Wind Energy Conversion 1992
George Elliot(Editor)
Professional Engineering Publishing
Published on 1. January 1994
Book
Hardback
388 pages
978-0-85298-919-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains reports from the 16th British Wind Energy Conference. The topics addressed include the current status of wind energy in the UK, economic aspects, the development of wind turbine technology, public attitudes and noise emanations.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bury St Edmunds
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps,plans
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 200 mm
Weight
1210 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85298-919-7 (9780852989197)
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Content
Wind energy - current status in the UK; Wind energy in the European market; Wind energy economics; Wind farm operations; Developments in wind turbine technology; Field testing and commerciauation of the AOC 15150 wind turbine; Comparison of various control strategies for a two-bladed wind turbine; Development of particle image velocimetry for rotor flow measurement; Progress in the creation of standards for wind turbines; Extreme wind loads on stall regulated wind turbines; Wind energy - a cost effective answer to rural development in Africa; Dynamic control of a stand-alone wind turbine; The Geoff Pontin Memorial Lecture; The wind farm business; Wind power in Scotland - a critique of recent resource assessments; Practical difficulties in raising fuiance for wind farms; Large wind turbines and weak rural electricity systems; Fatigue testing of wood composites for aerogenerator blades, Part XI. Assessment of fatigue damage accumulation using a fatigue modulus approach; The visual impact and design of wind farms in the landscape; The development and testing of a novel windpump; Acoustic and wind speed data analysis as an environmental issue; Mechanical noise emanations from tubular wind turbines; Selfexcitation of fixed speed wind turbines; The reduction of tonal noise radiated from tubular wind turbine generator towers; Self-excitation of fixed speed wind turbines; Direct-drive, grid-connected, modular permanent-magnet generators; A new correlation/prediction method for potential wind farm sites; Short-term field measurements of wind speed across a potential wind farm site.