{"product_id":"wind-energy-systems-mario-garcia-sanz-9781439821794","title":"Wind Energy Systems: Control Engineering Design","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresenting the latest developments in the field, \u003cstrong\u003eWind Energy Systems: Control Engineering Design\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a novel take on advanced control engineering design techniques for wind turbine applications. The book introduces concurrent quantitative engineering techniques for the design of highly efficient and reliable controllers, which can be used to solve the most critical problems of multi-megawatt wind energy systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is based on the authors' experience during the last two decades designing commercial multi-megawatt wind turbines and control systems for industry leaders, including NASA and the European Space Agency. This work is their response to the urgent need for a truly reliable concurrent engineering methodology for the design of advanced control systems. Outlining a roadmap for such a coordinated architecture, the authors consider the links between all aspects of a multi-megawatt wind energy project, in which the wind turbine and the control system must be cooperatively designed to achieve an optimized, reliable, and successful system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook inside for information about the QFT Control Toolbox for Matlab, the software developed by the author to facilitate the QFT robust control design (see also the link at \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ecodypower.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe textbook's big-picture insights can help students and practicing engineers control and optimize a wind energy system, in which large, flexible, aerodynamic structures are connected to a demanding variable electrical grid and work automatically under very turbulent and unpredictable environmental conditions. The book covers topics including robust QFT control, aerodynamics, mechanical and electrical dynamic modeling, economics, reliability, and efficiency. It also addresses standards, certification, implementation, grid integration, and power quality, as well as environmental and maintenance issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo reinforce understanding, the authors present real examples of experimentation with commercial multi-megawatt direct-drive wind turbines, as well as on-shore, offshore, floating, and airborne wind turbine applications. They also offer a unique in-depth exploration of the quantitative feedback theory (QFT)--a proven, successful robust control technique for real-world applications--as well as advanced switching control techniques that help engineers exceed classical linear limitations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mario Garcia-Sanz, Constantine H. Houpis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439821798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439821794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 6.90w x 1.30d","brand":"Mario Garcia-Sanz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43935007342847,"sku":"9781439821794","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_73a5ee64-fff1-4153-8d14-93a7336d56aa.jpg?v=1681417312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wind-energy-systems-mario-garcia-sanz-9781439821794","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}