Wind Energy Engineering, Second Edition: Edition 2

Pramod Jain

Jan 2016 · McGraw Hill Professional

About this ebook

A fully up-to-date, comprehensive wind energy engineering resource

This thoroughly updated reference offers complete details on effectively harnessing wind energy as a viable and economical power source. Globally recognized wind expert Pramod Jain clearly explains physics, meteorology, aerodynamics, wind measurement, wind turbines, and electricity. New energy policies and grid integration procedures are covered, including pre-deployment studies and grid modifications. Filled with diagrams, tables, charts, graphs, and statistics, Wind Energy Engineering, Second Edition, is a definitive guide to current developments and emerging technologies in wind energy.

Wind Energy Engineering, Second Edition covers:

• The worldwide business of wind energy
• Wind energy basics
• Meteorological properties of wind and air
• Wind turbine aerodynamics
• Turbine blade element models and power curves
• Wind measurement and reporting
• Wind resource assessment
• Advanced resource assessment topics, including wake, losses, and uncertainty
• Wind turbine generator components
• Electricity and generator fundamentals
• Grid integration of wind energy
• Environmental impact of wind projects
• Financial modeling, planning, and execution of wind projects
• Wind energy policy and licensing guidelines

About the author

Pramod Jain, Ph.D., is founder and president of Innovative Wind Energy, Inc., a wind energy consulting company. He is recognized as a global expert in the planning of wind projects and has worked on projects in the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America that range from a single 100 kW turbine to a 100-plus MW wind farm. Dr. Jain s clients include Fortune 100 companies, the U.S. government, universities, utilities, municipalities, and land developers. He was a cofounder and Chief Technologist at Wind Energy Consulting and Contracting, Inc. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley, and a B. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.