Renewable power and energy : wind and thermal systems. Volume II /

Wind and thermal power systems are becoming a significant source of energy in our energy resource mix today. It is essential these systems are reliable, safe, and secure. Precise engineering design is required to insure these new power systems meet these requirements. In particular, interconnected s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Price, Gary D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2018.
Colección:Electrical power collection.
Temas:
Renewable energy sources.
Wind power.
Solar energy.
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Énergies renouvelables.
Énergie éolienne.
Énergie solaire.
wind power.
solar power.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Renewable energy sources
Solar energy
Wind power
batteries
electric power systems
energy storage
energy
engineering economics
generators
induction motor
inverters
lithium-ion
net-metering
power factor
power
probability distribution
renewable
solar
synchronous machine
thermal
transfer fluid
wind turbine
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Conventional electric power systems
  • 1.1 Power engineering concepts and terminology
  • 1.2 Electric power system design
  • 1.3 Electric power analysis
  • 1.4 Three-phase power systems
  • 1.5 Problems
  • 3. The wind resource
  • 3.1 Wind speed assessments
  • 3.2 Wind power calculation
  • 3.3 Wind speed prediction techniques
  • 3.4 Wind speed measurement
  • 3.5 Problems
  • 4. Wind generator systems
  • 4.1 Wind power system components
  • 4.2 Electric motors and generators
  • 4.3 Wind turbine rating
  • 4.4 WTG speed control systems
  • 4.5 Wind turbine installation
  • 4.6 Problems
  • 5. Energy storage and standalone wind systems
  • 5.1 Batteries
  • 5.2 Charge and discharge efficiency of batteries
  • 5.3 Other storage mediums
  • 5.4 Standalone system design
  • 5.5 Problems
  • 6. Economics
  • 6.1 Simple payback
  • 6.2 Advanced breakeven analysis
  • 6.3 Return on investment
  • 6.4 Levelized cost of energy
  • 6.5 Other economic evaluation methods
  • 6.6 Problems
  • 7. Solar thermal systems
  • 7.1 Domestic hot water
  • 7.2 Solar thermal space-heating systems
  • 7.3 Electric generation using solar thermal systems
  • 7.4 Ground source heat pumps
  • 7.5 Problems
  • Appendix A. Glossary
  • Appendix B. Colorado net metering rules
  • Appendix C. Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Appendix D. Table of conversions
  • About the author
  • Index.

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