Wind and Solar Power Systems [Hardcover]

Mukund R. Patel (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0849316057 | ISBN-13: 978-0849316050 | Publication Date: March 30, 1999 | Edition: 1

Wind and solar energy are pollution-free sources of abundant power. With renewable power generation expected to become more and more profitable with open access to transmission lines and rapid growth around the world, the design, operation, and control of alternative energy resources becomes an essential field of study.
Wind and Solar Power Systems provides a comprehensive treatment of this rapidly growing segment of the power industry. It provides the fundamentals of wind and solar power generation, energy conversion and storage, and the operational aspects of power electronics and the quality of power. It covers in detail the design, operation, and control methods applicable to stand-alone as well as grid-connected power systems and discusses the present status of and the on-going research in renewable power around the world.
Wind and Solar Power Systems stands as the most modern, complete book available on renewable energy. Electrical, environmental and mechanical engineering professionals along with policy-makers evaluating the renewable energy potential of their regions will find in it the background and the details they need for decision making.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Throughout the text, it is abundantly clear the author is a knowledgeable engineer with considerable experience in the diverse sciences and technologies that provide the foundations of wind and photovoltaic power generation. It is also obvious that he is an experienced teacher, because the presentations are technically accurate, well organized, effectively paced, and appropriately targeted for the mid- to upper-level undergraduate student with reasonable technical exposure and interest. I wish I could have had this book when I taught my own alternative energy classes to Mechanical Engineering undergraduates.

- K.G. Craig, Journal of Environmental Quality, 2006 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Patel; Mukund R. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York, USA,

Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (March 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849316057
• ISBN-13: 978-0849316050
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,544,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference book...., September 13, 2000

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Bina Indelicato (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wind and Solar Power Systems (Hardcover)

This is a good reference book on renewable energy sources. It is well organized and easy to follow, even for non-electrical engineers. As an environmental engineer, I have found it an excellent reference.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars more wind than anything else, December 17, 2009

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C. Tenreiro Leiva "book lover" (Chile and South Korea) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wind and Solar Power Systems: Design, Analysis, and Operation, Second Edition (Hardcover)

From the title of the book it could be expected a share of both topics, wind and solar energy, however the book is full of wind power analysis everywhere,concentrating solar power is almost non existing, just a couple of pages on chapter 17, and considering the number of applications and complexity of this topics it deserves a lot more than that. So the book is nice but one should not expect too much of anything but wind energy, which is fine. On photovoltaic there is not much either, including nothing on emerging technologies in the field, so it is fairly classic what you have there for conventional design but not giving any clue of what comes next. For instance flexible systems for non flat roof applications or any other non regular shape buildings or semi transparent components. When considering grid connections it goes again for wind almost inmediately. This is fine but my point is whay do not call the book "wind power with some solar..." instead of giving the wrong impression ?, so I give 4 starts for wind and 2 for solar (really it should be just one) giving 3 as average.

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, comprehensive text, October 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Wind and Solar Power Systems (Hardcover)

Very readable, and accessible, even to a non-engineer.