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Wind energy harvesting : micro- to small-scale turbines /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Kishore, Ravi Anant (Autor), Stewart, Colin (Autor), Priya, Shashank (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]
Colección:De Gruyter textbook.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.