Entry requirements

Wind Power Development and Management, 15 credits, Planning for Wind Energy, 5 credits, Wind Resource Assessment, 5 credits, Wind Power Grid Integration, 5 credits, Wind Turbine Technology, 5 credits, Project Course: Feasibility Study of a Wind Power Project, 10 credits, Scientific Methods in Wind Power Project Management, 10 credits, Trends in the Wind Industry, 5 credits, 30 credits in Mathematics, 15 credits in Physics or/and 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
• Plan the execution of a measurement campaign
• Evaluate measurement data

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 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.