Advanced Wind Turbine Technology

Advanced Wind Turbine Technology
Author: Weifei Hu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2018-05-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319781669

This book introduces the current challenges in modern wind turbine analysis, design and development, and provides a comprehensive examination of state-of-the-art technologies from both academia and industry. The twelve information-rich chapters cover a wide range of topics including reliability-based design, computational fluid dynamics, gearbox and bearing analyses, lightning analysis, structural dynamics, health condition monitoring, advanced techniques for field repair, offshore floating wind turbines, advanced turbine control and grid integration, and other emerging technologies. Each chapter begins with the current status of technology in a lucid, is easy-to-follow treatment, then elaborates on the corresponding advanced technology using detailed methodologies, graphs, mathematical models, computational simulations, and experimental instrumentation. Relevant to a broad audience from students and faculty to researchers, manufacturers, and wind energy engineers and designers, the book is ideal for both educational and research needs. Presents the latest developments in reliability-based design optimization, CFD of wind turbines, structural dynamics for wind turbine blades, off-shore floating wind turbines, advanced wind turbine control, and wind power and ramp forecasting for grid integration; Includes techniques for wind turbine gearboxes and bearings, evaluation of lightning strike damage, health condition monitoring and reparation techniques; Illustrates theories and operational considerations using graphics, tables, computational algorithms, simulation models, and experimental instrumentation; Examines unique, innovative technologies for wind energy.

Epac 96

Epac 96
Author: S. Myers
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1054
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780750303873

EPAC 96; Proceedings of the Fifth European Particle Accelerator Conference, Sitges (Barcelona), 10 to 14 June 1996, Three Volume Set, also available on a CD-ROM, provides a comprehensive overview of research, technology, and special applications in the field of accelerators. It serves as a source for novel ideas and familiarizes researchers with advanced concepts.

Wind Energy Explained

Wind Energy Explained
Author: James F. Manwell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 853
Release: 2024-06-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 111936745X

Authoritative and bestselling textbook detailing the many aspects of using wind as an energy source Wind Energy Explained provides complete and comprehensive coverage on the topic of wind energy, starting with general concepts like the history of and rationale for wind energy and continuing into specific technological components and applications along with the new recent developments in the field. Divided into 16 chapters, this edition includes up-to-date data, diagrams, and illustrations, boasting an impressive 35% new material including new sections on metocean design conditions, wind turbine design, wind power plants and the electrical system, fixed and floating offshore wind turbines, project development, permitting and environmental risks and benefits, turbine installation, operation and maintenance, and high penetration wind energy systems and power-to-X. Wind Energy Explained also includes information on: Modern wind turbines, covering the design and their many components such as the rotor, drive train, and generator Aerodynamics of wind energy, covering one-dimensional momentum theory, the Betz limit, and ideal horizontal axis wind turbine with wake rotation Environmental external design conditions, such as wind, waves, currents, tides, salinity, floating ice, and many more Commonly used materials and components, such as steel, composites, copper, and concrete, plus machinery elements, such as shafts, couplings, bearings, and gears Modern design methods, including probabilistic design Environmental effects and mitigation strategies for wind project siting and the role of public engagement in the development process This book offers a complete examination of one of the most promising sources of renewable energy and is a great introduction to this cross-disciplinary field for practicing engineers. It may also be used as a textbook resource for university level courses in wind energy, both introductory and advanced.

EPAC96, Fifth European Particle Accelerator Conference

EPAC96, Fifth European Particle Accelerator Conference
Author: S. Myers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1048
Release: 1996
Genre: Particle accelerators
ISBN:

Discusses various invited papers including accelerators and storage rings, beam dynamics and electro-magnetic fields, and subsystems, technology and components. This volume also includes poster presentations of high-energy hadron accelerators and colliders.

