Wind and windspinners: 'nuts 'n bolts' approach to wind-electric systems
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Earthmind/ Peace Press |
| Year of publication | 1974 |
| Languages | English (main text) |
| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 0915238020 |
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| Scope & content | A guide to wind energy sources and generating electricity. Chapter headings list: 1. Wind Energy. Sections include: Equity/ Rent concept of energy, Energy in general, Efficiency in general, percentage efficiency, wind energy in the wind, increasing usable energy etc. 2. Generating electricity. Sections Include: Electricity generating theory, electricity-generating unit, voltage regulation, finding an alternator, transmission, mounting the drive units, hooking up the alternator. 3. Batteries. Section includes: Fundamental principles, capacity, discharging/ charging the batteries, test equipment, testing lead-acid batteries. 4. Control. Section includes: Aeroturbine control, battery storage control, alternator control, control functions, voltage/ current regulation, increasing power capability etc. 5. Using electricity. 6. The S-Rotor Aeroturbine 7. Data Sheet 1. Section includes: Wind power equation derivation, air density, estimating wind speed, usable average energy. Data Sheet 2: Battery record sheet. Data Sheet 3: Bibliography, sources, references. |
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Accession no. 229692
- Shelf location: G580-HAC
- Donor: Michael Dufau
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