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1 online resource (327 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Authors; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 History; 1.1.1 Dutch Windmills; 1.1.2 Farm Windmills; 1.1.3 Wind Chargers; 1.1.4 Generation of Electricity for Utilities; 1.2 Wind Farms; 1.3 Small Systems; 1.4 Distributed Wind; Links; References; Chapter 2 Energy; 2.1 General; 2.1.1 Renewable Energy; 2.1.2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Renewable Energy; 2.1.3 Economics; 2.2 Definitions of Energy and Power; 2.3 Fundamentals Concerning Energy; 2.4 Energy Dilemma in Light of the Laws of Thermodynamics |
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2.4.1 Conservation2.4.2 Efficiency; 2.5 Exponential Growth; 2.6 Use of Fossil Fuels; 2.6.1 Petroleum; 2.6.2 Natural Gas; 2.6.3 Coal; 2.7 Nuclear; 2.8 Mathematics of Exponential Growth; 2.8.1 Doubling Time; 2.8.2 Resource Consumption; 2.9 Lifetime of a Finite Resource; 2.10 Climate Change; 2.10.1 Climate Change-A; 2.10.2 Greenhouse Effect; 2.10.3 Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide; 2.10.4 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; 2.10.5 Policy; 2.10.6 Information and Comments; 2.10.7 Geoengineering; 2.11 Summary; General; Questions/Activities; Problems; Links; References |
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Chapter 3 Wind Characteristics3.1 Global Circulation; 3.2 Extractable Limits of Wind Power; 3.3 Wind Power; 3.4 Wind Shear; 3.5 Wind Direction; 3.6 Wind Power Potential; 3.7 Turbulence; 3.8 Wind Speed Histograms; 3.9 Duration Curve; 3.10 Variations in Wind Power Potential; 3.11 Wind Speed Distributions; 3.12 General Comments; Questions/Activities; Problems; Links; References; Chapter 4 Wind Resource Assessment; 4.1 United States; 4.2 European Union; 4.3 Other Countries; 4.4 Ocean Winds; 4.4.1 United States; 4.4.2 World; 4.5 Instrumentation; 4.5.1 Cup and Propeller Anemometers |
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4.5.2 Wind Direction4.5.3 Instrument Characteristics; 4.5.4 Measurement; 4.5.5 Vegetation Indicators; 4.6 Data Loggers; 4.7 Wind Measurement for Small Wind Turbines; Problems; References; Chapter 5 Wind Turbines; 5.1 Drag Devices; 5.2 Lift Devices; 5.3 Orientation of Rotor Axis; 5.4 System Description; 5.5 Aerodynamics; 5.6 Control; 5.6.1 Normal Operation; 5.6.2 Faults; 5.7 Energy Production; 5.7.1 Generator Size; 5.7.2 Rotor Area and Wind Map; 5.7.3 Manufacturer's Curve; 5.8 Calculated Annual Energy; 5.9 Innovative Wind Power Systems; 5.10 Applications; 5.10.1 Electrical Energy |
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5.10.2 Mechanical Energy5.10.3 Thermal Energy; 5.10.4 Wind Hybrid Systems; 5.11 Summary; Problems; Links; References; Chapter 6 Design of Wind Turbines; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Aerodynamics; 6.3 Mathematical Terms; 6.4 Drag Device; 6.5 Lift Device; 6.5.1 Maximum Theoretical Power; 6.5.2 Rotation; 6.6 Aerodynamic Performance Prediction; 6.7 Measured Power and Power Coefficient; 6.8 Construction; 6.8.1 Blades; 6.8.2 Other Components of System; 6.9 Evolution; 6.10 Small Wind Turbines; Problems; References; Chapter 7 Electrical Issues; 7.1 Fundamentals |
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7.1.1 Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction |
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Wind power plants.
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Wind power.
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wind power plants.
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wind power.
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Wind power
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Wind power plants
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Starcher, Kenneth
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| ISBN |
9780429871788 |
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0429871783 |
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