Wind Energy
Renewable Energy and the Environment, Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 12. December 2013
Book
Hardback
338 pages
978-1-4665-8159-3 (ISBN)
Description
As the demand for energy increases, and fossil fuels continue to decrease, Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment, Second Edition considers the viability of wind as an alternative renewable energy source. This book examines the wind industry from its start in the 1970s until now, and introduces all aspects of wind energy.
The phenomenal growth of wind power for utilities is covered along with applications such as wind-diesel, village power, telecommunications, and street lighting.. It covers the characteristics of wind, such as shear, power potential, turbulence, wind resource, wind turbine types, and designs and performance. The text discusses the measurement and siting of individual wind turbines, and considers the development and economic impact of wind farms.
What's New in the Second Edition:
Expands the section on distributed wind
Adds new sections on global warming, community wind, and storage
Illustrates the need for a shift to renewable energy through discussions on energy use and the order of magnitude estimates for the lifetime of fossil fuels
Discusses the interconnection of wind turbines to utility grids, regulations on installation and operation, and environmental concerns
This book provides material on statistics, installation, types, and energy data, as well as new information, applications, and updates on the wind industry.
It serves as a resource for practicing professionals in the wind energy industry, and can be used by undergraduate and graduate students in energy engineering/environmental engineering/wind technology.
The phenomenal growth of wind power for utilities is covered along with applications such as wind-diesel, village power, telecommunications, and street lighting.. It covers the characteristics of wind, such as shear, power potential, turbulence, wind resource, wind turbine types, and designs and performance. The text discusses the measurement and siting of individual wind turbines, and considers the development and economic impact of wind farms.
What's New in the Second Edition:
Expands the section on distributed wind
Adds new sections on global warming, community wind, and storage
Illustrates the need for a shift to renewable energy through discussions on energy use and the order of magnitude estimates for the lifetime of fossil fuels
Discusses the interconnection of wind turbines to utility grids, regulations on installation and operation, and environmental concerns
This book provides material on statistics, installation, types, and energy data, as well as new information, applications, and updates on the wind industry.
It serves as a resource for practicing professionals in the wind energy industry, and can be used by undergraduate and graduate students in energy engineering/environmental engineering/wind technology.
Reviews / Votes
"I like the approach in this book from the macro social needs to the micro methods of solving practical problems, and the topics selection covering a complete introduction of wind energy. ...I believe that the reader, who is interested in wind energy, can get the most abundant wind energy knowledge in the shortest possible time through this book."--Shi Pengfei, Chinese Wind Energy Association (CWEA)
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
150 b/w images
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4665-8159-3 (9781466581593)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
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Person
Dr. Vaughn Nelson is the author of four books and four CDs and has published over fifty articles and reports. He also served as the principal investigator on numerous grants and conducted more than sixty workshops and seminars. Presently he is a professor emeritus of physics and remains in close contact with the Alternative Energy Institute at West Texas A&M University. Dr. Nelson developed the material for an online course in renewable energy at WTAMU in 2010 and the resulting book, Introduction to Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy and the Environment, was published by CRC Press in 2011. Dr. Nelson earned a PhD in physics from the University of Kansas, an EdM from Harvard University, and a BSE from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia.
