Wind Energy Engineering: A Handbook for Onshore and Offshore Wind Turbines by Tr

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Wind Energy Engineering by Trevor Letcher 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Professor Trevor Letcher is an Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and living in the United Kingdom. He was previously Professor of Chemistry, and Head of Department, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Rhodes University, and Natal, in South Africa (1969-2004). He has published over 300 papers on areas such as chemical thermodynamic and waste from landfill in peer reviewed journals, and 100 papers in popular science and education journals. Prof. Letcher has edited and/or written 32 major books, of which 22 were published by Elsevier, on topics ranging from future energy, climate change, storing energy, waste, tyre waste and recycling, wind energy, solar energy, managing global warming, plastic waste, renewable energy, and environmental disasters. He has been awarded gold medals by the South African Institute of Chemistry and the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics honoured him with a Festschrift in 2018. He is a life member of both the Royal Society of Chemistry (London) and the South African Institute of Chemistry. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, and is a Director of the Board of the International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics since 2002. 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 Power5. Global Potential for Wind Generated Electricity6. Achieving Carbon Neutrality: The Future of Wind Energy Development in China7. Vertical wind speed profiles in atmospheric boundary layer flows8. Wind Turbine Technologies9. 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 China13. Numerical methods for SSI analysis of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations14. Reliability of Wind Turbines15. Practical method to estimate foundation stiffness for design of offshore wind turbines16. Physical Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Model for Prediction of Prototype Response17. Seismic Design and Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines18. 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 turbines24. Environmental and structural safety issues related to wind energy25. Innovative Foundation Design for OWTS26. Gravity Based Foundation (GBF) for offshore wind turbines27. 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 Feature Offers all-round understanding of links between resources world-wide, wind turbine technology, electricity and environmental issues, and economics Global experts provide the very latest research and development in over 33 fields of endeavor related to the wind power Includes extensive sets of references in each chapter giving readers all the very latest thinking and information on each topic to become aware of the challenges Details ISBN0323993532 Short Title Wind Energy Engineering Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0323993532 ISBN-13 9780323993531 Format Hardcover Subtitle A Handbook for Onshore and Offshore Wind Turbines Imprint Academic Press Inc Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Year 2023 Author Trevor Letcher Edited by Trevor Letcher Pages 586 Edition Description 2nd edition Publication Date 2023-05-11 Replaces 9780128094518 Alternative 9780323958301 DEWEY 621.312136 Audience Professional & Vocational UK Release Date 2023-05-11 NZ Release Date 2023-05-10 AU Release Date 2023-05-10 Illustrations 130 illustrations (80 in full color); Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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