3167.21 - Introduction to wind energy for marine engineers

3167.21

Introduction to wind energy for marine engineers

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A Marine Engineer certificate.

Students should get a basic understanding of the harvesting of the wind by wind-turbines – the principles of the wind power conversion, the components of the wind turbines and their interaction, the estimation of the energy gain of wind turbines based on a parametric representation of the wind characteristics and their environmental impact.

Introduction to fluid-mechanics and aero-dynamics; the relevant properties of fluids, the equations of energy conservation and continuity. Wind power plants: basic introduction to wind power plants, aerodynamics: topics of importance for the operation of of wind turbine rotors, operation of electrical generators in combination with wind turbine rotors, wind turbine power curve. Estimation of the expected energy gain of wind turbines: description of the wind characteristics by parametrised distribution functions, linking wind distribution function and power curve of a wind turbine to assess the energy gain. Environmental aspects of wind power application.

Lectures, exercises, and project work. The course is taught in English.

On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to: – explain the basic elements of fluid-mechanics with relevance for wind power - explain the operation of a wind turbine rotor - explain the interaction of wind turbine rotor and electric generator - explain the shape and characteristic points of a wind turbines power curve - perform a basic assessment of the annual energy gain of a wind turbine based on a parametrised description of the wind conditions - discuss the selection of wind turbines cut-in and rated rated wind speed with for best energy gain in view of wind conditions - describe environmental aspects of wind power application.

The course evaluation is done on basis of a report on a semester project.

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Textbook, additional scripts, and software templates available via Moodle or to be downloaded from the internet.

Hans Georg Bayer