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Small wind turbines for electricity and irrigation : design and construction / by Rosato, Mario Alejandro

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 Small Wind Turbines: A Technology for Energy Independence and Sustainable Agriculture -- chapter 2 General Theory of Wind-Driven Machines -- chapter 3 Simplified Aerodynamic Theory for the Design of the Rotor’s Blades -- chapter 4 Practical Design of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines -- chapter 5 Practical Design of Aerodynamic Action Vertical Axis Wind Turbines -- chapter 6 Practical Design of Savonius Turbines and Derived Models -- chapter 7 Engineering of the Support Structures for Wind Turbines -- chapter 8 Probability Distribution of the Wind Speed and Preliminary Design of Wind Power Installations -- chapter 9 Sizing Energy Storage Systems -- chapter 10 Design of Wind Pumping Systems -- chapter 11 Unconventional Wind-Driven Machines -- chapter 12 Aerodynamic Characteristics of Blunt Bodies and Airfoils.…”
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Introduction to renewable power systems and the environment with R / by Acevedo, Miguel F.

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Environmental Systems, the Carbon Cycle, and Fossil Fuels -- chapter 3 Fundamentals of Direct Current Electric Circuits -- chapter 4 Thermodynamics -- chapter 5 Electrical Storage Elements, Basics of AC Circuits, and AC-DC Conversion -- chapter 6 More Thermodynamics State Functions: Entropy, Enthalpy, and Free Energy -- chapter 7 Coal- and Steam-Based Processes -- chapter 8 Alternating Current (AC) Circuits and Power -- chapter 9 Gas and Liquid Fuels: Gas Turbines and Combustion Engines -- chapter 10 Transformers and Three-Phase Circuits -- chapter 11 Power Systems and the Electric Power Grid -- chapter 12 Hydroelectric Power Generation -- chapter 13 Wind Resources and Wind Power -- chapter 14 Solar Power.…”
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