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Edition: Paperback
Format: b&w illustrations and photographs, charts, graphs, appendix, resouce section, index
Pages: 8 x 10, 136 pages
ISBN: 9781890132071
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date: 1999-03-01

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Table of Contents

Contents
  Forward ix
  Preface xi
  Overview 1
 
 1 
Fundamentals 7
  Power in the Wind 7
  Swept Area 9
  Wind Speed Distribution 10
  Wind Resources 11
  Increases in Wind Speed and Power with Height 12
 
2 
Estimating Performance 17
  Swept Area Method 18
  Power Curve Method 20
  Manufacturer’s Estimates 21
 
3 
Wind Turbine Technology 25
  Configurations 25
  Micro Turbines 29
  Mini Turbines 29
  Household-size Turbines 35
  Novel Turbines 38
  Towers 40
 
4 
Off-the-grid Applications 43
  Hybrid Wind and Solar Systems 44
  Wind Pumping 48
  Wind Heating 50
  Recreational Vehicles 54
  Cabins and Cottages 54
  Electric Fence Charging 57
  Electric Vehicle Charging 57
  Telecommunications 57
  Village Power 59
 
5 
Interconnected or Utility Intertie 61
  Interconnection Technology 63
  Degree of Self-use 65
  Net Metering 67
  Power Quality and the Utility 67
  European Distributed Generation 67
 
6 
Siting and Safety 71
  Tower Height 71
  Tower Placement 75
  Noise 75
  Urban Wind 75
  Safety 76
 
7 
Buying Small Turbines 81
  Towers 82
  Control Panels 83
  Price 84
  Do-it-yourself Turbines 85
  Used Wind Turbines 85
  Collective Buying Power 86
  Subsidies 87
 
8 
Installing Small Turbines 89
  Tower Raising 89
  Griphoist 90
  Choosing a Griphoist 93
  Tower Conductors 93
  Maintenance 95
  Raising a Small Turbine 95
 
9 
Conclusion 103
 
  Appendix 1: Characteristics of Selected Small Turbines 106
      Table A: Selected Micro Turbines 106
      Table B: Selected Mini Turbines 106
      Table C: Selected Household-size Turbines 108
  Appendix 2: Resources 110
  Selected Small Wind Turbines Manufacturers 110
  Guyed Towers for Micro and Mini Wind Turbines 111
  Reconditioned Small Turbines 112
  Selected Manufacturers and Distributors of Wind Pumps 112
  Wind Measurements Devices 112
  Inverters and Controls 113
  Griphoists 113
  Wind Energy Associations 113
  Sources of Wind Data 114
  Mail-order Catalogs 115
  Publications 115
  Electronic Information Sources 117
  Index 118