Wind Power Technology

Wind Power Technology
Author: Alois Peter Schaffarczyk
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 579
Release: 2023-06-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031203321

This textbook provides in-depth treatment of all systems associated with wind energy, including the aerodynamic and structural aspects of blade design, the flow of energy and loads through the wind turbine, the electrical components and power electronics including control systems. It explains the importance of wind resource assessment techniques, site evaluation and ecology and describes the integration of wind farms into the electrical grid. The reader will also become familiar with the offshore technology, the youngest and most promising aspect of wind energy. The completely revised and updated new edition provides new sections on fatigue design, analytical models for structural analysis and topology optimization. The book is written by experts in research, teaching and industry. It conveys the importance of wind energy in the international energy policy debate and offers clear insight into the subject for all students learning about wind engineering. Problems with solutions are perfect for self-study. It is also an authoritative resource for engineers designing and developing wind energy systems, energy policy-makers and economists in the renewable energy sector. The translation of some chapters was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Green Building, Civil Engineering and Smart City

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Green Building, Civil Engineering and Smart City
Author: Wei Guo
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1285
Release: 2022-09-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811952175

This book of the conference proceedings focuses on innovative design, technology and methods in the fields of building, civil engineering and smart city. It contains a large number of detailed design, construction and performance analysis charts, benefited to students, teachers, research scholars and other professionals in related fields. As well, readers will encounter new ideas for realizing more safe, intelligent and economical buildings.

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2017-08-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0128121920

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 201, merges two long-running serials, Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. The series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science, and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy and the computing methods used in all these domains. - Contains contributions from leading authorities on microscopy - Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field of imaging and electron physics - Provides practitioners interested in microscopy, optics, image processing, mathematical morphology, electromagnetic fields, electron, and ion emission with a valuable resource - Features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing

Analysis of a Rotatable Wind Turbine Tower by means of Aero-Servo-Elastic Load Simulations

Analysis of a Rotatable Wind Turbine Tower by means of Aero-Servo-Elastic Load Simulations
Author: Struve, Achim
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2021-04-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3731510456

This work highlights how the costs and CO2-emissions of land-based wind turbines can be reduced by means of an innovative and material efficient support structure concept. Thereby the yaw system is placed at the tower base, allowing the whole wind turbine tower to be rotated. The potential of a rotatable inclined lattice tower concept was analysed by means of aero-servo-elastic load simulations in the FAST environment. A balance between different cost aspects revealed significant savings.

Reviews Of Accelerator Science And Technology - Volume 3: Accelerators As Photon Sources

Reviews Of Accelerator Science And Technology - Volume 3: Accelerators As Photon Sources
Author: Alexander Wu Chao
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2011-01-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814462020

Over the last half century we have witnessed tremendous progress in the production of high-quality photons by electrons in accelerators. This dramatic evolution has seen four generations of accelerators as photon sources. The 1st generation used the electron storage rings built primarily for high-energy physics experiments, and the synchrotron radiation from the bending magnets was used parasitically. The 2nd generation involved rings dedicated to synchrotron radiation applications, with the radiation again from the bending magnets. The 3rd generation, currently the workhorse of these photon sources, is dedicated advanced storage rings that employ not only bending magnets but also insertion devices (wigglers and undulators) as the source of the radiation. The 4th generation, which is now entering operation, is photon sources based on the free electron laser (FEL), an invention made in the early 1970s.Each generation yielded growths in brightness and time resolution that were unimaginable just a few years earlier. In particular, the progression from the 3rd to 4th generation is a true revolution; the peak brilliance of coherent soft and hard x-rays has increased by 7-10 orders of magnitude, and the image resolution has reached the angstrom (1 Å = 10-10 meters) and femto-second (1 fs = 10-15 second) scales. These impressive capabilities have fostered fundamental scientific advances and led to an explosion of numerous possibilities in many important research areas including material science, chemistry, molecular biology and the life sciences. Even more remarkably, this field of photon source invention and development shows no signs of slowing down. Studies have already been started on the next generation of x-ray sources, which would have a time resolution in the atto-second (1 as = 10-18 second) regime, comparable to the time of electron motion inside atoms. It can be fully expected that these photon sources will stand out among the most powerful future science research tools. The physics community as well as the entire scientific community will hear of many pioneering and groundbreaking research results using these sources in the coming years.This volume contains fifteen articles, all written by leading scientists in their respective fields. It is aimed at the designers, builders and users of accelerator-based photon sources as well as general audience who are interested in this topic.