Course Overview

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Course Highlights

The content provided by the course:
- Introduction
- Meteorology
- Atmospheric Boundary Layer
- Fluid Dynamics
- Turbulence
- Wind power meteorology
- Measurement instruments
- Statistics
- Methods in turbulence
- Offshore wind climate
- External conditions in standards
- Wave and current climate and loading
- Example analysis site data
- Turbulence spectra
- Satellite remote sensing techniques
- Simulation of turbulent wind fields and gusts

MAIN GOAL

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Learning Outcomes

After completion of this course, you will be able to:

• + Discuss the relevance of particular site data for wind turbine design, operation and siting.
• + Analyse simple problems related to wind power meteorology.
• + Interpret scientific dissemination by experts on main points.
• + Apply analysis methods to convert basic site data to wind turbine design parameters.

Meet Your Instructors

Roland Schmehl

Professor

Wim Bierbooms

Lecturer

Admissions

Entry Requirements

• + Basic understanding of fluid mechanics and stochastics (on Brightspace self tests are available).
• + Basic skill of Matlab is assumed: you should be able to read from and write to a text file, write and/or modify simple functions (m-files).
• + It is recommended that you already have a basic knowledge of wind turbines; e.g. AE4W02TU, Introduction to Wind Turbines: Physics and Technology.

Teaching and Assessment Methods

• + Lectures
• + Assignments
• + Practical work
• + Written/Digital Exam

Application Deadline: TBC

Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

TBC