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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul Gipe |
| ISBN: | 1890132071 9781890132071 1890132225 9781890132224 |
| OCLC Number: | 40473844 |
| Description: | xi, 122 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Fundamentals (Power in the wind -- Swept area -- Wind speed distribution -- Wind resources -- Increases in wind speed and power with height -- Units of measurement -- Relative size) Estimating performance (Swept area method -- Power curve method -- Manufacturer's estimates) Wind turbine technology (Configurations : two or three blades; blade materials; orientation; robustness; overspeed control; generators -- Micro turbines : LVM Aerogen; Marlec 913; Ampair 100; Southwest Windpower Air; Aerocraft -- Mini turbines : world power technologies; Bergey windpower -- Household-size turbines : proven engineering; wind turbine industries -- Novel turbines -- Towers : rooftop mounting) Off-the-grid applications (Hybrid wind and solar systems -- Wind pumping -- Wind heating -- Recreational vehicles -- Cabins and cottages -- Electric fence charging -- Electric vehicle charging -- Telecommunications -- Village power) Interconnected or utility intertie (Interconnection technology : induction generators; inverters -- Degree of self-use -- Net metering -- Power quality and the utility -- European distributed generation) Siting and safety (Tower height -- Tower placement -- Noise -- Urban wind -- Safety : moving machinery; electrical; batteries; towers; servicing) Buying small turbines (Towers -- Control panels -- Price -- Do-it-yourself turbines -- Used wind turbines -- Collective buying power -- Subsidies) Installing small turbines (Tower raising -- Griphoists -- Choosing a griphoist -- Tower conductors -- Maintenance -- Raising a small turbine) -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 [Includes]: micro turbines; mini turbines] -- Appendix 2: Resources [Includes small wind turbine manufacturers; guyed towers for Micro and mini wind turbines; wind measurement devices] |
| Series Title: | Real Goods solar living book. |
| Responsibility: | Paul Gipe. |
Abstract:
Presents an overview of the use of wind energy around the world providing information on planning, purchasing, siting, and installing a wind system and the integration of wind power with solar photovoltaics.
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