Wind Turbines Fundamentals, Technologies, Application, Economics /

• Main Author: Hau, Erich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Engineering, general.

"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.