Description
Book SynopsisAn up-to-date and thorough treatment of the technologies, practical applications, and future of wind power, with the pros and cons and technical intricacies of various types of wind turbines and wind power prediction With the demand for energy outstripping availability from conventional sources such as fossil fuels, new sources of energy must be found. Wind power is the most mature of all of the renewable or alternative sources of energy being widely used today. With many old wind turbines becoming obsolete or in need of replacement, new methods and materials for building turbines are constantly being sought after, and troubleshooting, from an engineering perspective, is paramount to the operational efficiency of turbines currently in use.
Wind Power: Turbine Design, Selection, and Optimization:
- Details the technical attributes of various types of wind turbines, including new collinear windmills, orthogonal windmills, non-vibration VAWT wind
Table of Contents
Preface vii
1 Transformation of Flow Power 1
2 Collinear Wind Turbines (Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines-HAWTs) 67
3 Orthogonal Wind Units: Mathematical Models 107
4 Ordinary Orthogonal Windmills (Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines –VAWTs) 167
5 The Largest Open Wind Turbines on the Ground or Sea 227
6 The Unit Without External Rotation 263
7 High Jet Power Station 275
Conclusion 305
Author Index 307
Subject Index 309
