Introduction to Wind Energy Systems Basics, Technology and Operation
Authors have tried to strike a balance between a short book chapter and a very detailed book for subject experts. There were three prime reasons behind doing so: first, the field is quite interdisciplinary and requires simplified presentation for a person
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Hermann-Josef Wagner · Jyotirmay Mathur
Introduction to Wind Energy Systems Basics, Technology and Operation With 33 Figures and 6 Tables
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Prof.Dr. Hermann-Josef Wagner Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum Lehrstuhl f¨ur Energiesysteme und Energiewirtschaft Universtit¨atsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Germany [email protected]
Dr.-Ing. Jyotirmay Mathur Malaviya National Institute of Technology Dept. Mechanical Engineering Jaipur-302017 JLN Marg India [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-02022-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-02023-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-02023-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Springer Series in Green Energy and Technology ISSN 1865-3529 Library of Congress Control Number: 2009932563 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
In the past few decades, growth in the wind energy sector has been most phenomenal among all the renewable sources of energy. Consensus exists almost worldwide that for ensuring a sustainable future, wind energy can definitely play an important role. The present book has been written to satisfy the interest of readers on wind energy converters. The authors have tried to strike a balance between a short book chapter and a very detailed book for subject experts. There were three prime reasons behind doing so: first, the field is quite inter-disciplinary and requires a simplified presentation for a person from non-parent discipline. The second reason for this short-version of a full book is that both authors have seen students and technically oriented people who were searching for this type of book on wind energy. The third reason and motivation for writing this book was to provide some initial information to people who are embarking on a career in the wind industry. It is this group of people that the present book is targeted at This book presents the basic concepts of wind energy in its first two chapters. Chapter 3 deals with the physics and mechanics of operation. It describes the conversion of wind energy into rotation of turbine, and the critical parameters governing the efficiency of this conversion
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