Wind Power Generation
Published on 11. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
104 pages
978-0-12-804038-6 (ISBN)
Description
Wind Power Generation is a concise, up-to-date and readable guide providing an introduction to one of the leading renewable power generation technologies. It includes detailed descriptions of on and offshore generation systems, and demystifies the relevant wind energy technology functions in practice as well as exploring the economic and environmental risk factors.
Engineers, managers, policymakers and those involved in planning and delivering energy resources will find this reference a valuable guide, to help establish a reliable power supply address social and economic objectives.
Engineers, managers, policymakers and those involved in planning and delivering energy resources will find this reference a valuable guide, to help establish a reliable power supply address social and economic objectives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
The series is targeted at Power generation planners, electrical engineers, students and lecturers of Electrical Engineering and Energy, researchers, academics and the technical community involved in the development and implementation of power generation technologies, and power related engineering disciplines.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
130 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-804038-6 (9780128040386)
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Person
Paul Breeze is a journalist and freelance science and technology writer and consultant in the United Kingdom. He has specialised in power generation technology for the past 30 years. In addition to writing Power Generation Technologies, Second Edition, he has contributed to journals and newspapers such as The Financial Times and The Economist and has written a range of technical management reports covering all the aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution.
Content
Introduction
1 Wind resources
2 Wind Turbine technology
3 Wind Turbine Anatomy
Rotors
Yawing
Drive trains and generator
Towers
4 Offshore Wind Turbine Technology
5 Wind Farms
6 Environmental Effects of Wind power
7 Wind Intermittency and Grid issues
8 Wind Capacity Limits
9 Repowering
10 Cost of Wind Power
Nitrogen Oxide
1 Wind resources
2 Wind Turbine technology
3 Wind Turbine Anatomy
Rotors
Yawing
Drive trains and generator
Towers
4 Offshore Wind Turbine Technology
5 Wind Farms
6 Environmental Effects of Wind power
7 Wind Intermittency and Grid issues
8 Wind Capacity Limits
9 Repowering
10 Cost of Wind Power
Nitrogen Oxide