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Wind Power Generation
Advances in technologies, applications and the economic and environmental costs
Paul Breeze (Author)
9780128040386
Paperback, published 11 November 2015
104 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.8 cm, 0.13 kg
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.
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
Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX], Electric motors [THRM]
