Wind-Diesel Systems: A Guide to the Technology and its Implementation
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521020848, ISBN10: 0521020840
Paperback, 264 pages, 23.6 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
This book provides for the first time in a single volume the collective knowledge of many leading researchers on state-of-the-art wind-diesel technology. It contains the results and advice of nineteen experts from ten different countries, and has been carefully edited to provide a coherent reference volume. This book is the result of a five-year study by a group of experts working on the development of wind-diesel technology under the auspices of the International Energy Agency. The formal, technical aims of this project were as follows: to define cost-effective models and techniques for obtaining wind and load data necessary for planning; to specify decentralised wind-energy conversion system installations; to apply and further develop models suitable for analysing the performance of wind-diesel systems; and to obtain a sound analytical basis for planning and designing wind-diesel systems.
How to use this book
1. Wind-diesel system options
2. Matching the wind-diesel system to the community
3. Assessing the wind resource
4. Designing a system
5. Wind-diesel case studies
6. Modelling techniques and model validation
7. Installing and monitoring of wind-diesel systems
8. Assessing the economics
Index.