Content
<P><STRONG>Introduction</STRONG></P>
<P>History</P>
<P>Wind Farms </P>
<P>Small Systems </P>
<P>Community Wind </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P><STRONG>
<P>Energy </P></STRONG>
<P>General </P>
<P>Definitions of Energy and Power</P>
<P>Energy Fundamentals</P>
<P>Energy Dilemma and Laws of Thermodynamics</P>
<P>Exponential Growth</P>
<P>Use of Fossil Fuels</P>
<P>Nuclear Energy</P>
<P>Mathematics of Exponential Growth </P>
<P>Lifetime of Finite Resource</P>
<P>Global Warming</P>
<P>Summary </P>
<P>Links</P>
<P>References</P>
<P>Suggested Readings </P>
<P>Questions and Activities </P>
<P>Order of Magnitude (OM) Estimates </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Wind Characteristics </P></STRONG>
<P>Global Circulation </P>
<P>Extractable Limits of Wind Power </P>
<P>Wind Power </P>
<P>Wind Shear</P>
<P>Wind Direction </P>
<P>Wind Power Potential</P>
<P>Turbulence </P>
<P>Wind Speed Histograms</P>
<P>Duration Curve </P>
<P>Variations in Wind Power Potential </P>
<P>Wind Speed Distributions </P>
<P>General Comments </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Questions and Activities </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Wind Resource Assessment</P></STRONG>
<P>United States</P>
<P>European Union </P>
<P>Other Countries</P>
<P>Ocean Winds </P>
<P>Instrumentation </P>
<P>Data Loggers</P>
<P>Wind Measurement for Small Wind Turbines</P>
<P>Links</P>
<P>Maps </P>
<P>Ocean Wind Data</P>
<P>Data Logger, Sensor, and Tower Information and Photos</P>
<P>References</P>
<P>Problems</P><STRONG>
<P>Wind Turbines</P></STRONG>
<P>Drag Devices</P>
<P>Lift Devices</P>
<P>Orientation of Rotor Axis</P>
<P>System Description</P>
<P>Aerodynamics</P>
<P>Control</P>
<P>Energy Production</P>
<P>Calculated Annual Energy </P>
<P>Innovative Wind Power Systems </P>
<P>Applications </P>
<P>Summary </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Design of Wind Turbines </P></STRONG>
<P>Introduction </P>
<P>Aerodynamics </P>
<P>Mathematical Terms </P>
<P>Drag Device </P>
<P>Lift Device </P>
<P>Aerodynamic Performance Prediction </P>
<P>Measured Power and Power Coefficient </P>
<P>Construction </P>
<P>Evolution </P>
<P>Small Wind Turbines </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Electrical Issues </P></STRONG>
<P>Fundamentals </P>
<P>Generators </P>
<P>Power Quality </P>
<P>Electronics </P>
<P>Lightning </P>
<P>Resistance Dump Load </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Performance </P></STRONG>
<P>Measures of Performance </P>
<P>Wind Statistics </P>
<P>Wind Farm Performance </P>
<P>Wake Effects </P>
<P>Enertech </P>
<P>Bergey Excel </P>
<P>Water Pumping </P>
<P>Wind-Diesel and Hybrid Systems </P>
<P>Blade Performance </P>
<P>Comments </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Siting </P></STRONG>
<P>Small Wind Turbines </P>
<P>Wind Farms</P>
<P>Digital Maps</P>
<P>Geographic Information Systems</P>
<P>Wind Resource Screening</P>
<P>Numerical Models </P>
<P>Micrositing </P>
<P>Ocean Winds </P>
<P>Summary </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Applications and Wind Industry </P></STRONG>
<P>Utility Scale </P>
<P>Small Wind Turbines</P>
<P>Distributed Systems</P>
<P>Community Wind</P>
<P>Wind-Diesel Generation</P>
<P>Village Power</P>
<P>Water Pumping</P>
<P>Wind Industry</P>
<P>Storage </P>
<P>Comments</P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems</P><STRONG>
<P>Institutional Issues </P></STRONG>
<P>Avoided Costs </P>
<P>Utility Concerns</P>
<P>Regulations </P>
<P>Environment </P>
<P>Politics </P>
<P>Incentives </P>
<P>Externalities</P>
<P>Transmission </P>
<P>Links</P>
<P>References</P>
<P>Problems</P><STRONG>
<P>Economics</P></STRONG>
<P>Factors Affecting Economics</P>
<P>General Comments</P>
<P>Economic Analysis</P>
<P>Life Cycle Costs</P>
<P>Present Worth and Levelized Costs</P>
<P>Externalities</P>
<P>Wind Project Development</P>
<P>Hybrid Systems</P>
<P>Summary</P>
<P>Future Developments</P>
<P>Links</P>
<P>References</P>
