Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. The main field of study must be within engineering, science or social science. Also required is Wind Power Project Development and Management, 15 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• account for how wind turbines work aerodynamically
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• Apply meteorological theory and calculation methods to estimate wind resources
• Apply aerodynamic theory to estimate the effects of wake interactions between wind turbines
• Evaluate critically different measurement methods and data
• Evaluate critically different calculation methods and their results
• Optimize a wind power project using its wind resources and economics
• Plan for and efficiently perform, using the established guidelines, a group project assignment in which the different parts of the course are integrated

Content

The course gives an overview of wind resource estimation. Meteorological and aerodynamic theories combined with some economic optimization are essential parts of the course content. Different calculation and measurement methods will be addressed and critically evaluated to give the student the knowledge and the tools to choose methods according to the requirements of a specific situation. The course also includes a group project assignment. In this project the student will initially estimate the wind resource at a given site by making critical choices regarding both measurement and calculation methods. The results of these choices will, in combination with financial data, be then used to propose an optimized layout for a wind farm at the site. The course will provide experience in wind energy calculation software like WindPRO and WindSim as well as training in group dynamics and effective project leadership.

Instruction

Lectures, seminars, laboratory classes and group work.

Assessment

Written hand-in assignments, project assignments and laboratory reports as well as oral presentations 2 credits.

Written exam 3 credits.

Project work and oral exam 5 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.