Wind Energy Harvesting : : Micro-to-Small Scale Turbines / / Shashank Priya, Ravi Kishore, Colin Stewart.

This book provides the fundamental concepts required for the development of an efficient small-scale wind turbine. For centuries, engineers and scientists have used wind turbines of all shapes and sizes to harvest wind energy. Large-scale wind turbines have been successful at producing great amounts...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018
VerfasserIn:
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:De Gruyter Textbook
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (XV, 158 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Wind turbines
  • 3. Components of a small-scale wind turbine
  • 4. Aerodynamics of a wind turbine
  • 5. Applying BEM to small-scale wind turbine blade design
  • 6. CFD analysis of wind turbines: Fundamentals
  • 7. CFD analysis of wind turbines: Practical guidelines
  • 8. Diffuser-Augmented Small-Scale Wind Turbine
  • 9. Unconventional wind energy harvesters
  • References
  • Index