "stall" or aerodynamic stall system -- 3.5. Mechanical couplings between the turbine and the electric generator -- 3.5.1. Connection between mechanical speed, synchronous -- 3.5.2. "Direct drive" wind turbines (without a multiplier) -- 3.5.3. Use of a speed multiplier -- 3.6. Generalities on induction and mechanical electric conversion -- 3.7. "Fixed speed" wind turbines based on induction machines -- 3.7.1. Physical principle -- 3.7.2. Constitution of induction machines -- 3.7.3. Modeling -- 3.7.4. Conversion system -- 3.7.5. Operational characteristics -- 3.8. Variable speed wind turbine -- 3.8.1. Issues -- 3.8.2. Classification of the structures according to machine technologies -- 3.8.3. Principle of element sizing -- 3.8.4. Adjustment of active and reactive powers -- 3.8.5. Aerogenerators based on a doubly-fed induction machine -- 3.8.6. Aerogenerators based on a synchronous machine -- 3.9. Offshore wind turbines -- 3.9.1. Advantages of offshore wind -- 3.9.2. Types of offshore wind turbines -- 3.10. Wind farms -- 3.10.1. Architecture -- 3.10.2. Abundance -- 3.11. Exercises -- 3.11.1. Fixed speed wind turbines -- 3.11.2. Characterization of a turbine and estimate of the generated power -- 3.11.3. High power variable speed wind turbines -- 3.12. References -- 4 Terrestrial and Marine Hydroelectricity -- 4.1. Run-of-the-river hydraulics -- 4.1.1. Hydroelectricity -- 4.1.2. Small hydraulics -- 4.1.3. Hydraulic turbines -- 4.1.4. Electromechanical conversion for small hydroelectricity -- 4.1.5. Exercise: small hydroelectric run-of-the-river power station |
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4.2. Hydraulic power of the sea -- 4.2.1. Wave power -- 4.2.2. Energy of the continuous ocean currents -- 4.2.3. Tidal energy -- 4.2.4. Wave production, wave-power generator -- 4.2.5. Production by sea currents -- 4.2.6. Tidal production -- 4.2.7. Exercise: estimation of the production of a simple effect tidal power -- 4.3. References -- 5 Thermal Power Generation -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Geothermal power -- 5.2.1. Introduction -- 5.2.2. The resource -- 5.2.3. Fluid characteristics -- 5.2.4. The principle of geothermal power plants -- 5.2.5. Thermodynamic conversion -- 5.2.6. Steam turbine -- 5.2.7. The alternator -- 5.3. Thermodynamic solar power generation -- 5.3.1. Introduction -- 5.3.2. The principle of concentration -- 5.3.3. Cylindro-parabolic design -- 5.3.4. The solar tower -- 5.3.5. Parabolic dish design -- 5.3.6. Comparison of solar thermodynamic generations -- 5.4. Cogeneration by biomass -- 5.4.1. Origin of biomass -- energy interests -- 5.4.2. Cogeneration principle -- 5.5. References -- 6 Integration of Decentralized Production into the Electrical Network -- 6.1. From a centralized network to a decentralized network -- 6.1.1. The transmission network -- 6.1.2. The distribution network -- 6.1.3. Services for the electric system -- 6.1.4. Actors of a liberalized system -- 6.1.5. Roles of decentralized production in network management -- 6.2. Connection constraints and usage checks -- 6.2.1. Voltage management -- 6.2.2. Frequency control -- 6.2.3. Quality of the electric wave -- 6.2.4. Protection and short-circuiting of the electrical system -- 6.2.5. Decoupling protection -- 6.2.6. Other limitations -- 6.3. The challenges of integrating decentralized power generation -- 6.3.1. Defense and infrastructure reconstruction plan for the electricity system -- 6.3.2. Production forecasting for extreme weather conditions |
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6.3.3. Network hosting capacity and protection -- 6.4. Perspectives for better integration into networks -- 6.4.1. Actions at the source level -- 6.4.2. Actions at the network level -- 6.4.3. Actions at the consumer level -- 6.5. References -- List of Authors -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Energy -- EULA |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic book
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Davigny, Arnaud
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Franois, Bruno
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Henneton, Antoine
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Sprooten, Jonathan
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9781119866084 |
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1119866081 |
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