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ADVANCES

IN WIND

Edited by

Rupp Carriveau

ADVANCES IN WIND

POWER Edited by Rupp Carriveau

Advances in Wind Power

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/3376

Edited by Rupp Carriveau

Contributors

Hengameh Kojooyan Jafari, Mostafa Abarzadeh, Hossein Madadi Kojabadi, Liuchen Chang, Daniel MATT, Emilio Gomez-Lazaro, Sergio Martín Martínez, Angel Molina-Garcia, Antonio Vigueras Rodriguez, Michael Milligan, Eduard Muljadi, Adrian Ilinca, David Wood, Ed Nowicki, Mohamed Fahmy Aner, Samer El Itani, Géza Joós, Mahmoud Huleihil, Karam Youssef Maalawi, Fernando Ponta, Alejandro Otero, Lucas Ignacio Lago, Wenping Cao, Ying Xie, Zheng Tan, Horizon Gitano, João Paulo Vieira, Rupp Carriveau, Tim Newson, Philip McKay, David S-K Ting

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Preface VII Section 1 Inflow and Wake Influences on Turbine Performance 1

Chapter 1 Wind Turbine Power: The Betz Limit and Beyond 3

Mahmoud Huleihil and Gedalya Mazor

Chapter 2 Effect of Turbulence on Fixed-Speed Wind Generators 31

Hengameh Kojooyan Jafari

Chapter 3 Turbine Wake Dynamics 65

Phillip McKay, Rupp Carriveau, David S-K Ting and Timothy Newson

Section 2 Turbine Structural Response 85

Chapter 4 Aeroelasticity of Wind Turbines Blades Using

Numerical Simulation 87

Drishtysingh Ramdenee, Adrian Ilinca and Ion Sorin Minea

Chapter 5 Structural Analysis of Complex Wind Turbine Blades:

Flexo-Torsional Vibrational Modes 123

Alejandro D Otero, Fernando L Ponta and Lucas I Lago

Section 3 Power Conversion, Control, and Integration 151

Chapter 6 Recent Advances in Converters and Control Systems for

Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbines 153

Mohamed Aner, Edwin Nowicki and David Wood

Chapter 7 Wind Turbine Generator Technologies 177

Wenping Cao, Ying Xie and Zheng Tan

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