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The search for clean, renewable energy sources has yielded enormous growth and new developments in these technologies in a few short years, driving down costs and encouraging utilities in many nations, both developed and developing, to add and expand wind and solar power capacity. The first, best-selling edition of ´Wind and Solar Power Systems´ provided the most complete and modern treatment of renewable energy. This second edition continues the tradition by offering updated and expanded coverage of this growing field. The book begins with individual sections devoted to wind power and solar photovoltaic technologies, their engineering fundamentals, conversion characteristics, operational considerations to maximize output, and emerging trends. The discussion of wind power includes the theory of induction machine performance and operation as well as generator speed control, while the solar PV section includes array design, environmental variables, and sun-tracking methods. This edition includes two chapters devoted to new and specialized technologies. The third section explores large-scale energy storage technologies, overall electrical system performance, and total plant economy while the final section explores ancillary power systems derived from the sun. Focusing on the complete system rather than on a single component, ´Wind and Solar Power Systems - Design, Analysis, and Operation´, Second Edition offers the most comprehensive reference to all aspects of modern renewable energy systems.
Named as one of Choice´s Outstanding Academic Titles of 2012\r\nEvery year, Choice subject editors recognise the most significant print and electronic works reviewed in Choice during the previous calendar year. Appearing annually inChoice´s January issue, this prestigious list of publications reflects the best in scholarly titles and attracts extraordinary attention from the academic library community.\r\n\r\n The authoritative reference on wind energy, now fully revised and updated to include offshore wind power\r\n\r\n A decade on from its first release, the Wind Energy Handbook, Second Edition, reflects the advances in technology underpinning the continued expansion of the global wind power sector. Harnessing their collective industrial and academic expertise, the authors provide a comprehensive introduction to wind turbine design and wind farm planning for onshore and offshore wind-powered electricity generation.\r\n \r\nThe major change since the first edition is the addition of a new chapter on offshore wind turbines and offshore wind farm development. Opening with a survey of the present state of offshore wind farm development, the chapter goes on to consider resource assessment and array losses. Then wave loading on support structures is examined in depth, including wind and wave load combinations and descriptions of applicable wave theories. After sections covering optimum machine size and offshore turbine reliability, the different types of support structure deployed to date are described in turn, with emphasis on monopiles, including fatigue analysis in the frequency domain. Final sections examine the assessment of environmental impacts and the design of the power collection and transmission cable network.\r\n \r\nNew coverage features: \r\n•turbulence models updated to reflect the latest design standards, including an introduction to the Mann turbulence model\r\n •extended treatment of horizontal axis wind turbines aerodynamics, now including a survey of wind turbine aerofoils, dynamic stall and computational fluid dynamics\r\n •developments in turbine design codes \r\n•techniques for extrapolating extreme loads from simulation results \r\n•an introduction to the NREL cost model \r\n•comparison of options for variable speed operation \r\n•in-depth treatment of individual blade pitch control \r\n•grid code requirements and the principles governing the connection of large wind farms to transmission networks\r\n •four pages of full-colour pictures that illustrate blade manufacture,