Palanisamy MohanKumar & Krishnamoorthi Sivalingam 
ADVANCED WIND TURBINES [EPUB ebook] 

How can non-windy places make use of wind power for electricity generation? Advanced Wind Turbines provides detailed information that is of great practical importance to wind turbine practitioners from small and congested city-states, where the lack of vast land and high wind speed render the conventional wind turbine less effective. It introduces the non-conventional Darrieus and Savonius wind turbines, as well as their hybrid version, covering basic concepts, computational modelling and recent advances in experimental optimization.

What about those who prefer wind turbines in faraway oceans to take advantage of high wind speed, or who come from countries with a lack of shallow seabed? Floating offshore wind turbines are also discussed, and the dynamics of floating vis-à-vis grounded wind turbines are thoroughly expounded upon to aid practitioners in achieving more accurate performance modelling. This is a work of paramount usefulness for areas which have long wanted to jump on the renewable energy bandwagon, but have thus far been hampered by their natural geographical limitations.

Contents:

• Preface


• About the Authors


• Introduction


• State-of-the-art Technologies for Low Wind Speed Operation


• Feasibility Check on Potential Concepts


• Mathematical Modeling of Adaptive Hybrid Darrieus Turbine


• Computational Study of Adaptive Hybrid Darrieus Turbine


• Experimental Optimization of Adaptive Hybrid Darrieus Turbine


• Overview of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines


• Aerodynamic Analysis of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine


• Numerical Validation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Scaled Rotor for Surge Motion


• Remaining Useful Life Prediction


• Concluding Remarks

Readership: Wind turbine engineers and companies working on non-conventional wind turbines, such as Vertical Axis Wind Turbines and Floating Offshore Wind Turbines. Academics, researchers, and postgraduate students in Wind Engineering.

’This book is a good reference for those wanting to better understand the aerodynamics driving the design and performance of vertical axis wind turbines. The authors have written it from the perspective of industrial applications focused on the conditions specifically for small city-states that are not naturally endowed with sufficiently strong wind. It is a veritable mine of numerical and experimental data, useful for research and professional work. It proved to be a useful resource throughout the design process for a client’s unique wind energy project. I would strongly recommend this book as a good reference for scientists, engineers and any companies worldwide working on wind turbines.’ See full review – Ion Paraschivoiu Full Professor, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

’This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the latest advances in wind turbine technology, and offers insights into the key challenges and opportunities facing the industry. Written by leading experts in the field, it covers topics such as the fundamentals of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines and design optimization for low wind speed, the latest advances in turbine blade and tower design (including innovations in materials, aerodynamics, and manufacturing), the role of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT) and its advancements, and the techno-economics of large-scale offshore wind turbines/farms. The book is intended for students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of wind energy, renewable energy, and sustainable development.’ See full review – Sundararajan Natarajan Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, India

Key Features:

• Discusses unconventional wind turbines, such as the Darrieus and Savonius wind turbines, their hybrid version, and floating offshore wind turbines


• Covers both computational and experimental approaches