Small Wind

by R Nolan Clark

Overview

Small wind turbines utilize wind energy to produce power with rated capacities of 100 kilowatts or less. With this increasingly popular technology, individual businesses, farms, and homes can generate their own electricity and cut their energy bills , while generating power in an environmentally sound manner. The challenges facing the engineers who are tasked with planning and developing these small wind systems are multifaceted, from choosing the best site and accurately estimating power output, to obtaining proper permitting and troubleshooting operational inefficiencies. Optimization of project development for small wind applications is a necessity. Small Wind: Planning and Building Successful Installations provides a cohesive guide to achieving successful small wind installations from an informed expert. It is a comprehensive information resource from one of the world’s most experienced small wind professionals, covering all the key issues for small wind system development, from site and machine selection to international standards compliance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123859990
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	09/24/2013
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Nolan Clark is a wind power pioneer who began working in the area of wind energy for rural applications in the mid '70s. He was Laboratory Director at the USDA Conservation and Production Research Laboratory in Bushland, Texas, acting as Program Leader for the DOE & USDA interagency wind research program from 1980-2009. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the DOE’s Wind Energy Pioneer Award, AWEA’s Outstanding Contributions Award, and the Wind Powering America Program’s 2009 Small Wind Advocate Award in recognition of leadership, dedication, and numerous contributions to the advancement of small wind turbine applications. Dr. Clark has published numerous book chapters, magazine and journal articles, and has acted as Program Chair for AWEA’s Windpower, the largest wind energy conference in North America. He is a fellow of the ASABE, (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers), and a member of AWEA, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and SWCS (Soil and Water Conservation Society). He has served on many DOE technical review panels, examining wind power related research grant proposals, and has worked directly with over 100 wind energy producers to implement small wind installations in schools, farms and businesses throughout the American South and Midwest.In his current position on AWEA’s Small Wind Certification Committee, Dr. Clark acts as one of a three review board commissioners, conducting technical evaluations of projects under consideration for AWEAs Small Wind Certification. He is one of three American representatives who wrote the current AWEA standards for small wind machines, which are now being adopted internationally.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Small Wind Chapter 2: Site Evaluation Chapter 3: Needs Evaluation Chapter 4: Wind Turbine Components and Descriptions Chapter 5: Towers and foundations Chapter 6: Machine Selection Chapter 7: Economic Considerations Chapter 8: Permitting Chapter 9: Installation Chapter 10: System Operation with Electrical Interconnections Chapter 11: System Operation in Stand-Alone Machines Chapter 12: Operational Troubleshooting Chapter 13: Distributed Wind Systems as a Growth of Small WindChapter 14: Future of Small Wind

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Expert instruction on planning, building and operating successful small wind systems, from siting and permitting to installing and troubleshooting