Dear Friends:
Reading many of the recent questions posed to friends & colleagues on the Otherpower Discussion-board and following from long personal experience with the implementation of RE projects under difficult situations & conditions in many parts of the world; - may I suggest som additional source material that hopefully may possibly be helpfull for others in similar situations and especially for those in many developing countries lacking access to much material that is often taken for granted in N. America, Australia & Europe etc.:
With greetings & best wishes to all - JF.
As mentioned above in the title - the material is under the following sections:
Wind Energy:
A: Hands-on & background texts.
B1: Hands-on construction
B2: Hands-on construction under 1 kW.
B3: Hands-on construction under 20 kW.
Solar Energy:
A1: Solar Thermal - background
A2: Solar Thermal - hands-on
A3: Experimental PV
Liquid bio-fuels for diesel engines etc:
Wind Energy:
A: Hands-on & background texts:
1: "Wind Power" - Paul Gipe - James & James Science Publishers, London UK 2004
ISBN: 1-902916-54-9
This is a very through and absolutely essential book.
2: "The Wind Power Book" - Jack Park - Cheshire Books, Palo Alto, Ca. USA 1981
ISBN: 0-917352-06-08
Jack Park has written other very useful books on wind energy - however this
title is the book of choice.
3: "The Home-built, Wind-generated Electricity Handbook" - Michael A. Hackleman -
Earthmind Press, Mariposa, Ca. USA 1975 ISBN: 0-915238-05-5
4: "The Homemade Windmills of Nebraska" - Erwin Hinckley Bardour Nenraska USA 1899
- reprinted by The Fallones Institute - Occidental Ca. USA 1976
5: "A Field Guide to American Windmills" - T. Lindsay Baker - University of Oklahoma
Press USA 1985 ISBN: 0-8061-1901-2
6: "Windpower Workshop" - Hugh Piggott - CAT, Wales UK 1997 ISBN: 1-898049-13-0
[http://www.cat.org.uk]
B1: Hands-on construction texts - Sail windmills & "American-type" farm windmills.
1: "Constructional Manual for a Cretan Windmill" - Niek van de Ven - Steering
committee for wind energy in developing countries, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
1977.
2: "Constructional Manual for 12PU350 & 12PU500 Windmills" & "Technical Report 1982"
- Niek van de Ven - TOOL/WOT - Twente University of Technology, Enschede, The
Netherlands 1982.
The last two titles may possibly still be available from The Regional Wind
Energy Testing Station , Institute of Engineering & Rural Technology, Allahabad,
India.
Otherwise the three good books can only be accessed by borrowing from libraries
by friends or contacts in The Netherlands itself.
During the late 1970's-1980's - "The Australian Council of Churches" published a
book-report concerning low-cost housing construction and windmill irrigation
projects near Saighanchi, Afghanistan. I have previously seen a copy of this
book and note that a full set of drawings for the 12PU500 windmill are included
with the text. Possibly a good friend in Australia can find & recover a copy of
this very good report & thereby make all this usefull information available to
others.
Likewise "The World's Council of Churches" in Geneva, Switzerland - published in
the late 1970's - the 80-page book "Pompe Eolienne - Sahores" [Sahores Windmill
Pump - in French] by Jean Sahores. After many attempts - a hard-copy of this
book is still untraceable. All the relevant archives in Geneva have been
"cleaned-out" in connection with an office re-construction. If any friends
discover an original hard-copy or can obtain a good & clear photo-copy taken
from an original hard-copy edition - kindly let me know.
3: "The Guadgaon Village Sailwing Windmill" - William W. Smith III - VITA
Publications, Arlington, Virginia, USA 1982.
4: "DIY-Plan nr. 5 Sail Windmill - Parts 1 & 2" - CAT Wales, UK 1977
[http://www.cat.org.uk]
5: "How to build a Cretan Sail Windpump" - R.D. Mann - Intermediate Technology
Publications, London, UK 1983/1992 ISBN: 0-903031-66-3
This is a very comprehensive work - although possibly complicated as perhaps it
deviates too much from the simpler models in Crete.
6: "Low-cost Windmill for developing Nations" - Hartmut Bossel - VITA Publications
USA 1970/1977.
This is a classic text - suited for experiments in small metal workshops
7: "WaterPumping Windmill Book" - Gary Hirshbery & The New Alchemy Institute -
Brick House Publishing, Andover Mass. USA 1982 ISBN: 0-931790-23-9.
This is a very good & comprehensive book - based on previous work done by
Marcus Sherman with the so-called Madurai wind pumps in India.
[http://www.fuzzylu.com/greencenter/publist.htm]
Illustrations & a good short description of this NAI windmill will also be
found in: "Technological Self-sufficiency" - Robin Clarke - Faber & Faber,
London UK 1976 ISBN: 0-571-11057-6.
