Wind Energy Systems and Applications

D. P. Kothari.: Director General, Raisoni Group of Institutions, Nagpur S. Umashankar.: Power Electronics and Drives Division School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore

Preface / Introduction to Wind Energy Technology / Technological Development of Wind Turbines / Aerodynamics and Design of WECS / Generators and Control Aspects of WECS / Wind Resource Assessment and Power Estimation using ANN / Wind Energy: A Ray of Hope in Rural Areas / New Horizons for Offshore Wind Energy: A Turn for the Better / Generator Configuration and Power Electronics Interface / Power Quality Issues and Standards for Wind Energy Conversion System / Reactive Power Compensation Schemes for Induction Generator Based Wind Energy Systems / Doubly-Fed Configuration in wind Energy Conversion System / Offshore Wind Energy Conversion System and its Indian Scenario / Policies and Subsidies for Indian Wind Energy Technology Development / Modelling of Grid Connected Induction Gnerator Wind Farm in Matlab/Simulink / Modelling of Full Scale Converter Fed Induction Generator Wind Earm in Matlab/Simulation / Index.