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Wind Energy Explained
by James Manwell, Jon McGowan, Anthony Rogers
Wind Energy Explained is a great
introduction to the field of wind energy engineering. The
material for this textbook comes from course notes from Wind
Energy Engineering, a course which has been taught at the
University of Massachusetts since the mid 1970’s, and
teaches the fundamentals of energy conversion from wind energy
to electricity and its use by society. The topics covered
include meteorology, resource assessment, aerodynamics,
electrical, mechanical, and design considerations, turbine
control systems, siting issues, and economic and environmental
considerations. Though it is geared for college seniors,
first-year graduate students, and professionals in related
fields, plenty of introductory information is given, making the
material accessible to anyone with math, physics, or engineering
backgrounds.
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Textbook addenda and errata
As of August, 2005, there have been three printings of Wind Energy Explained. There is no indication in the initial printing that it is the initial, or any other, printing. The second printing says “Reprinted September 2002” on the copyright page right before “All Rights Reserved …” The third printing says Reprinted with Corrections August 2003. Two lists of errata have been developed. The first applies to the 1st and 2nd printings. The second applies to the 3rd printing. The first set of errata was developed after the first printing and was augmented as new errors were noticed. All the errors that were noted before the third printing were corrected in that printing, except for those which were introduced by the printing process and could not be corrected. Some additional errors have been discovered since the third printing. Those errors are corrected in the second set of errata. They have also been added to the first set of errata.
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