Wind energy engineering : a handbook for onshore and offshore wind turbines / Trevor Letcher, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Letcher, T. M. (Trevor M.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wind power.

Wind turbines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (588 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Handbook for onshore and offshore wind turbines

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, [2023]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Section A: Introduction. 1. Why Wind Energy? / Trevor M. Letcher

2. History of Harnessing Wind Power / Magdi Ragheb

Section B: Wind Rource and Wind Energy. 3. Wind Power Fundamentals / Alexander Kalmikov

4. Estimation of Wind Energy Potential and Prediction of Wind Power / Jing Shi Ergin Erdem

5. Global Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity / Xi Lu Michael B. McElroy

6. Achieving Carbon Neutrality: The Future of Wind Energy Development in China / Jacqueline Lam Victor O.K. Li Shanshan Wang Peiyang Guo Danyang Zhu

7. Vertical wind speed profiles in atmospheric boundary layer flows / Sukanta Basu

Section C: Wind Turbine Technology. 8. Wind Turbine Technologies / Anca Daniela Hansen

9. Small-scale wind turbines / Patrick A.B. James AbuBakr S. Bahaj

10. Civil Engineering aspects of a wind farm and wind turbine structures / Subhamoy Bhattacharya

11. Aerodynamics and the design of horizontal axis wind turbines / Martin Otto Lavér Hansen

12. Civil Engineering challenges associated with design of Offshore Wind Turbines with special reference to China / Subhamoy Bhattacharya Lizhong Wang Junwei Liu Yi Hong

13. Numerical methods for Soil-Structure Interaction analysis of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations / Susana Lopez-Querol Liang Cui Subhamoy Bhattacharya

14. Reliability of Wind Turbines / Shawn Sheng Ryan O'Connor

15. Practical method to estimate foundation stiffness for design of offshore wind turbines / Saleh Jalbi Masoud Shadlou Subhamoy Bhattacharya

16. Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Model for Prediction of Prototype Response / Domenico Lombardi Subhamoy Bhattacharya George Nikitas

17. Seismic Design and Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines / Subhamoy Bhattacharya Sadra Amani Athul Prabhakaran Surya Biswal

18. Seismic Hazards associated with Offshore Wind Farms / Sadra Amani Athul Prabhakaran Subhamoy Bhattacharya Haroon Rashid Rajib Sarkar

19. Some Challenges and Opportunities around Lifetime Performance and Durability of wind turbines / V. Pakarashi Kieran Ruane Vesna Jaksic Abdollah Malekjafian Michael O'Bryne Frank Schoefs Bidisha Ghosh Luke J. Prendergasat Madjid Karimirad Jimmy Murphy Christopher Simon Wright Deirdre O'Donnell Gohar Shoukat Ramon Varghese Cian Desmond Subhamoy Bhattacharya

20. A Review of Wind Power in Grid Codes: current state and future challenges / Antonio Alonso-Cepeda Wes Baker Raquel Villena-Ruiz Eduard Muljadi Andrés Honrubia-Escribano Emilio Gómes-Lázaro

21. Intelligent design and optimization of Wind Turbines / Weifei Hu Jianhao Fang Zhenyu Liu Jianrong Tan

22. Wind and Hybrid Power Systems: Reliability-Based Assessment / Serkan Eryilmaz Yilser Devrim

23. Multi-fidelity simulation tools for modern wind turbines / Luca Greco Claudio Testa Alessandra Bianchini

24. Wind Turbine Supporting Tower Structural Health Monitoring and Vibration Control / Kaoshan Dai Ying Wang Zhenhua Huang

25. Innovative Foundation Design for Offshore Wind Turbines / Muhammad Aleem Hasan Emre Demirci Subhamoy Bhattacharya Sachin Jindal

26. Gravity-Based Foundation for offshore wind turbines / Muhammad Aleem Subhamoy Bhattacharya Surya Biswal Ganga Prakhya

Section D: Storing Energy. 27. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Storing Energy from Wind Turbines / Charles J. Barnhart

28. Climate Change Effects on Offshore Wind Turbines / Maria James Sumanta Haklar Ramon Varghese Subhamoy Bhattacharya Vikram Pakrashi

29. Life cycle assessment: a meta-analysis of cumulative energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions for wind energy technologies / Michael Carbajales-Dale

30. Wind turbines and landscape / Marc van Grieken Beatrice Dower

31. Turbulent-boundary-layer Trailing-Edge Noise Reduction Technologies including Porus Materials / Francesco Avallone Daniele Ragni

32. Global Rare Earth Supply, Life Cycle assessment, and Wind Energy / Zhehan Weng Gavin M. Mudd

33. Short-term power prediction and downtime classification / J.M. González-Sopeña B. Ghosh P. Mucchielli B. Bhowmik V. Pakrashi

Section F: Economics of wind energy and certification issues. 34. Levelized Cost Of Energy (UK Offshore Wind Power) Drivers, Challenges, Opportunities and Practice 2010-20 / Lovemore Machiridza Subhamoy Bhattacharya

35. Certification of new foundations for offshore wind turbines / Muhammad Aleem Subhamoy Bhattacharya Jorge Mendoza Ganga Prakhya.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Letcher, Trevor M. Wind Energy Engineering

ISBN:

0-323-95830-3

OCLC:

1378937680