Kids Library Home

Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

     
Available items only
Electronic Book
Author Torabi, Farschad.

Title Fundamentals of wind farm aerodynamic layout design / Farschad Torabi.

Imprint London : Academic Press, 2022.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Elsevier ScienceDirect Ebook  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Wind energy engineering
Note Print version record.
Contents Front Cover -- Fundamentals of Wind Farm Aerodynamic Layout Design -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Wind energy -- 1.1 History of wind turbines -- 1.2 Pros and cons of wind energy -- 1.3 Trend of wind energy in the world -- 1.4 Wind turbine types -- 1.4.1 Horizontal-axis wind turbine -- 1.4.2 Vertical-axis wind turbine -- 1.5 Wind turbine components -- 1.5.1 Blades, hub, and low-speed shaft -- 1.5.2 Generator -- 1.5.3 Gearbox and high-speed shaft -- 1.5.4 Tower -- 1.5.5 Yaw systems -- 1.5.6 Anemometer -- 1.5.7 Brakes -- 1.5.8 Fluctuation monitoring systems -- 1.5.9 Lubrication system -- 1.5.10 Foundation -- 1.5.11 Other components -- 1.6 Summary -- 1.7 Problems -- References -- 2 Wind properties and power generation -- 2.1 Atmospheric properties -- 2.1.1 Global wind direction -- 2.1.2 Turbulence -- 2.1.3 Variation of wind with height -- 2.2 Statistical study of wind -- 2.2.1 Mean and variance -- 2.2.2 Probability -- 2.2.2.1 Weibull probability density function -- 2.2.3 Wind rose chart -- 2.3 Wind power -- 2.3.1 Power of a wind element -- 2.3.2 Power of an ideal turbine, actuator disc model -- 2.3.3 Betz's limit -- 2.4 Efficiency of wind turbine components -- 2.4.1 Efficiency of blades or coefficient of performance -- 2.4.2 Efficiency of gearbox -- 2.4.3 Efficiency of generator -- 2.4.4 Overall efficiency -- 2.5 Yearly gained energy of a wind turbine -- 2.6 The capacity factor of a wind turbine -- 2.7 Summary -- 2.8 Problems -- References -- 3 Basics of aerodynamics -- 3.1 Airfoils -- 3.1.1 NACA series -- 3.1.2 NREL -- 3.1.3 Other types -- 3.2 Aerodynamic forces on an airfoil -- 3.3 Aerodynamic forces on a blade -- 3.4 Generated vortex behind a wind turbine -- 3.5 Blade element method -- 3.6 Blades with different airfoils -- 3.7 Simulation of wind turbines -- 3.7.1 Stall-regulated wind turbines -- 3.7.2 Pitch-controlled wind turbines.
6.5 Simulation example -- 6.5.1 Numerical model -- 6.5.2 Computational domain -- 6.5.3 Boundary conditions -- 6.5.4 Grid sensitivity -- 6.5.5 Results -- 6.6 Summary -- 6.7 Problems -- References -- 7 Numerical simulation of a wind farm -- 7.1 Wind farm layout generation -- 7.1.1 Automatic layout generation -- 7.1.2 Upstream velocity -- 7.2 Simulation example: Horns Rev offshore wind farm -- 7.2.1 Numerical settings -- 7.2.2 Boundary conditions -- 7.2.3 Computational domain and mesh study -- 7.2.4 Results -- 7.2.4.1 Induction factor and load distribution -- 7.2.4.2 Velocity contours -- 7.2.4.3 Turbulence models -- 7.3 Summary -- 7.4 Problems -- References -- 8 Optimization for wind farm layout design -- 8.1 Optimization algorithms -- 8.2 Cost function and constraints -- 8.3 Coupling of optimization methods and wake models -- 8.4 Some worked examples -- 8.4.1 Optimization for a constant-direction wind -- 8.4.2 Optimization for a real case -- 8.4.3 Optimization of a 4x4 wind farm -- 8.5 Applying additional constraints -- 8.6 Summary -- 8.7 Problems -- References -- A Ancient Persian wind turbines -- References -- B Wind turbine airfoils -- B.1 NACA families -- B.2 FFA family -- B.3 Risø family -- B.4 DU family -- B.5 FX family -- B.6 NREL family -- B.7 Summary -- References -- C Some wind turbine specifications -- C.1 Enercon E-16 -- C.2 Enercon E-18 -- C.3 Nordtank NTK 150 -- C.4 Nordtank NTK 200 -- C.5 Vestas V27 -- C.6 Vestas V29 -- C.7 Micon M 530 -- C.8 Enercon E-30 -- C.9 Nordtank NTK 400 -- C.10 Vestas V39 -- C.11 Nordtank NTK 500/41 -- C.12 Vestas V44 -- C.13 Enercon E-40/6.44 -- C.14 Wincon W755/48 -- C.15 Vergnet GEV HP 1000/62 -- C.16 Siemens SWT-1.3-62 -- C.17 Vestas V80 2 MW -- C.18 Vestas V90 2 MW -- C.19 Eno Energy Eno 100 -- C.20 Siemens SWT-2.3-93 Offshore -- C.21 Mapna MWT2.5-103-I -- C.22 Siemens SWT-4.0-130.
C.23 Siemens SWT-6.0-154 -- C.24 Aerodyn-8.0MW -- C.25 AMSC wt10000dd SeaTitan -- C.26 Summary -- References -- D Sample wind farms -- D.1 A 4-in-a-row wind farm -- D.2 A 4x4 wind farm -- D.3 Horns Rev wind farm -- D.4 Aghkand wind farm in Iran -- References -- E Optimization methods -- E.1 Crow search algorithm -- E.2 Whale optimization algorithm -- E.3 Teaching-learning-based optimization algorithm -- E.4 Particle swarm optimization algorithm -- E.5 Genetic algorithm -- E.6 Summary -- References -- F Implementing optimization methods in C++ -- F.1 Genetic algorithm (GA) -- F.2 Particle swarm optimization (PSO) -- G Implementing blade element momentum method in C -- Index -- Back Cover.
Subject Wind power plants -- Planning.
Wind power plants -- Computer simulation.
Centrales éoliennes -- Planification.
Centrales éoliennes -- Simulation par ordinateur.
Other Form: Print version: 0128230169 9780128230169 (OCoLC)1265456846
Print version: TORABI, FARSCHAD. FUNDAMENTALS OF WIND FARM AERODYNAMIC LAYOUT DESIGN. [S.l.] : ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS, 2022 0128230169 (OCoLC)1265456846
ISBN 9780128234372 (electronic bk.)
0128234377 (electronic bk.)
9780128230169
0128230169
Standard No. AU@ 000070525814
UKMGB 020497886

 
    
Available items only