Stand-alone and Hybrid Wind Energy Systems: Technology, Energy Storage and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439801436 ISBN 13: 9781439801437

Publisher: CRC Press, 2010

Synopsis

Wind power generation is fast becoming one of the leading renewable energy sources worldwide. Reliability of power supply is one of the main issues for wind energy systems, and so improved stand-alone and hybrid wind energy systems are being developed, incorporating advanced energy storage and grid integration systems, in order to increase power generation rates and to provide secure power supply to the end user.

This book provides a comprehensive reference on the development of both stand-alone and hybrid wind energy systems, as well as energy storage systems and overall systems integration with local grids. Chapters cover the design/construction, modeling/simulation, monitoring/control, and optimization of stand-alone and hybrid wind energy technologies, reviewing their current state and future development. Further to this, many of the energy storage and distribution systems covered in the book are also applicable to other renewable energy generation technologies.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Wind power generation is fast becoming one of the leading renewable energy sources worldwide, with the installation of large-scale wind farms contributing to national power grids, as well as the increasing penetration of small-to-medium-scale wind power projects in distributed, isolated, and community power networks. Reliability of power supply is one of the main issues for wind energy systems, and so improved stand-alone and hybrid wind energy systems are being developed, incorporating advanced energy storage and grid integration systems, in order to increase power generation rates and to provide secure power supply to the end user.

This book provides a comprehensive reference on the development of both stand-alone and hybrid wind energy systems, as well as energy storage systems and overall systems integration with local grids. Chapters cover the design/construction, modelling/simulation, monitoring/control and optimisation of stand-alone and hybrid wind energy technologies, reviewing their current state and future development. Further to this, many of the energy storage and distribution systems covered in the book are also applicable to other renewable energy generation technologies.

About the Author

Professor John K. Kaldellis is Head of the Soft Energy Applications & Environmental Protection Laboratory (SEALAB) at the Technological Education Institute of Piraeus, Greece. Prof. Kaldellis has long and extensive academic experience in the development and application of renewable energy sources with an emphasis in wind-based renewable energy systems and many research interests in the field of hybrid wind energy systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1439801436
• ISBN 13: 9781439801437
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420
• Editor: Kaldellis J. K.