Specialisation in Wind Resource Assessment

15 credits

Syllabus, Master's level, 1GV160

Code: 1GV160
Education cycle: Second cycle
Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Wind Power Project Management A1F
Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
Finalised by: The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 9 February 2023
Responsible department: Department of Earth Sciences

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree in engineering, science or social science. Also required is 60 credits at Master's level in wind power project management including Project Course: Feasibility Study of a Wind Power Project, 10 credits, and Wind Resource Assessment, 5 credits, as well as 30 credits in mathematics, and 15 credits in Physics and/or Mechanics. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

After having passed the course the student should be able to:

Apply meteorological theory in order to determine wind resources
Apply fluid mechanics and numeric methods to determine wind resources and optimise a site
Conduct wind resource assessment with advanced modelling methods and analyze numerical reliability
Demonstrate an extensive understanding for the choice of methods as well as the releability of simple and advance industrial calculation methods
Demonstrate a deep understanding of site optimisation

Content

The course focuses on wind resources and combines theory with practice. The theory is studied in terms of meteorology and fluid mechanics. In the portion concerning fluid mechanics, the essential theoretical background for numerical methods as well as the uncertainty of the modelling resultat is covered. The applied portion contains a measurement campaign, which gives knowledge about equipment and data storage, analysis and filtration, and a simulation task which is solved using computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

Instruction

Lectures, seminars, laboratory classes and group work.

Assessment

Written assignments, active participation at seminars as well as oral presentations (3 credits)

Written exam (6 credits)

Project work (6 credits)

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.