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Title Wind power : systems engineering applications and design models / Ted R. Moore and Ewarld I. Bailey, editors
Published [Hauppauge, N.Y.] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series Energy science, engineering and technology
Energy science, engineering and technology series.
Contents WIND POWER ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 APPLICATIONS OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TO THE RESEARCH, DESIGN, AND DEVELOPMENT OF WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS; LIST OF ACRONYMS ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; Methods in Systems Engineering ; NREL Research and Design Tools for Wind Energy Systems ; Development of a WESE Tool ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 1.1. Definition and History of Systems Engineering ; 1.2. Wind Energy as a Complex System ; 1.2.1. Input Design Variables for Wind Energy Systems ; 1.2.1.1. Component and Turbine System Design
1.2.1.2. Wind Plant Layout and Site Design 1.2.2. Design Drivers, Cost of Energy and Other Impacts of Wind Energy System Design ; 1.2.2.1. System Design Drivers for Turbines and Plants ; 1.2.2.2. Cost of Energy and Other Impacts of Wind Energy System Design; 1.2.3. Examples of System Level Design Issues in Wind Energy ; 1.2.3.1. System Noise ; 1.2.3.2. Wind Turbine Controls ; 1.2.3.3. Ice Loading on Offshore Wind Turbines ; 1.2.4. Wind and Systems Engineering ; 2. METHODS IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ; 2.1. System Design and Optimization ; 2.1.1. Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
2.1.1.1. Overview of MDO Methods 2.1.1.2. Applications of MDO to Wind Energy Systems ; 2.1.1.3. Wind Plant Layout Optimization ; 2.1.1.4. Integrated Wind Turbine and Plant Design/Optimization ; 2.1.2. Multi-Objective/Multi-Criteria/Multi-Attribute Optimization ; 2.1.3. Concurrent Engineering/Project Management ; 2.2. Supply Chain Management: Transportation and Logistics ; 2.2.1. Applications of Supply Chain Management in Wind Energy ; 2.3. Other Important Systems Engineering Sub-Fields Related to Wind Energy Development
3. MODELING OF WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS WITH EMPHASIS ON TOOLS DEVELOPED AT NREL 3.1. Overview of NREL Wind System Design Tools ; 3.2. Subcomponent Models ; 3.3. Turbine Design Tools ; 3.3.1. NREL Aeroelastic Design Tools ; 3.3.2. Future Work and Needs ; 3.4. Wind Plant Layout and Optimization Tools ; 3.4.1. Wind Farm Interaction (wake) Models and Mesoscale Weather Models ; 3.4.2. Layout Design and Optimization Tools ; 3.4.3. Future Work and Needs ; 3.5. Wind Cost Models ; 3.5.1. Cash Flow Models ; 3.5.2. Capital Cost, Balance of Station, and Operations Cost Models
3.5.3. Future Work and Needs 3.6. Wind Plant Integration to the Electric Grid System ; 3.6.1. Power System Dynamics and Steady-State Power Flow ; 3.6.2. Power System Operations and Planning Models ; 3.6.3. Future Work and Needs ; 4. SOFTWARE DESIGN AND COMPUTATION: OVERVIEW AND STATE OF THE ART ; 4.1. Software Design ; 4.2. Data Architecture ; 4.3. Advanced Computational Techniques; 4.4. Optimization and the DAKOTA Project ; 4.5. Related Systems Engineering Software ; 5. POTENTIAL DIRECTIONS FOR APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TO WIND ENERGY
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Wind power.
Systems engineering.
wind power.
systems engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electrical.
Systems engineering
Wind power
Form Electronic book
Author Moore, Ted R., editor
Bailey, Ewarld I., editor
LC no. 2020679150
ISBN 9781620818282
1620818280