Syllabus
Review on Wind Resource Assessment: Wind Regime Modelling, Measurement Instruments, Weibull Parameters, Height Dependency, Wind Resources Worldwide and in India, Wind Energy Forecast.
Wind Turbines: Review on basic aerodynamics, air foils, types and characteristics of wind turbine, turbine design, blade element theory, HAWT, VAWT, Power developed, Thrust, Efficiency, Rotor selection, Rotor design considerations, Tip speed ratio, Number of Blades, Blade profile, Power Regulation, Yaw control, Pitch angle control, Stall control, Schemes for maximum power extraction.
Fixed and Variable Speed Systems: Fixed speed and variable speed systems. Electrical machines for wind energy systems, synchronous and asynchronous generators and power electronics. Integration of wind energy systems to electrical networks, converters, inverters, directly connected, wind energy storage solutions, Variable speed variable frequency schemes.
Grid Connected Systems: Wind interconnection requirements, low-voltage ride through (LVRT), ramp rate limitations, and supply of ancillary services for frequency and voltage control, current practices and industry trends wind interconnection impact on steady-state and dynamic performance of the power system including modelling issue.
Implementation and Financial Considerations: Site selection and turbine spacing, rotor selection, Annual Energy Output (AEO), optimal placement of wind turbine in a wind park, ICT based monitoring and control of wind farms. Installed costs, payback time, Levelized Energy Cost (LEC), simulation oriented case studies.
Resources
Lecture Notes
Module 1 (Download)
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Module 3 (Download)
Module 4 (Download)
Module 5 (Download)
