Offshore wind farms technologies, design and operation
Offshore Wind Farms: Technologies, Design and Operation provides the latest information on offshore wind energy, one of Europe’s most promising and quickly maturing industries, and a potentially huge untapped renewable energy source which could contribute significantly towards EU 20-20-20 renewable...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, [Netherlands] :
Woodhead Publishing
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing in energy ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630072506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Offshore Wind Farms; Related titles; Offshore Wind Farms:Technologies, Design and Operation; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; Acknowledgments; 01 - Introduction to offshore wind energy and offshore wind farm siting; 1 - Introduction to offshore wind energy; 1.1 Wind energy; 1.2 Offshore wind farm; 1.3 Energy cost; 1.4 Wind turbines; 1.5 Disputable issues; References; 2 - Economics of building and operating offshore wind farms; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Expectations to offshore wind power; 2.1.2 Development of offshore wind power
- 2.2 Investment costs2.2.1 Development in investment costs; 2.2.2 Investment costs split into cost components; 2.3 Operating costs; 2.4 Key economic drivers for offshore wind energy; 2.4.1 Project size; 2.4.2 Turbine capacity; 2.4.3 Project lifetime; 2.4.4 Distance to shore and water depth; 2.5 Levelised cost of energy; 2.6 Future cost of offshore wind; 2.7 Conclusions; References; 3 - Wind resources for offshore wind farms: characteristics and assessment; 3.1 Key issues in assessing wind resources; 3.2 The nature of the offshore wind environment; 3.3 Essential data parameters
- 3.3.1 Wind and other meteorological variables3.3.2 Water- and sea bed-related variables; 3.3.3 Joint characteristics; 3.4 Observational approaches; 3.4.1 Satellite; 3.4.2 Measurements; 3.5 Modeling approaches; 3.5.1 Numerical weather prediction models; 3.5.2 Microscale models; 3.5.3 Modeling of turbine-induced wakes; 3.5.4 Coupled atmosphere-ocean models; 3.6 Future trends; Abbreviations; Sources of further information; References; 4 - Remote sensing technologies for measuring offshore wind; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 The need for data; 4.1.2 The offshore reality; 4.2 Conventional methods
- 4.2.1 Cup anemometers4.2.2 Wind vanes; 4.3 Surface-based remote sensing; 4.3.1 Basic principles; 4.3.1.1 The idea in a nutshell; 4.3.1.2 How lidars measure line-of-sight wind speeds; 4.3.1.3 Continuous-wave lidars; 4.3.1.4 Pulsed lidars and some contrasts to continuous-wave systems; 4.3.1.5 Direct detection lidars; 4.3.2 Wind lidars; 4.3.2.1 ZephiR 300; 4.3.2.2 Leosphere Windcube V2; 4.3.2.3 The accuracy of wind lidar measurements; 4.3.2.4 How wind lidars measure turbulence and gusts; 4.3.2.5 Deploying wind lidars offshore; 4.3.3 Floating lidars
- 4.3.3.1 What a floating lidar system is made of4.3.3.2 Different ways of dealing with the motion; 4.3.3.3 What floating lidars are good at and not so good at; 4.3.4 Scanning lidars and radars; 4.3.4.1 What single scanning lidars can be used for; 4.3.4.2 Measuring using dual Doppler; 4.3.5 Nacelle lidars; 4.4 Space-borne RS; 4.5 Case study - a near-coastal wind farm project; 4.5.1 Estimating the wind resource; 4.5.2 Construction phase; 4.5.3 Verification measurements; 4.5.4 Wake measurements; 4.6 Future trends; Sources of further information; Abbreviations and Acronyms; References
- 02 - Wind turbine components and design
