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- 2nd English edition of the standard German textbook in its 5th edition
- Up to date: Includes the latest developments
- Teaches all physical basics of wind-power usage
- Reference for practicing engineers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Wind power plants teaches the physical foundations of usage of Wind Power. It includes the areas like Construction of Wind Power Plants, Design, Development of Production Series, Control, and discusses the dynamic forces acting on the systems as well as the power conversion and its connection to the distribution system.
The book is written for graduate students, practitioners and inquisitive readers of any kind. It is based on lectures held at several universities. Its German version it already is the standard text book for courses on Wind Energy Engineering but serves also as reference for practising engineers.
Reviews
From the reviews of the second edition:
“This book was intended for graduate students, practitioners and anyone interested in the subject. … It is well organized and gives the reader enough information to read the book without having any specialized knowledge on wind energy. … Illustrations are plentiful and very good, and equations are clearly stated and easily followed. Furthermore, there are a great number of references at the back of each chapter … . it is a great tool for students, practitioners, and engineers.” (Panos Economou, Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 60 (4), July-August, 2012)Editors and Affiliations
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Fak. V Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme, Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrt, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Robert Gasch
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HTW Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Jochen Twele
About the editors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Gasch is one of the leading researchers and pioneers in wind energy conversion. He was born 1936 in Darmstadt, Germany. He is Professor emeritus at Technical University Berlin were was heading the Structural Dynamics’ group at the department of aerospace engineering.
His interest in Wind Energy started in the 80ies when he recognized the limits of natural resources as well as the challenges in nuclear power plants.
and the first edition of his German textbook “Windkraftanlagen”
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jochen Twele started as a scientists at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Technical University Berlin. Since 2004 he is holding the chair for Regenerative Energies at University of Applied Science Berlin.
Gasch and Twele are authors of the German “Windkraftanlagen”. The first edition appeared in 1991 and became immediately a bestseller. Now, the 2nd English translation “Wind Power Plants“ corresponding tot he 7th German edition is published at Springer.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Wind Power Plants
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals, Design, Construction and Operation
Editors: Robert Gasch, Jochen Twele
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22938-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22937-4Published: 04 November 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22938-1Published: 12 October 2011
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVIII, 548
Number of Illustrations: 432 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Original German edition published by Teubner-Verlag, 2007
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Offshore Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Fluid Dynamics