Jon G. McGowan

TL;DR: In this article, a simplified HAWT rotor performance calculation procedure was proposed to evaluate the effect of drag and blade number on the optimum performance of wind turbine rotor performance, considering the Betz limit and the ideal horizontal axis wind turbine with wake rotation.

TL;DR: A new battery model developed for use in time series performance models of hybrid energy systems, based on the approach of chemical kinetics, which is specifically concerned with the apparent change in capacity as a function of charge and discharge rates.

TL;DR: Ammonia has been considered as a candidate to power transport, produce energy, and support heating applications for decades, however, the particular characteristics of the molecule always made it a chemical with low, if any, benefit once compared to conventional fossil fuels as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The state of the art in condition monitoring in wind turbines, and related technologies currently applied in practice and under development for aerospace applications, are reviewed in this paper, where the authors evaluate the applicability of load history and fatigue crack growth in aircraft structures for their applicability to wind turbine blades.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the prospect of producing ammonia from a wind turbine in order to displace diesel fuel requirements on isolated islands, and the analytical model used to calculate the technical and economic performance is summarized.