Wind resource assessment and micro-siting : science and engineering /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Zhang, Matthew Huaiquan (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd., 2015.
• Θέματα: Wind power.; Wind power plants.; Renewable energy sources.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical; Winds > Measurement.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical.; Electronic books.

 Covers all the key areas of wind resource assessment technologies from an engineer's perspective -Focuses on wind analysis for wind plant siting, design and analysis -Addresses all aspects from atmospheric boundary layer characteristics, to wind resource measurement systems, uncertainties in measurements, computations and analyses, to plant performance -Covers the basics of atmospheric science through to turbine siting, turbine responses, and to environmental impacts -Contents can be used for research purposes as well as a go-to reference guide, written from the perspective of a hands-on engineer -Topic is of ongoing major international interest for its economic and environmental benefits. 

 Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgments; About the Author; List of Symbols; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Wind Resource Assessment as a Discipline; 1.2 Micro-siting Briefing; 1.3 Cascade of Wind Regime; 1.3.1 Global Scale Wind Regime; 1.3.2 Synoptic Scale Wind Regime; 1.3.3 Meso-scale Wind Regime; 1.3.4 Local Scale Wind Regime; 1.4 Uncertainty of Wind Resource; 1.5 Scope of the Book; References; Chapter 2 Concepts and Analytical Tools; 2.1 Surface Roughness and Wind Profile; 2.1.1 Roughness Length; 2.1.2 Vertical Wind Profile; 2.1.3 Internal Boundary Layer