Small Wind

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book provides a cohesive guide to achieving successful small wind installations. 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. Engineers who are tasked with planning and developing these small wind systems! from choosing the best site and accurately estimating likely power output to obtaining proper permitting and troubleshooting operational inefficiencies! will find this book an essential reference. Simply utilizing the processes followed in the creation of large-scale wind farms will lead to certain failure; optimization of project development for small wind applications is a necessity. In all phases of the process! there are key concerns to undertake and guidelines to follow that! if properly taken into account! can literally save project planners and managers tens of thousands of dollars and untold months of potential development delays. Zusammenfassung Provides a cohesive guide to achieving successful small wind installations. This book establishes technical guidelines for the growing number of engineers called upon to plan small wind projects who do not yet have great amounts of real-world experience! giving them an invaluable head start. ...

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext

Small wind turbines provide an increasingly popular way for individual businesses, farms, and homes to generate their own electricity, potentially cutting their energy bills drastically, while generating power in an environmentally sound manner. This is a guide to achieving successful small wind installations.

Zusammenfassung
Provides a cohesive guide to achieving successful small wind installations. This book establishes technical guidelines for the growing number of engineers called upon to plan small wind projects who do not yet have great amounts of real-world experience, giving them an invaluable head start.

Inhalt
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