Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines (Hardcover)

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“‘…everything you need to know about wind generation…’ Seda Newsletter”

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Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines is the established essential text for the fundamental solutions to efficient wind turbine design. Now in its second edition, it has been entirely upd (more…)

Transporting And Lifting Wind Turbines

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At a complete height of 110 meters, wind turbines present a challenge at all stages of transport and erection. Filmed in Europe, follow the road journey of two turbines and their teams to wind farms in the mountains. Gives detailed coverage of the innovative mega win (more…)

Wind Turbine Operation in Electric Power Systems: Advanced Modeling (Kindle Edition)

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This is a comprehensive approach to Wind Turbine Generator Systems (WTGS) and their operation in dynamic electric power system analysis. The presented advanced models arose from the author´s research. They describe the complicated dynamical system behavior of wind t (more…)

Power Electronics for Modern Wind Turbines (Synthesis Lectures on Power Electronics) (Paperback)

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Wind energy is now the world’s fastest growing energy source. In the past 10 years, the global wind energy capacity has increased rapidly. The installed global wind power capacity has grown to 47.317 GW from about 3.5 GW in 1994. The global wind power industry instal (more…)

Performance of European Wind Turbines (Kindle Edition)

Product DescriptionThe statistical analyses presented are the evaluations obtained from the operational data of wind turbines within the member countries of the European Community and provide information on individual and mean energy production, capacity factors, operational time, failure (more…)

Large Wind Turbines: Design and Economics (Paperback)

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“This is a necessary book for all libraries supporting realistic engineering design for commercial development. Moreover many individuals will wish to have it on their shelves for reference and stimulation…” (Wind Engineering, 2001)

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In the light of the (more…)

Wind Turbines: Fundamentals, Technologies, Application, Economics (Hardcover)

ReviewFrom the reviews of the second edition: “This wide-ranging book, the product of over a quarter century’s experience, will be of use to any physicist with an interest in wind power electricity generation … . Some of its sections could well act as a source for solution by physi (more…)

Wind Power (True Books) (Paperback)

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Reviewed with Christine Petersen’s Solar Power.Gr. 3-5. The familiar small, square format and the large, well-spaced type of volumes in the long-running True Book umbrella series have been preserved in this new offshoot, Environment & Conservation. Petersen provides reader (more…)

Wind Power in View: Energy Landscapes in a Crowded World (Kindle Edition)

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Addresses aesthetic concerns about the placement, number, and location of large wind turbines for electricity generation. Topics of the nine essays include the rural countryside as a metaphor for national identity in the United Kingdom, a soft -foil turbine as an alternative to t (more…)

Wind Turbine Control Systems: Principles, Modelling and Gain Scheduling Design (Advances in Industrial Control) (Hardcover)

ReviewFrom the reviews: “The book in my hand is the first … completely dedicated to the control of wind energy systems; more precisely, it addresses a specific control design approach, the gain scheduling. … This monograph is addressed mainly to scientists from academia, but the re (more…)