Wind Energy

WESEP-501

Previous offerings

Fall 2016, F'15, '13, '12

Course Objectives

Fundamentals of wind turbine aerodynamics and noise.

Outcomes

On completion of the course the attentive student will understand:

• Blade element momentum (BEM) theory
• Vortex line method
• Basics of wind turbine aeroacoustics

Syllabus

• 1-D momentum theory and Betz limit
• Effect of wake rotation
• Blade element momentum theory
• Vortex line/lattice method
• Turbine operation and annual energy production
• Introduction to wind turbine aeroacoustics

Textbook and reading mtl.

There is no text book for this course. The suggested reading materials include the following.

• Hansen, M. O. L. (2009). Aerodynamics of wind turbines. Earthscan.
• Burton, T., Sharpe, D., Jenkins, N., & Bossanyi, E. (2001). Wind energy handbook. John Wiley & Sons.
• Howe, M. S. (1998). Acoustics of fluid-structure interactions. Cambridge university press.
• Crighton, D. G., Dowling, A. P., Williams, J. E. F., Heckl, M., & Leppington, F. G. (1992). Modern Methods in analytical acoustics: Lecture Notes. Springer-Verlag.