Small-Scale Wind Power: Design, Analysis, and Environmental Impacts (UK PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Technical) - Tapa blanda

Plourde, Brian; Abraham, John P.

 
9781606504840: Small-Scale Wind Power: Design, Analysis, and Environmental Impacts (UK PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Technical)
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ISBN 10: 1606504843 ISBN 13: 9781606504840
Editorial: Momentum Press, 2014

Sinopsis

In today’s world, clean and robust energy sources are beingsought to provide power to residences, commercial operations,and manufacturing enterprises. Among the most appealingenergy sources is wind power-with its high reliability andlow environmental impact. Wind power’s rapid penetrationinto markets throughout the world has taken many forms, andthis book discusses the types of wind power, as well as theappropriate decisions that need to be made regarding windpower design, testing, installation, and analysis.Inside, the authors detail the design of various small-windsystems including horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) andvertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs). The design of wind turbinestakes advantage of many avenues of investigation, all of whichare included in the book. Analytical methods that have beendeveloped over the past few decades are major methods usedfor design. Alternatively, experimentation (typically using scaledmodels in wind tunnels) and numerical simulation (using moderncomputational fluid dynamic software) are also used and will bedealt with in depth.In addition to the analysis of wind turbine performance, it isimportant for users to assess the economic benefits of using windpower. An entire chapter of this book is devoted to this topic,as well as case studies that help elucidate the issues that you’llneed to consider, from siting and mechanical complications, toperformance and maintenance.

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Dr. John Abraham is a Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Over the past 20 years, he has completed many research projects in the thermal sciences. His work is both computational and experimental and covers both fundamentals as well as applications. He has produced approximately 200 journal papers, books, book chapters, patents, and conference presentations.

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Editorial
Momentum Press
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1606504843
ISBN 13 
9781606504840
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Número de páginas
198
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