4.6.

3 Root Mean Cube Speed

4.6.4 Mode, Mean, and rmc Speeds Compared
4.6.5 Energy Distribution
4.6.6 Digital Data Loggers
4.6.7 Effect of Height
4.6.8 Importance of Reliable Data
4.7 Wind Speed Prediction
4.8 Wind Resource Maps
4.8.1 The U.S.A.
4.8.2 Minnesota
4.8.3 The United Kingdom
4.8.4 Europe
4.8.5 Mexico
4.8.6 India
References

5. Wind Power System

5.1 System Components
5.1.1 Tower
5.1.2 Turbine Blades
5.1.3 Yaw Control
5.1.4 Speed Control
5.2 Turbine Rating
5.3 Electrical Load Matching
5.4 Variable-Speed Operation
5.5 System Design Features
5.5.1 Number of Blades
5.5.2 Rotor Upwind or Downwind
5.5.3 Horizontal Axis Versus Vertical Axis
5.5.4 Spacing of the Towers
5.6 Maximum Power Operation
5.6.1 Constant Tip-Speed Ratio Scheme
5.6.2 Peak Power Tracking Scheme
5.7 System Control Requirements
5.7.1 Speed Control
5.7.2 Rate Control
5.8 Environmental Aspects
5.8.1 Audible Noise
5.8.2 Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
References

6. Electrical Generator
6.1 Electromechanical Energy Conversion
6.1.1 DC Machine
6.1.2 Synchronous Machine
6.1.3 Induction Machine

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