Multi Rotor Wind Turbine Systems
- 1st Edition - April 1, 2027
- Latest edition
- Author: Peter Dalhoff
- Language: English
Multi Rotor Wind Turbine Systems guides the reader through the fundamentals, design, wind farm effects, logistics and operation, costs, and socio-economic considerations. Multi… Read more
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Description
Description
Multi Rotor Wind Turbine Systems guides the reader through the fundamentals, design, wind farm effects, logistics and operation, costs, and socio-economic considerations. Multi rotor systems (MRS) provide a solution to delivering bigger systems without the need for bigger rotors, offering a highly automatable approach with potential for customization, and other benefits relating to physical scaling laws, positive aerodynamic effects, wake recovery, cost, reliability, and sustainability. All of these aspects are described in this book, which draws on the latest research findings and application examples, enabling the reader to find optimal MRS topologies and design concepts by application of the physics and considering cost of energy (LCoE) as the main objective, with sustainability as a further very relevant aspect.
This latest volume in the Elsevier Wind Energy Engineering Series is a valuable reference for wind energy students and researchers, engineers, turbine designers, wind farm developers, wind farm operators, investors, certification bodies, and consulting firms in wind turbine engineering, as well as anyone interested in innovative technical design and solutions in the energy transition.
This latest volume in the Elsevier Wind Energy Engineering Series is a valuable reference for wind energy students and researchers, engineers, turbine designers, wind farm developers, wind farm operators, investors, certification bodies, and consulting firms in wind turbine engineering, as well as anyone interested in innovative technical design and solutions in the energy transition.
Key features
Key features
- Covers conceptual aspects, theoretical frameworks, and applications of multi rotor wind turbine systems
- Lays down and applies the physics of aerodynamics, loads, strength, and life cycle of multi rotor wind turbine systems
- Describes scaling rules and their application in multi rotor wind turbine systems
- Analyses design concepts and their impact on the cost of energy as well as sustainability
- Includes example exercises to better clarify the fundamentals covered in the book
Readership
Readership
Researchers, students, and faculty across wind energy, renewable energy, energy systems, energy transition, and engineering
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction to multi rotor systems
2. Multi rotor classification and history
3. Fundamentals of multi rotor wind turbine systems
3.1. Scaling laws
3.2. Aerodynamics
3.2.1. Actuator disc theory
3.2.2. Blade element momentum theory
3.2.3. Wake models
3.2.4. Turbulence
3.3. Design guidelines and safety
3.4. Loads and strength
3.5. Reliability
3.6. Wind turbine control and safety system
4. Multi rotor design options and considerations
4.1. Rotor-nacelle-assembly
4.2. Support structure
4.3. Yaw system
4.4. Control and safety system
4.5. Electrical design
4.6. Loads
4.7. Strength
4.8. Modal analysis
4.9. Power curve
5. Wind farm effects with multi rotor systems
5.1. Wake models
5.2. Energy yield
6. Logistics and operation of multi rotor systems
7. Cost of energy – multi rotor wind turbine systems
7.1. LCoE model
7.2. CAPEX model
7.3. OPEX and availability model
7.4. Energy yield model
7.5. Economies of scale
8. Social and Environmental aspects of multi rotor wind turbine systems
2. Multi rotor classification and history
3. Fundamentals of multi rotor wind turbine systems
3.1. Scaling laws
3.2. Aerodynamics
3.2.1. Actuator disc theory
3.2.2. Blade element momentum theory
3.2.3. Wake models
3.2.4. Turbulence
3.3. Design guidelines and safety
3.4. Loads and strength
3.5. Reliability
3.6. Wind turbine control and safety system
4. Multi rotor design options and considerations
4.1. Rotor-nacelle-assembly
4.2. Support structure
4.3. Yaw system
4.4. Control and safety system
4.5. Electrical design
4.6. Loads
4.7. Strength
4.8. Modal analysis
4.9. Power curve
5. Wind farm effects with multi rotor systems
5.1. Wake models
5.2. Energy yield
6. Logistics and operation of multi rotor systems
7. Cost of energy – multi rotor wind turbine systems
7.1. LCoE model
7.2. CAPEX model
7.3. OPEX and availability model
7.4. Energy yield model
7.5. Economies of scale
8. Social and Environmental aspects of multi rotor wind turbine systems
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: April 1, 2027
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Peter Dalhoff
Prof. Peter Dalhoff has held the position of Professor for Wind Energy Systems and Mechanical Engineering since 2010, at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg (HAW Hamburg), in Germany. His research focuses on concept design, load and strength analysis, energy yield, applied wind farm design, and research wind farm operation. Within the field of concept design, he has worked on multi rotor wind turbine systems (MRS) since 2013, and is actively engaged in multi rotor research projects, funded by the German of Research, Technology and Space and by industry partners SGRE and EnBW. Since 2023, Prof. Dalhoff and Peter Jamieson from Strathclyde University together hold an annual international MRS-seminar in Hamburg and Glasgow. Prof. Dalhoff worked in the wind industry from 1996 to 2010 at Germanischer Lloyd (GL, now merged with DNV) and held positions from expert in charge to managing director.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Applied Sciences Hamburg (HAW Hamburg), Germany