Wind Turbines Fundamentals, Technologies, Application, Economics /

• Main Author: Hau, Erich. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Engineering, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27151-9

"Wind Turbines" addresses all those professionally involved in research, development, manufacture and operation of wind turbines. It provides a cross-disciplinary overview of modern wind turbine technology and an orientation in the associated technical, economic and environmental fields.�...

Table of Contents:

• Windmills and Windwheels
• Electrical Power from the Wind  The First Attempts
• Basic Concepts of Wind Energy Converters
• Physical Principles of Wind Energy Conversion
• Rotor Aerodynamics
• Loads and Structural Stresses
• Vibrational Characteristics
• Rotor Blades
• Mechanical Drive Train and Nacelle
• Electrical System
• Control Systems and Operational Sequence
• The Tower.-�The Wind Resource
• Power Output and Energy Yield
• Environmental Impact
• Commercial Applications of Wind Turbines
• Offshore Wind Energy Utilisation
• Wind Turbine Installation and Operation
• Wind Turbine Costs
• Wind Turbine Economics.