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Book Review: Wind and Solar Power Systems—Design, Analysis, and Operation

Book Review: Wind and Solar Power Systems—Design, Analysis, and Operation 30-3-09_BookReview_1.qxd 4/9/06 3:44 pm Page 265 W IND E NGINEERING VOLUME 30, N O. 3, 2006 PP 265–266 265 BOOK REVIEW Wind and Solar Power Systems—Design, Analysis, and Operation Mukund R. Patel, nd Taylor and Francis Group/CRC, 2 edition 2006 (ISBN 0-8493-1570-0, xvi + 448 pages) The author had wide experience as an electrical engineer in major US companies before becoming an academic professor. His expertise led him to study power generation from renewables, especially wind and photovoltaic power. This textbook has been developed from his teaching and research, and from his experience as an associate editor of the Solar Energy Journal, published by the International Solar Energy Association. This background explains the electrical engineering character of the book, and its nominal division into four parts: wind, photovoltaic, system integration and ancillary power. The division is ‘nominal’, because various fundamental aspects of power generation and analysis pop-up somewhat indiscriminately throughout the text. The book will be well used in mid-year degree courses in engineering, but, by keeping close to present reality, it will also be interesting and informative for professional engineers. Thus throughout there is a balance of theory with application, especially as found in the USA. The strength http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Wind Engineering SAGE

Book Review: Wind and Solar Power Systems—Design, Analysis, and Operation

Wind Engineering , Volume 30 (3): 2 – May 1, 2006
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30-3-09_BookReview_1.qxd 4/9/06 3:44 pm Page 265 W IND E NGINEERING VOLUME 30, N O. 3, 2006 PP 265–266 265 BOOK REVIEW Wind and Solar Power Systems—Design, Analysis, and Operation Mukund R. Patel, nd Taylor and Francis Group/CRC, 2 edition 2006 (ISBN 0-8493-1570-0, xvi + 448 pages) The author had wide experience as an electrical engineer in major US companies before becoming an academic professor. His expertise led him to study power generation from renewables, especially wind and photovoltaic power. This textbook has been developed from his teaching and research, and from his experience as an associate editor of the Solar Energy Journal, published by the International Solar Energy Association. This background explains the electrical engineering character of the book, and its nominal division into four parts: wind, photovoltaic, system integration and ancillary power. The division is ‘nominal’, because various fundamental aspects of power generation and analysis pop-up somewhat indiscriminately throughout the text. The book will be well used in mid-year degree courses in engineering, but, by keeping close to present reality, it will also be interesting and informative for professional engineers. Thus throughout there is a balance of theory with application, especially as found in the USA. The strength

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Published: May 1, 2006

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