Product Description

As environmental concerns have focused attention on the generation of electricity from clean and renewable sources wind energy has become the world's fastest growing energy source. The Wind Energy Handbook draws on the authors' collective industrial and academic experience to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of wind energy research and provide a comprehensive treatment of wind energy for electricity generation.

Features include:
– An authoritative overview of wind turbine technology and wind farm design and development
– In-depth examination of the aerodynamics and performance of land-based horizontal axis wind turbines
– A survey of alternative machine architectures and an introduction to the design of the key components
– Description of the wind resource in terms of wind speed frequency distribution and the structure of turbulence
– Coverage of site wind speed prediction techniques
– Discussions of wind farm siting constraints and the assessment of environmental impact
– The integration of wind farms into the electrical power system, including power quality and system stability
– Functions of wind turbine controllers and design and analysis techniques

With coverage ranging from practical concerns about component design to the economic importance of sustainable power sources, the Wind Energy Handbook will be an asset to engineers, turbine designers, wind energy consultants and graduate engineering students.

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Product Details

Publisher	Wiley
ISBN	0471489972
Format	Hardcover
Author	Tony Burton,David Sharpe,Nick Jenkins,Ervin Bossanyi
EAN	9780471489979
Label	Wiley
Edition	1
Dewey Decimal Number	621.312136
Studio	Wiley
Number Of Pages	642
Title	Wind Energy Handbook
Publication Date	2001-11-15
Manufacturer	Wiley

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Customer Reviews

Great! The book came early and in great condition

Review by fluff, 2010-08-30

Trustworthy, good condition and the book came early.
The book is a birthday present for a friend. According to my friend, the information is very useful to get an idea of wind turbine design.

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Real Handbook for Wind Energy

Review by Pedro A. C. Rosas, 2008-11-17

A deep look into the wind energy and wind conversion. Very extensive and deep into details considering the wind power technical aspects. I strongly advise for those in the technical wind energy area dealing with it.

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Excellent Reference for Acedemic and Professional Engineering

Review by M. McWilliam, 2008-01-16

I have read many similar books, I have also read much of the latest literature on wind turbine aerodynamics. Thus, I can say that of all the books written on wind turbines this book is written at the highest level. Much of the content within this book reflects what is best theory for practicle wind turbine engineering. Very indepth analysis of the aerodynamics and explains a lot of the concepts in great detail, where other books will gloss over. There are some things that readers should be aware of, first this book is only for people serious about wind turbine engineering. It is written at a level where some engineering knowledge is needed. I would recomend it for graduate students and proffesionals, but not for part time enthusiasts and hobyists.

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A must in your Wind Energy Collection

Review by Santiago Paredes Pinzón, 2004-05-09

For anyone interested in wind energy this book is a must. When first take a look at the book you get pretty scared but just let time go by while you get acquainted with more topics dealing with wind energy and you'll love it. The only thing left to say is thanks to the authors. the more you think you know about something the more you realise that you're not even half way there....

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Excellent and in depth

Review by Anonymous, 2003-05-19

This book was written by people who spent their lives for something they loved. Their passion is evident from the in depth analysis and their personal contribution to many aspects of the presented theory.
This book is highly recommended to engineers and students, however it might not be very useful to people with limited engineering knowledge.
And a personal comment: If you are a Mechanical, of Aeronautical engineer fascinated by aerodynamics, David Sharp's section will surly challenge and intrigue you...

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