Course Overview

During the course, you will learn about the measurement techniques used in and around wind turbines, including the use of the relevant international standards and evaluation of uncertainty.

Course Highlights

Through the course session, you will work with the following:

- Data acquisition and data management
- Measurement uncertainty
- Wind measurements
- Wind turbine power performance measurement
- Wind turbine loads and structural response measurements
- Wind turbine noise measurements
- Wind energy measurement standards

Video Overview

MAIN GOAL

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Learning Outcomes

After completion of this course, you will gain the ability to:

• + Design outlines of data acquisition systems considering the requirements and the local conditions.
• + Organise wind measurements in a database.
• + Perform quality control on wind measurements.
• + Define the concept of uncertainty for a measured quantity.
• + Identify relevant measurement standards in wind energy.
• + Analyse wind speed measurements for a wind resource assessment.
• + Determine wind turbine power performance from measurements.
• + Determine structural properties for a wind turbine from measurements.
• + Select the most suitable wind measurement technology.
• + Explain different methods for structural loads measurements on wind turbines.
• + Explain wind turbine noise measurements.

Meet Your Instructors

Michael Courtney

Senior Researcher

Admissions

Entry Requirements

• + B.Sc. or B.Eng. degree or higher and at least, two years of relevant working experience.
• + We strongly recommend that you have mathematics and programming skills equivalent to B.Sc. or B.Eng. level or higher.
• + If you have few or no programming experiences, we recommend following our Scientific Programming for Wind Energy course as early as possible.
• + You will need a PC with a stable internet connection to follow this online course.

Teaching and Assessment Methods

• + Video lectures
• + Exercises
• + Quizzes
• + Reading material
• + Live Q&A sessions
• + Online exam

Application Deadline: TBC.

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Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

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Course Info

Contact Michael Courtney for any additional information relating to this course.

Michael Courtney

Course Co-ordinator

mike@dtu.dk