Commented University Calendar

Wind Turbine Plants

Instructor:

Rudolf Zellermann

Course Format:

2 hours Lecture

Period:

Summer Semester

Language:

German

Recommended Previous Knowledge:

Thermodynamics, Fluid dynamics, Fundamentals of turbomachines

Contents:

• History of windmills
• Wind: Sources, geographical and timely scaled distribution, optimum wind sites
• Ideal power coefficient, rotor thrust
• Aerodynamics of rotors
• Operation characteristics
• Power limitation, part load, pitch und stall, controlling
• Selection of wind turbines, estimateed annual power convertion, commercial aspects
• Excursion
  

Learning Outcomes:

History of windmills and of theory on drag and lifting forces, conservation of momentum and energy, mechanisms of losses, geometry of an ideal shaped multi bladed rotor, operating and control, structural dynamics, similarity rules, commercial aspects

Reading Resources:

Gasch, R., Windkraftanlagen, 4. Auflage, Teubner-Verlag, 2005

Performance Record:

oral test

Workload:

90 hours total

Contact:

rudolf.zellermann@man.eu

Credit points of this module can be found in the course plan for the corresponding course of study.