Course Description
SUMMER SCHOOL WIND TURBINE TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor and Master Level Course
Extent
5 ECTS-credits
Learning Objectives
The overall goal with this intensive programme is to give the students a substantial knowledge of wind turbine technology. Having completed the course with successful outcome, the student will be able to apply own engineering competencies to analyse the specific elements in wind turbine technology. After having attended the course, the student should be able to:
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Describe the working principle for a wind turbine on both component and system level.
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Understand the basics of Cost of Energy calculation for a complete wind turbine system.
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Describe the main components, analyse the interactions and load transfer between the components.
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Analyse design criteria for the different components due to normal operational dynamic loads and extreme load conditions (if mechanical background).
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Analyse and describe principles for optimising the operation of the turbine and the construction in relation to load reducing control (if control background).
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Gain experience from teamwork and case related problem solving.
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Gain experience in procedures for professional problem solving in an industrial environment.
Requirements
Participants must have either a mechanical or power engineering background and must have approximately one year left of his/her engineering studies.
Contents
The objective of the course is to give the students experience in applying the established engineering knowledge to specific wind turbine problems. In relation to this, the students will learn about analysing advantages, problems and principles in power obtained from wind energy. They will be able to understand the wind as an energy source and a dynamic load source for the wind turbine, understand how power and load are transferred through the construction and understand how the individual components interact.
The programme is carried out in close collaboration with the industrial partners. Theoretical lectures are given both by university staff members and by industry professionals. The case exercise is supported both by university staff and by industry professionals.
Teaching Method
Multidisciplinary project: Problem-based learning in an industrial environment.
Approximately 70% lectures/exercises and 30% teamwork.
Evaluation
Evaluation method: Compulsory teamwork participation and individual oral examination. The examiner and an external examiner can decide to extend the examination by asking the student to hand in an individual report documenting the learning outcome.
Marking
Passed/not passed