| Description |
1 online resource (135 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Mechanical engineering theory and applications
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Energy science, engineering and technology
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Mechanical engineering theory and applications.
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Energy science, engineering and technology series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Modeling ice accretion and its effects on wind turbine blades / Oloufemi Fakorede, Adrian Ilinca, Hussein Ibrahim, Jean Perron, Wind Energy Research Laboratory UQAR, Canada, and others -- The challenges and possible solutions towards public acceptability of horizontal axis wind turbines as a clean energy solution for the future / Noor A. Ahmed, Michael Cameron, Head Aerospace Engineering, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia -- Optimizing high-rise facʹade-integrated wind rotors : identifyiing essential criteria to increase the efficiency of building-mounted vertical-axis wind turbines / Mohannad Bayoumi, Inc., Klaus Daniels, HL-Technik Engineering Partner GmbH, Munich, Germany -- Wind energy extraction and storage by a modified VAWT / Samuel W. Chung, Shiping Zhang, School of Architecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, and others. |
| Summary |
In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the types, design and efficiency of wind turbines. Topics discussed include modelling ice accretion and its effects on wind turbine blades; the challenges and possible solutions towards public acceptability of horizontal axis wind turbines as a clean energy solution for the future; optimizing high-rise facade-integrated wind rotors; and wind energy extraction and storage by a modified VAWT. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wind turbines.
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Wind turbines. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Balmaceda, Anna.
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Maynez, Carlos.
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| Added Title |
Wind turbines (Balmaceda)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wind turbines (Balmaceda). Wind turbines : types, design, and efficiency. Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2013] ix, 123 pages Energy science, engineering and technology 9781628088915 (DLC) 17842908 |
| ISBN |
9781628088922 (e-book) |
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1628088923 (e-book) |
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9781628088915 (soft cover) |
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1628088915 |
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