Wind Energy Conversion 1990
Professional Engineering Publishing
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Hardback
346 pages
978-0-85298-746-9 (ISBN)
Description
These are the proceedings of the 12th British Wind Energy Association Conference, held in Norwich, 27-30 March 1990. Papers presented reviewed all aspects of current developments in the field of wind energy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bury St Edmunds
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 200 mm
Weight
1166 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85298-746-9 (9780852987469)
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Editor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
University of East Anglia
Volume editor
Content
Electricity privatization and its implications for wind energy, P.J.Musgrove; a review of European wind energy activities, A.D.Garrad; WEG's California windfarm - afterview of the first three years, P.M.Elliolt et al; fatigue testing of wood composites for aerogenerator rotor blades part V - life prediction analysis and hysteresis, P.W. Bonfield and M.P. Ansell; the design, development, and manufacture of large wood/composite wind turbine rotors, M.J. Platts; assessment of wind turbine blades using ultrasonic and thermal techniques, N. Aftab et al; synchronous wind power generation by means of a torque-limiting gearbox, G.M. Henderson et al; a wind tunnel investigation of the wake strucutre and machine loads within small wind turbine farms, U. Hassan et al; mulitple wake measurements and analysis, D. Smith; turbulence measurements in a windfarm, J. Hojstrup; a more fundamental measure of array efficiency, K.J.F. West and D.M.A. Wilson; a lay guide to control systems and their applications to wind turbines the Geoff Pontin Memorial Lecture, M.J. Grimble et al; the impact of pitch control on wind turbine fatigue, D.C. Quarton; classical control of a pitch control system, W.E. Leithead; prediction of offshore wind speeds - a comparison of methods, R.J. Barthelmie et al; the wind regime in lasithi plateau, a small plane in Crete where traditional use of wind energy still survives, C. Haldoupis; implications of dynamic effects of cup anemometers, R.S. Hunter and A. Collins; wind energy and the greenhouse effect, J.P. Palutikof et al; the UK wind resource and the European wind atlas, E.L. Petersen and I. Troen; aerodynamic performance of a vertical axis wind turbine in atmosphere, C.E. Oram and R.L. Hales; computational study of stalled rotor performance, R.I. Rawlinson-Smith and R.L. Hales; effects of turbulence on vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) blade aero dynamics, B.R. Clayton; a free vortex model of the wake of a horizontal axis wind turbine, F.J.Simoes and J.M.R. Graham; the demonstration programme for wind energy in Norway, T.A. Nygaard and C. Grorud; some further test results from the WEG MS-3 wind turbine, E.A. Bossanyi et al; progress with the VAWT-850 demonstration project, C.A. Morgan and I.D. Mays; LS1 post-synchronisation commissioning, A.L. Burton et al; the merits of tip control for large horizontal-axis wind turbines, C.G. Anderson; a comparison of aerodynamic devices for control and overspeed protection of HAWTs, P. Jamieson and P. Agius; power reduction from ice accretion of a horizontal axis wind turbine, J.Q. Rong and N. Bose; rotational speed control of the Rutland Marler 1800, W.S. Bannister et al; the development of a workable desing of small windpump (for use in overseas rural development), M.D. Ewens and J.D. Burton. (Part Contents)