Description
Wind Energy Engineering: A Handbook for Onshore and Offshore Wind Turbines, Second Edition continues to be the most advanced, up-to-date and research-focused text on all aspects of wind energy engineering. Covering a wider spectrum of topics in the field of wind turbines (offshore and onshore), this new edition includes new intelligent turbine designs and optimization, current challenges and efficiencies, remote sensing and smart monitoring, and key areas of advancement, such as floating wind turbines. Each chapter includes a research overview with a detailed analysis and new case studies looking at how recent research developments can be applied.Written by some of the most forward-thinking professionals in the field, and giving a complete examination of one of the most promising and efficient sources of renewable energy, this book is an invaluable reference into this cross-disciplinary field for engineers.- Offers an all-around understanding of the links between worldwide resources, including wind turbine technology, electricity and environmental issues, and economics- Provide the very latest research and development in over 33 fields of endeavor related to wind power- Includes extensive sets of references in each chapter, giving readers all the very latest thinking and information on each topic
Table of Contents
1. Why Wind Energy?2. History of Harnessing Wind Power3. Wind Power Fundamentals4. Estimation of Wind Energy Potential and Prediction of Wind Power 5. Global Potential for Wind Generated Electricity 6. Achieving Carbon Neutrality: The Future of Wind Energy Development in China 7. Vertical wind speed profiles in atmospheric boundary layer flows 8. Wind Turbine Technologies 9. Small scale wind turbines10. Civil Engineering aspects of a wind farm and wind turbine structures11. Aerodynamics and the design of horizontal axis wind turbines12. Civil Engineering challenges associated with design of Offshore Wind Turbines with special reference to China 13. Numerical methods for SSI analysis of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations 14. Reliability of Wind Turbines15. Practical method to estimate foundation stiffness for design of offshore wind turbines 16. Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Model for Prediction of Prototype Response17. Seismic Design and Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines 18. Seismic Hazards associated with Offshore Wind Farms19. Some Challenges and Opportunities around Lifetime Performance and Durability of wind turbines20. A Review of Wind Power in Grid Codes: current state and future challenges21. Intelligent design and optimization of Wind Turbines22. Wind and Hybrid Power Systems: Reliability Based Assessment23. Multi-fidelity simulation tools for modern wind turbines 24. Environmental and structural safety issues related to wind energy 25. Innovative Foundation Design for OWTS26. Gravity Based Foundation (GBF) for offshore wind turbines 27. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Storing Energy from Wind Turbines28. Climate Change Effects on Offshore Wind Turbines29. Life cycle assessment: meta-analysis of cumulative energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions for wind energy technologies30. Wind turbines and landscape31. Acoustics and Noise Emissions including Porus Material for Trailing Edge Noise Abatement for Wind Turbines32. Global Rare Earth Supply, Life Cycle and Wind Energy33. Short-term power prediction and downtime classification34. Levelized Cost Of Energy (UK Offshore Wind Power) Drivers, Challenges, Opportunities and Practice 2010 to 202035. Certification of new foundations for offshore wind turbines
