Wind Energy Explained

Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application

by Manwell, James F.

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Wind energy's bestselling textbook- fully revised. This must-have second edition includes up-to-date data, diagrams, illustrations and thorough new material on: the fundamentals of wind turbine aerodynamics; wind turbine testing and modelling; wind turbine design standards; offshore wind energy; special purpose applications, such as energy storage and fuel production. Fifty additional homework problems and a new appendix on data processing make this comprehensive edition perfect for engineering…

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  • Full title :Wind Energy Explained : Theory, Design and Application.

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Wind energy's bestselling textbook- fully revised. This must-have second edition includes up-to-date data, diagrams, illustrations and thorough new material on: the fundamentals of wind turbine aerodynamics; wind turbine testing and modelling; wind turbine design standards; offshore wind energy; special purpose applications, such as energy storage and fuel production. Fifty additional homework problems and a new appendix on data processing make this comprehensive edition perfect for engineering students. This book offers a.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.
  • Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wiley
  • Place of Publication:Hoboken
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2010.

Notes

10 Wind Energy Applications.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (705 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0470015004, 9780470015001
  • oclc:ocn990663582
  • LC Classification:TJ820 .M374 2010
  • Dewey Decimal:333.92

Table of Contents

WIND ENERGY EXPLAINED: Theory, Design and Application; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Modern Wind Energy and its Origins; 1.1 Modern Wind Turbines; 1.2 History of Wind Energy; References; 2 Wind Characteristics and Resources; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 General Characteristics of the Wind Resource; 2.3 Characteristics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer; 2.4 Wind Data Analysis and Resource Estimation; 2.5 Wind Turbine Energy Production Estimates Using Statistical Techniques; 2.6 Regional Wind Resource Assessment; 2.7 Wind Prediction and Forecasting.

2.8 Wind Measurement and Instrumentation2.9 Advanced Topics; References; 3 Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines; 3.1 General Overview; 3.2 One-dimensional Momentum Theory and the Betz Limit; 3.3 Ideal Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine with Wake Rotation; 3.4 Airfoils and General Concepts of Aerodynamics; 3.5 Blade Design for Modern Wind Turbines; 3.6 Momentum Theory and Blade Element Theory; 3.7 Blade Shape for Ideal Rotor without Wake Rotation; 3.8 General Rotor Blade Shape Performance Prediction; 3.9 Blade Shape for Optimum Rotor with Wake Rotation; 3.10 Generalized Rotor Design Procedure.

3.11 Simplified HAWT R…

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Subjects

Energie éolienne Wind power

Writers

Manwell, James F. McGowan, Jon G. Rogers, Anthony L.

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