Product Description

As environmental concerns have focused attention on the generation of electricity from clean and renewable sources wind energy has become the world′s fastest growing energy source. The Wind Energy Handbook draws on the authors′ collective industrial and academic experience to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of wind energy research and provide a comprehensive treatment of wind energy for electricity generation.

Features include:

• An authoritative overview of wind turbine technology and wind farm design and development
• In–depth examination of the aerodynamics and performance of land–based horizontal axis wind turbines
• A survey of alternative machine architectures and an introduction to the design of the key components
• Description of the wind resource in terms of wind speed frequency distribution and the structure of turbulence
• Coverage of site wind speed prediction techniques
• Discussions of wind farm siting constraints and the assessment of environmental impact
• The integration of wind farms into the electrical power system, including power quality and system stability
• Functions of wind turbine controllers and design and analysis techniques

With coverage ranging from practical concerns about component design to the economic importance of sustainable power sources, the Wind Energy Handbook will be an asset to engineers, turbine designers, wind energy consultants and graduate engineering students.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109540 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 642 pages

Review
"...a very rounded introduction...good value for money for a book of this detail...an essential textbook..." (Intl Jnl of Electrical Engineering Education, Vol 41(1))

Review
"...a very rounded introduction...good value for money for a book of this detail...an essential textbook..." (Intl Jnl of Electrical Engineering Education, Vol 41(1))

From the Back Cover
As environmental concerns have focused attention on the generation of electricity from clean and renewable sources wind energy has become the world′s fastest growing energy source. The Wind Energy Handbook draws on the authors′ collective industrial and academic experience to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of wind energy research and provide a comprehensive treatment of wind energy for electricity generation.

Features include:
∗ An authoritative overview of wind turbine technology and wind farm design and development

∗ In–depth examination of the aerodynamics and performance of land–based horizontal axis wind turbines

∗ A survey of alternative machine architectures and an introduction to the design of the key components

∗ Description of the wind resource in terms of wind speed frequency distribution and the structure of turbulence

∗ Coverage of site wind speed prediction techniques

∗ Discussions of wind farm siting constraints and the assessment of environmental impact

∗ The integration of wind farms into the electrical power system, including power quality and system stability

∗ Functions of wind turbine controllers and design and analysis techniques
With coverage ranging from practical concerns about component design to the economic importance of sustainable power sources, the Wind Energy Handbook will be an asset to engineers, turbine designers, wind energy consultants and graduate engineering students.

Customer Reviews

A book for Engineers.
At last, a wind energy book with real maths in it. Has a good in depth description of most wind energy topics, with further and scientific references. This book is specific to horizontal axis wind generators. If you are a degree level engineer with an interest in wind generators then this is the book for you.

Essential
This book is the basic guide for anyone wishing to know every technical topic on wind energy. It is easy to read and includes lots of references of scientific papers.

Very good book....still
Probably the most famous book on wind energy. Very helpfull for engineers seeking in-depth information on Wind Energy.