<P>Problems</P>
<P>History</P>
<P>Wind Farms </P>
<P>Small Systems </P>
<P>Community Wind </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P><STRONG>
<P>Energy </P></STRONG>
<P>General </P>
<P>Definitions of Energy and Power</P>
<P>Energy Fundamentals</P>
<P>Energy Dilemma and Laws of Thermodynamics</P>
<P>Exponential Growth</P>
<P>Use of Fossil Fuels</P>
<P>Nuclear Energy</P>
<P>Mathematics of Exponential Growth </P>
<P>Lifetime of Finite Resource</P>
<P>Global Warming</P>
<P>Summary </P>
<P>Links</P>
<P>References</P>
<P>Suggested Readings </P>
<P>Questions and Activities </P>
<P>Order of Magnitude (OM) Estimates </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Wind Characteristics </P></STRONG>
<P>Global Circulation </P>
<P>Extractable Limits of Wind Power </P>
<P>Wind Power </P>
<P>Wind Shear</P>
<P>Wind Direction </P>
<P>Wind Power Potential</P>
<P>Turbulence </P>
<P>Wind Speed Histograms</P>
<P>Duration Curve </P>
<P>Variations in Wind Power Potential </P>
<P>Wind Speed Distributions </P>
<P>General Comments </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Questions and Activities </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Wind Resource Assessment</P></STRONG>
<P>United States</P>
<P>European Union </P>
<P>Other Countries</P>
<P>Ocean Winds </P>
<P>Instrumentation </P>
<P>Data Loggers</P>
<P>Wind Measurement for Small Wind Turbines</P>
<P>Links</P>
<P>Maps </P>
<P>Ocean Wind Data</P>
<P>Data Logger, Sensor, and Tower Information and Photos</P>
<P>References</P>
<P>Problems</P><STRONG>
<P>Wind Turbines</P></STRONG>
<P>Drag Devices</P>
<P>Lift Devices</P>
<P>Orientation of Rotor Axis</P>
<P>System Description</P>
<P>Aerodynamics</P>
<P>Control</P>
<P>Energy Production</P>
<P>Calculated Annual Energy </P>
<P>Innovative Wind Power Systems </P>
<P>Applications </P>
<P>Summary </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Design of Wind Turbines </P></STRONG>
<P>Introduction </P>
<P>Aerodynamics </P>
<P>Mathematical Terms </P>
<P>Drag Device </P>
<P>Lift Device </P>
<P>Aerodynamic Performance Prediction </P>
<P>Measured Power and Power Coefficient </P>
<P>Construction </P>
<P>Evolution </P>
<P>Small Wind Turbines </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Electrical Issues </P></STRONG>
<P>Fundamentals </P>
<P>Generators </P>
<P>Power Quality </P>
<P>Electronics </P>
<P>Lightning </P>
<P>Resistance Dump Load </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Performance </P></STRONG>
<P>Measures of Performance </P>
<P>Wind Statistics </P>
<P>Wind Farm Performance </P>
<P>Wake Effects </P>
<P>Enertech </P>
<P>Bergey Excel </P>
<P>Water Pumping </P>
<P>Wind-Diesel and Hybrid Systems </P>
<P>Blade Performance </P>
<P>Comments </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Siting </P></STRONG>
<P>Small Wind Turbines </P>
<P>Wind Farms</P>
<P>Digital Maps</P>
<P>Geographic Information Systems</P>
<P>Wind Resource Screening</P>
<P>Numerical Models </P>
<P>Micrositing </P>
<P>Ocean Winds </P>
<P>Summary </P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems </P><STRONG>
<P>Applications and Wind Industry </P></STRONG>
<P>Utility Scale </P>
<P>Small Wind Turbines</P>
<P>Distributed Systems</P>
<P>Community Wind</P>
<P>Wind-Diesel Generation</P>
<P>Village Power</P>
<P>Water Pumping</P>
<P>Wind Industry</P>
<P>Storage </P>
<P>Comments</P>
<P>Links </P>
<P>References </P>
<P>Problems</P><STRONG>
<P>Institutional Issues </P></STRONG>
<P>Avoided Costs </P>
<P>Utility Concerns</P>
<P>Regulations </P>
<P>Environment </P>
<P>Politics </P>
<P>Incentives </P>
<P>Externalities</P>
<P>Transmission </P>
<P>Links</P>
<P>References</P>
<P>Problems</P><STRONG>
<P>Economics</P></STRONG>
<P>Factors Affecting Economics</P>
<P>General Comments</P>
<P>Economic Analysis</P>
<P>Life Cycle Costs</P>
<P>Present Worth and Levelized Costs</P>
<P>Externalities</P>
<P>Wind Project Development</P>
<P>Hybrid Systems</P>
<P>Summary</P>
<P>Future Developments</P>
<P>Links</P>
<P>References</P>
<P>Problems</P>