ENE900 Wind Energy Basics (Spring 2024)
- ECTS Credits:
- 2.5
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Engineering and Science
- Course Leader:
- Sathyajith Mathew
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- English
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Offshore Wind Energy
Teaching language
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- get an insight to the significance and prospects of offshore wind energy in the national, regional, and global perspectives.
- understand the basic physics of wind energy conversion.
- get acquainted with different types of wind energy conversion systems.
- understand the basic aerodynamics of wind turbines.
- get an overview on the design approaches of wind turbines.
Contents
Introduction to offshore wind energy - Significance of offshore wind - evolution of wind energy technologies- characteristics of offshore wind energy-national-regional and global status of offshore wind-future prospects.
Basic principles of wind energy conversion - Wind turbine power and torque- power-torque relationships- tip speed ratio-dynamic matching.
Classification of wind turbines - Based on axis of rotation, number of blades, size, upwind/down wind, pitch/stall regulated - onshore and offshore turbines-innovative turbines- comparative performance of different types of turbines.
Aerodynamics of wind turbines - Airfoils-lift and drag- basic aerodynamic theories- axial momentum theory-blade element theory- blade element momentum theory.
Wind turbine design considerations - Assumptions, design parameters, design methodology, design example, performance of the designed rotor.