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LEGO Wind Energy: Green Energy Projects with Mindstorms EV3

Apress, 2019

?Build functioning wind turbines that generate electricity; we don’t mean LEGO models that look like miniature wind turbines. This book is for people who want to learn how real turbines work, and to build them using LEGO and Mindstorms EV3.

You’ll find specific...

Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists

McGraw-Hill, 2010

A unique guide to practical mechanical design principles and their applications
In Making Things Move, you'll learn how to build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects--from art installations to toys to labor-saving devices. The projects include a drawing machine,...

Wind Energy - Impact of Turbulence (Research Topics in Wind Energy)

Springer, 2014

This book presents the results of the seminar “Wind Energy and the Impact of Turbulence on the Conversion Process” which was supported from three societies, namely the EUROMech, EAWE and ERCOFATC and took place in Oldenburg, Germany in spring 2012.

The seminar was one of the first scientific meetings devoted to the...

Design and Development of Aerospace Vehicles and Propulsion Systems: Proceedings of SAROD 2018 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)

Springer, 2021

This book presents selected papers presented in the Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles (SAROD 2018), which was jointly organized by Aeronautical Development Agency (the nodal agency for the design and development of combat aircraft in India), Gas-Turbine Research Establishment (responsible for...

Superalloys 2012

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

A superalloy, or high-performance alloy, is an alloy that exhibits excellent mechanical strength at high temperatures. Superalloy development has been driven primarily by the aerospace and power industries. This compilation of papers from the Twelfth International Symposium on Superalloys, held from September 9-13, 2012, offers the most...

Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, Fifth Edition

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005

Several modifications have been incorporated into the text in the light of recent advances in some aspects of the subject. Further information on the interesting phenomenon of cavitation has been included and a new section on the optimum design of a pump inlet together with a worked example have been added which take into account...

Dual-Fuel Gas-Steam Power Block Analysis: Methodology and Continuous-Time Mathematical Models (Power Systems)

Springer, 2018

This book presents the methodology and mathematical models for dual-fuel coal-gas power plants in two basic configurations: systems coupled in parallel and in series.

Dual-fuel gas and steam systems, especially parallel systems, have great potential for modernizing existing combined heat and power (CHP) plants. This book...

The Jet Engine

Rolls-Royce, 1996

This book has been written to provide a simple and self-contained description of the working and underlying principles of the aero gas turbine engine. The use of complex formulae and the language of the specialist have been avoided to allow for a clear and concise presentation of the essential facts. Only such description and formulae, therefore,...

Innovation in Wind Turbine Design

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Innovation in Wind Turbine Design addresses the fundamentals of design, the reasons behind design choices, and describes the methodology for evaluating innovative systems and components. Always referencing a state of the art system for comparison, Jamieson discusses the basics of wind turbine theory and design, as well as how to apply...

Understanding Wind Power Technology: Theory, Deployment and Optimisation

John Wiley & Sons, 2014

Wind energy technology has progressed enormously over the last decade. In coming years it will continue to develop in terms of power ratings, performance and installed capacity of large wind turbines worldwide, with exciting developments in offshore installations.

Designed to meet the training needs of wind engineers, this...

Advanced DC/AC Inverters: Applications in Renewable Energy (Power Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Energy, and Nanotechnology)

CRC Press, 2013

DC/AC inversion technology is of vital importance for industrial applications, including electrical vehicles and renewable energy systems, which require a large number of inverters. In recent years, inversion technology has developed rapidly, with new topologies improving the power factor and increasing power efficiency. Proposing many novel...

Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy: An Introduction

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

A highly accessible and authoritative account of wind energy’s scientific background, current technology, and international status, with an emphasis on large turbines and wind farms, both onshore and offshore

Topics covered include:

a brief history of wind energy

the...

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