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Wind Energy : Renewable Energy and the Environment by Vaughn Nelson, Vaughn C. Nelson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Wind Energy : Renewable Energy and the Environment about?
Due to the mounting demand for energy and increasing population of the world, switching from nonrenewable fossil fuels to other energy sources is not an option—it is a necessity. Focusing on a cost-effective option for the generation of electricity, **Wind Energy: __Renewable Energy and the Environment__ covers all facets of wind energy and wind turbines.** The book begins by outlining the history of wind energy, before providing reasons to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. After examining the characteristics of wind, such as shear, power potential, and turbulence, it discusses the measurement and siting of individual wind turbines and wind farms. The text then presents the aerodynamics, operation, control, applications, and types of wind turbines. The author also describes the design of wind turbines and system performance for single wind turbines, water pumping, village systems, and wind farms. In addition, he explores the wind industry from its inception in the 1970s to today as well as the political and economic factors regarding the adoption of wind as an energy source. Since energy cannot be created nor destroyed—only transformed to another form—we are not en
Who reads Wind Energy : Renewable Energy and the Environment?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Vaughn Nelson, Vaughn C. Nelson
- Publisher
- CRC Press LLC
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781420075694
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Engineering, Science, Technology