Sustainable Power Production

Code

ME-SPP1

Version

1.0

Offered by

Mechanical Engineering

ECTS

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Thermodynamics

Main purpose

The main purpose is to gain basic knowledge and design of sustainable power production with wind tur-bines, photovoltaic cells and batteries fuel cells, hydrogen storage, and smart grid.

Knowledge

The student will acquire knowledge in

1. Photovoltaic cells and batteries
2. Fuel cell and hydrogen storage
3. Smart grid
4. Wind energy
4.1 Wind resources
4.2 Rotor blades for a wind turbine
4.3 Terrain classification, Roughness and orography
4.4 Wind turbine generator
4.5 Wind farm
4.6 Wind turbine transformer and electrical grid
4.7 Cooling system in wind turbine
4.8 Wind turbine components materials

Skills

Use the WAsP computer program to estimate annual power production for a wind turbine or a group of wind turbines (Wind farm) and Q blade software for wind turbine blades design. Calculate the power output of photovoltaic cells installation with energy storage. Be able to select between different energy storage scenarios.

Competences

The student will be able to carry out study project in the area of sustainable power production and to participate in projects in corporation with experienced engineers.

Topics

Teaching methods and study activities

The workload for student is expected to be 138 hours. There will be 3 lessons per week in 12 weeks.
The teacher will go over the course topics in the classroom, combining theory with exercises and black-board teaching as well as PowerPoint presentations.
The student is expected to read the detailed literature and to solve compulsory assignments between lessons.

Student Activity Model:

According to the Study Activity Model, the workload is divided as follows:

Category 1, Initiated by the lecturer with the participation of lecturer and students: 32 hours – 23%

Category 2: Initiated by lecturer with participation of students: 79 hours – 57 %

Category 3: Initiated by students with participation of students: 27 hours – 20 %

Category 4: Initiated by students with the participation of lecturer and students: 0 hours – 0%

Resources

Notes
Wind Turbines, Aerodynamics, Loads and Structure. Martin O.L.Hansen
Samll Wind Turbine Engineering From idea to certification. Svend W. Enevoldsen
WASP software for wind tunrbines
Q blades

Evaluation

Examination

Test + mini-project with individual oral exam
1 test have a weight of 30%
The mini-project is weighted with 35% and the oral exam is weighted with 35%.
Intern assessment

Re-examination:
As ordinary