However those who are seriously interested in building a "Cretan-type" windmill - & who require further assistance or information - f.ex. photographs of the various necessary constructional details of the actual models on site in Crete - which ofter considerably differ from those described in the available litterature - or with regard to other different litterature etc. - should write & send a personal letter - by postal mail to the following address in Denmark:
Danmarks Vindkrafthistoriske Samling; - For the personal attention of John F. - Smed Hansensvej 11, Lem - 6940, Vest Jutland DENMARK.
Much wind energy technological information is deposited with the DVS. This material will be available for all serious students to freely consult - "for the benefit of all" - in addition to the vast quantities of other material & know-how.
B2: Hands-on construction texts- low-cost small wind turbines under 1 kW.
1: "Windkraft - ganz einfach", "Wibdkraft - ja bitte", "Windkraft - echt stark" -
Christian Kuhtz - Oekobuch Verlag, Staufen Germany [http://www.oekobuch.de]
These three low-priced booklets are full of drawings, photographs, etc on every
page - for the construction of cheap & simple wind turbines - they can easily
be fully understood by all and are therefore very highly recommended.
2: Read the posts & the present & previous archives at
- learn & then consult other friends & colleagues on the discussion board &
through the links - f.ex: [http://www.scoraigwind:com
B3: Hands-on construction texts - simple small wind turbines under 20 kW.
1: "The Penryn Windmill Book" - Patrick Arnoldi - Penryn Farm, Peterborough,
Ontario, Canada -
This book is a gold-mine of practical experience & good ideas.
2: "Windenergie-Praxis" - Horst Crome - Oekobuch Verlag, Staufen, Germany 1987
ISBN: 3-922964-40-0
Unfortunately this book is now very hard to obtain, except from libraries in
Germany - a later similar book by the same author is below.
3: "Handbuch Windenergie-Technik" - Horst Crome - Oekobuch Verlag, Staufen, Germany
2004 ISBN: 3-922964-78-8 [http:www.oekobuch.de
These two books by Prof. Crome from The Technical University of Bremen, Germany
- are very descriptive, lavishly illustrated & can be fully understood without
too much difficulty by all non-German readers - & although they badly need to
be translated into English - they are however very highly recommended indeed.
The technology described in these books - as practiced by local cooperative
working construction-groups & by his own students - is based on inspiration
from the former Danish Agricco 20-40 kW. induction generator grid-connected
wind turbines [with aerofoil blades] from 1919. These models from 1919 were
also produced under licence in both Germany & The Netherlands during the
1920's.
4: "Main-built Windmills" - Everet Russel - An article from Home Power Magazine
#79 - USA Oct-Nov 2000 [http://www.homepower.com]
The famous book by professor Poul La Cour & Jacob Bjerre - "Landlige Elektricitetsvaerker" [in Danish], Copenhagen, Denmark 1907 - should finally be mentioned for the record.
This book fully describes the complete construction and installation etc of small automatic 5-20 kW. de-central wind-diesel power systems for farms & communities [with full battery & Hydrogen-gas back-up for energy storage]. This book had a great infulence on the development of de-central wind-energy power-generation systems in several European countries in the 1920's & 1930's.
A full description in English - together with diagrams of the "la Cour" automatic wind-energy control systems was published in the book "Windmills & Wind Motors" - F.E. Powell - Camelot Press, New York, USA 1910 - this is presently available as a reprint from Lindsay Publications - [http://www.lindsaybks.com].
C: Hands-on construction texts for horizontal rotors:
1: "Wind & Windspinners" - Michael Hacklemann - Earthmind/Peace Press Publications,
Mariposa, Ca. USA 1974/1977
2: "Savonius Rotor Construction" - Josef A. Kozlowski - VITA Publications,
Arlington; Virginia, USA 1977 ISBN: 0-86619-062-7
Several of the minor errors and faults in Hackleman's good & comprehensive book
are covered & rectified by Kozlowski.
3: "Der Savonius Rotor - Eine Bauanleitung" - Heinz Schultz - Oekobuch Verlag,
Staufen, Germany 1989/1999 ISBN: 3-922964-48-6 [http://www.oekobuch.de]
This book by the former director of the State Agricultural-technology Research
Institute of Bavaria - packed with fully detailed construction drawings is
absolutely essential for those contemplating the construction of large &
powerful horizontal rotors & is very highly recommended.
Solar Energy
A1: Solar Thermal - background texts etc.
1: "Golden Thread" - Ken Butti & John Perlin - Cheshire Books - Van Nostrand
Publishing, New York, USA 1980 ISBN: 0-442-24005-8 & 0-917352-07-6
This book - based on an article originally published in "The CoEvolution
Quarterly # Fall 1977" - should be in all libraries everywhere.
