Introduction to Renewable Energy for

Engineers
First Edition

Chapter 3
Wind Energy

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Figure 3.1 A Traditional Wind Mill

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Figure 3.2 Wind Speed and Power Map for the
United States

(Courtesy of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Operated by

Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy.)

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Figure 3.3 A Boundary Layer Is a Region near a Surface
Where the Velocity of a Fluid Varies from Zero to the
Free Stream Value

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Table 3.1 Friction Coefficient for Types of
Terrain

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Figure 3.4 Diagram for Calculating Available
Wind Power

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Figure 3.5 Turbine Model for the Derivation of
the Betz Limit

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Figure 3.6 The Two Main Types of Wind Turbines Are
the Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) and the
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT)

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Figure 3.7 Relative Power Capacity, Tower Height,
and Rotor Diameter of Horizontal Axis Wind
Turbines

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Figure 3.8 A Wind Farm

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Figure 3.9 Upwind and Downwind HAWT
Configurations

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Figure 3.10 Optimum Tower Spacing in a Wind
Farm

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Figure 3.11 Main Internal Components of a
HAWT

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Figure 3.12 Power Train and Typical
Efficiencies of a HAWT

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Table 3.2 Summary of Wind Turbine
Electrical Energy Calculations

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Figure 3.13 Blade Designs of Drag Machines
(Top View)

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Figure 3.14 Blade Designs of Lift Machines
(Side View)

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Figure 3.15 A Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind
Turbine

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Figure 3.16 Darrieus Wind Machine and Blade
Shape for Example 3.6

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Table P3.13 Wind Speeds for Problem 3.13

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Figure Problem 3.14

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Figure Problem 3.15

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Figure Problem 3.19

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Figure Problem 3.20

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Figure Problem 3.21

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