edited by Jay H. Leher, Jack Keeley, Thomas B. Kingery.
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1 online resource (1801 pages).
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Wiley Series on Energy
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Includes index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Titlepage; Copyright; INTRODUCTION: ENERGY DRIVES EVERYTHING; INTRODUCTION; SOME FUNDAMENTALS; ENERGY IS NOT POWER AND POWER IS NOT ENERGY; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; SUMMARY; NOTES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART I WIND; 1 ACCEPTANCE OF WIND POWER: AN INTRODUCTION TO DRIVERS AND SOLUTIONS; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE TRADITIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; 1.3 DYNAMIC EFFECTS FROM WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT; 1.4 OFFSHORE WIND FARMS A FUTURE SOLUTION?; 1.5 WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEMAND FOR OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; 1.6 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 2 WIND POWER FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; 2.1 INTRODUCTION
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2.2 numerical weather prediction models2.3 persistence models; 2.4 choosing forecast parameters; 2.5 statistical and neural network methods; 2.6 adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems; 2.7 case study; references; 3 maximizing the loading in wind turbine plants: (a) the betz limit, (b) ducting the turbine; 3.1 the wind turbine efficiency; 3.2 the betz limit; 3.3 the ducted wind turbine; references; 4 modeling wind turbine wakes for wind farms; 4.1 introduction; 4.2 empirical methods to estimate wake recovery; 4.3 computational fluid dynamics; 4.4 rotor modeling techniques
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4.5 wind turbine simulations4.6 discussion and conclusions; references; 5 fatigue failure in wind turbine blades; 5.1 introduction; 5.2 damage inspection in real turbine blades; 5.3 evaluation of fatigue life; 5.4 finite element model of the blade; 5.5 discussions; 5.6 conclusions; references; 6 floating wind turbines: the new wave in offshore wind power; 6.1 introduction; 6.2 conclusion; references; 7 wind power-aeole turns marine; 7.1 introduction; 7.2 the wind turbine; 7.3 united states and european union; 7.4 not in my backyard; 7.5 market "explosion" and environmental objections
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7.6 environmental impact7.7 conclusions; 7.8 marine energy2; note; references; 8 impacts of wind farms on weather and climate at local and global scales; 8.1 observed impacts; 8.2 how wind turbines interact with the atmosphere; 8.3 how wind farms are represented in weather and climate models; 8.4 impacts of wind farms on local meteorology; 8.5 impacts of wind farms on regional and global climate; 8.6 minimizing impacts; 8.7 conclusions and discussions; references; 9 power curves and turbulent flow characteristics of vertical axis wind turbines; 9.1 residential and small business wind power
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9.2 small wind turbine designs9.3 developing a variable-geometry power correlation for a vertical axis wind turbine; 9.4 formulation of fluid flow for numerical predictions of small wind turbines; 9.5 power correlation for a unique vertical axis wind turbine; 9.6 conclusions; acknowledgments; references; 10 windmill brake state models used in predicting wind turbine performance; 10.1 background; 10.2 blade element momentum theory; 10.3 windmill brake state models; 10.4 comparison of windmill brake state models; references; 11 lightning protection of wind turbines and associated phenomena