2: "Solar Living Handbook" - Real Goods Company - Chelsea Book Publishing,
Vermont, USA ISBN: 0-930031-68-7 [http://www.realgoods.com]
3: "Energy from Nature" - Rainbow Power Company - Nimbin, Australia
[http://www.rpc.com.au]
A2: Solar Thermal - hands-on.
1: "Solar Homes & Sun Heating" - George Daniels - Harper & Row Publishers, New
York, USA 1976 ISBN: 0-06-010937-8
2: "Passive Solar Water Heaters" - Daniel K. Reif - Brick House Publishing,
Andover, Mass. USA 1983 ISBN: 0-931790-39-5
3: "Sunshine to Dollars" - Steven E. Harris - USA 2003
[http://www.KnowledgePublications.com]
4: "Thermische Solarenergie" - Friedrich Udo Muller - Franzis' Verlag,
Feldkirchen, Germany 1997 ISBN: 3-7723-4622-7 [http://www.amazon.de]
5: "Solaranlagen" - Heinz Ladner & Franz Spate - Oekobuch Verlag, Staufen,
Germany - 8th fully revised edition 2003 - ISBN: 3-922964-94-X
6: "Solaranlagen Selbstbau" - Armin Themessl & Werner Weiss - Oekobuch Verlag,
Staufen, Germany & Arbeitsgemeinschaft Erneurbare Energie, Gliesdorf,
Austria ISBN: 3-922964-73-7 [Germany] & 3-901425-09-8 [Austria]
- http://www.oekobuch.de &
This book is the fully illustrated course-notes for the very successful
home-owners self-build solar thermal construction courses in Austria & other
countries & is very highly recommended.
7: "Solarwarme Optimal Nutzen" - Wagner & Co. - Colbe Germany
ISBN: 3-923129-36-X [http://www.wagner-solartechnik.de]
This is a very good fully-illustrated comprehensive construction &
installation manual from Wagner Solartechnik & and is also very highly
recommended.
8: "Manual pour la conception, le dimensionnement et la realization des
installations collectives" - Download from ADEME - Agence de l'Environnement
et de la Maitrise de l'Energie - France April 2002
[http://www.tecsol.fr/st_fr/manuelSol.htm]
9: Home power Magizine - [http://www.homepower.com]
A3: Photovoltaics - for experimental use:
1: "Practical Photovoltaics" - Richard J. Komp - Aatec Publications, Ann Arbour,
Mich. USA ISBN: 0-937948-02-0
[http://www.bookstep.ie./bks/showbk2.php?bookid=578]
2: "Strom aus der Sonne" - Bernhard Krieg - Elektor Verlag, Aachen, Germany 1992
ISBN: 3-928051-05-9 [http://www.amazon.de]
- : Home-made "Fruit-jan" & titanium-oxide solar cell - [http://www.solideas.com]
- : "Home-made Solar Cells" - [http://www.fueless.com]
- : Home Power Magazine - has many good & thorough articles concerning medium &
larger PV systems - likewise consult, among others,
Liquid bio-fuel technology & conversion systems for diesel engines- However not including various forms of alcohol fuels - such as ethanol or methanol nor algae-systems etc.
1: "From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank" - Joshua Tickell
[http/www.JoshuaTickell.com
2: "Mechanique des Fleurs" - Reseau Petales - C/O Roule Ma Fleur, Fraissinet de
Lozere, 48220 France - [roulemafleur@free.fr]
3: "Pflanzenol als Kraftstoff" - Barbara Eder & Franz Eder - Oekobuch Verlag,
Staufen, Germany 2004 ISBN: 3-936896-05-4 [http://www.oekobuch.de]
4: "Die Energie Insel" - Wolf Rudiger Weiss - Germany - available from
[http://www.conrad.com]
5: "Handbook of Agricultural Energy Potential of Developing Countries" -
James A. Duke - CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA 1987
ISBN: 0-8493-3640-6
6: "Biological Paths to Self-Reliance" Russel E. Anderson - Van Nostrand
Reinhold Publishing, New York, USA 1979 ISBN: 0-442-20329-2
7: "Energy Plant Species" - N. El Bassam - James & James Science Publishers,
London, UK 1998 ISBN: 1-873936-75-3
8: "Edible Nuts of the World" - Edwin A. Menninger - Horticultural Books Inc.
Stuart, Florida, USA 1977 ISBN: 0-9600046-4-5
9: "The book of Edible Nuts" - Frederic Rosengarten Jr. - Walker Publishing,
New York, USA 1984 ISBN: 0-8027-0769-9
10: All these above books are highly recommended - plus consult
[http://www.journettoforever.org] & Home Power Magazine & other sources.
JF - Nov. 2005
