Small Wind Turbines for Electricity and Irrigation: Design and Construction

ISBN-13: 9781138570221 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 327 str.

Mario Alejandro Rosato

Opis

This books deals the technology of small-power wind turbines and allows anybody having basic technical knowledge to design and build a small wind turbine for any site. It shows how to select the most suitable model among a wide offer of commercial products and design a whole wind powered system with minimal theory.

Spis treści

1. Small Wind Turbines: A Technology for Energy Independence and Sustainable Agriculture 2. General Theory of Wind-Driven Machines 3. Simplified Aerodynamic Theory for the Design of the Rotor’s Blades 4. Practical Design of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines 5. Practical Design of Aerodynamic Action Vertical Axis Wind Turbines 6. Practical Design of Savonius Turbines and Derived Models 7. Engineering of the Support Structures for Wind Turbines 8. Probability Distribution of the Wind Speed and Preliminary Design of Wind Power Installations 9. Sizing Energy Storage Systems 10. Design of Wind Pumping Systems 11. Unconventional Wind-Driven Machines 12. Aerodynamic Characteristics of Blunt Bodies and Airfoils