Wind Energy Engineering
eBook - ePub

Wind Energy Engineering

A Handbook for Onshore and Offshore Wind Turbines

  1. 586 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Wind Energy Engineering

A Handbook for Onshore and Offshore Wind Turbines

About this book

Wind Energy Engineering: A Handbook for Onshore and Offshore Wind Turbines, Second Edition continues to be the most advanced, up-to-date and research-focused text on all aspects of wind energy engineering. Covering a wider spectrum of topics in the field of wind turbines (offshore and onshore), this new edition includes new intelligent turbine designs and optimization, current challenges and efficiencies, remote sensing and smart monitoring, and key areas of advancement, such as floating wind turbines. Each chapter includes a research overview with a detailed analysis and new case studies looking at how recent research developments can be applied. Written by some of the most forward-thinking professionals in the field, and giving a complete examination of one of the most promising and efficient sources of renewable energy, this book is an invaluable reference into this cross-disciplinary field for engineers. - Offers an all-around understanding of the links between worldwide resources, including wind turbine technology, electricity and environmental issues, and economics - Provide the very latest research and development in over 33 fields of endeavor related to wind power - Includes extensive sets of references in each chapter, giving readers all the very latest thinking and information on each topic

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9780323958301
Edition
2
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Energy
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Wind Energy Engineering
  2. Cover
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1 Why wind energy
  9. Chapter 2 History of harnessing wind power
  10. Chapter 3 Wind power fundamentals
  11. Chapter 4 Estimation of wind energy potential and prediction of wind power
  12. Chapter 5 Global potential for wind-generated electricity
  13. Chapter 6 Achieving carbon neutrality: the future of wind energy development in China
  14. Chapter 7 Vertical wind speed profiles in atmospheric boundary layer flows
  15. Chapter 8 Wind turbine technologies
  16. Chapter 9 Small-scale wind turbines
  17. Chapter 10 Civil engineering aspects of a wind farm and wind turbine structures
  18. Chapter 11 Aerodynamics and the design of horizontal axis wind turbine
  19. Chapter 12 Civil engineering challenges associated with design of offshore wind turbines with special reference to China
  20. Chapter 13 Numerical methods for soil-structure interaction analysis of offshore wind turbine foundations
  21. Chapter 14 Reliability of wind turbines
  22. Chapter 15 Practical method to estimate foundation stiffness for design of offshore wind turbines
  23. Chapter 16 Physical modeling of offshore wind turbine model for prediction of prototype response
  24. Chapter17 Seismic design and analysis of offshore wind turbines
  25. Chapter 18 Seismic hazards associated with offshore wind farms
  26. Chapter 19 Some challenges and opportunities around lifetime performance and durability of wind turbines
  27. Chapter 20 A review of wind power in grid codes: current state and future challenges
  28. Chapter 21 Intelligent design and optimization of wind turbines
  29. Chapter 22 Wind and hybrid power systems: reliability-based assessment
  30. Chapter 23 Multifidelity simulation tools for modern wind turbines
  31. Chapter 24 Wind turbine supporting tower structural health monitoring and vibration control
  32. Chapter 25 Innovative foundation design for offshore wind turbines
  33. Chapter 26 Gravity-based foundation for offshore wind turbines
  34. Chapter 27 Greenhouse gas emissions from storing energy from wind turbines
  35. Chapter 28 Climate change effects on offshore wind turbines
  36. Chapter 29 Life cycle assessment: a meta-analysis of cumulative energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions for wind energy technologies
  37. Chapter 30 Wind turbines and landscape
  38. Chapter 31 Turbulent-boundary-layer trailing-edge noise reduction technologies including porous materials
  39. Chapter 32 Global rare earth supply, life cycle assessment, and wind energy
  40. Chapter 33 Short-term power prediction and downtime classification
  41. Chapter 34 Levelized cost of energy (UK offshore wind power) drivers, challenges, opportunities and practice 2010–20
  42. Chapter 35 Certification of new foundations for offshore wind turbines
  43. Index
  44. Index - Continued