Bench Degree·WIND POWERchapter

Wind Power: front cover

Bench Degree
WIND POWER

Free to read in full, a chapter at a time. 22 parts.

  1. Copyright
  2. On the Cover
  3. Before You Start
  4. Chapter 1: Two Rotors and a Box Fan
  5. Chapter 2: Four Thousand Years of Grinding and Pumping
  6. Chapter 3: Electricity, and the Long Gap
  7. Chapter 4: Lift, and Why a Blade Is a Wing
  8. Chapter 5: The Betz Limit
  9. Chapter 6: Tip-Speed Ratio and Blade Count
  10. Chapter 7: Four Ways to Take Wind
  11. Chapter 8: The Shroud, the Mast, and the Machine With Nothing Moving
  12. Chapter 9: The Wind Itself
  13. Chapter 10: The Distribution
  14. Chapter 11: Blade, Hub, Drivetrain
  15. Chapter 12: Yaw, Tower, Foundation
  16. Chapter 13: The Power Curve
  17. Chapter 14: Pitch, Stall, and the Storm
  18. Chapter 15: Small Wind, and Why It Usually Disappoints
  19. Chapter 16: Capacity Factor and the Grid
  20. Chapter 17: How Turbines Break
  21. Chapter 18: What You Now Know
  22. Appendix A: The Bench
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