Wind power workshop : building your own wind turbine
Piggott, Hugh2011
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Author Hugh Piggott has been designing and building small wind turbines for over thirty years. Wind Power Workshop shows you how to build turbine blades, match them to a generator and erect and site a turbine safely and correctly. Fully illustrated throughout.
Main title:
Wind power workshop : building your own wind turbine / Hugh Piggott.
Imprint:
Machynlleth : Centre for Alternative Technology, 2011.
Collation:
[196] p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1997.Includes index.
Contents:
1. A Wild Resource, 2. Safety, 3. Rotor Design, 4. Blade Making, 5. Generators, 6. Mechanical Controls, 7. Electrical Controls, 8. Towers, Glossary, Windpower Equations, Worked Examples, Further Resources, Index
ISBN:
9781902175621 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2205123
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