MODULE SPECIFICATION FORM

Module Title: Wind Turbine Design and Analysis Level: 6 Credit Value: 20

Module code: ENG646 Cost Centre: GAEE JACS2 code: H321 (if known)

Semester(s) in which to be offered: 2 With effect from: December 2014

Office use only: Date approved: September 2012 To be completed by AQSU: Date revised: December 2014 Version No: 2

Existing/New: New Title of module being replaced (if any):

Originating academic Engineering and Module Leader: David Sprake business division Computing

Module duration (total Status: core/option/elective hours) 200 (identify programme where Scheduled learning and appropriate): Core teaching hours 48 Independent study hours 152

Placement hours 0

Programme(s) in which to be offered: Pre-requisites per  MEng/BEng(Hons) Renewable Energy and Sustainable programme (between Technologies levels): None

Module Aims:

The aim of this module is to provide a vehicle to enable the students to integrate and synthesise their knowledge related to the design and analysis of wind turbines.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding:

At the end of this module, the student should be able to:

1. Have a comprehensive understanding of wind energy systems, wind turbine design, and performance analysis, including power performance, aerodynamics performance, and structural dynamics analysis; 2. Define detailed specifications for a wind turbine and its major components; 3. Design the structure of a wind turbine based on given specifications.

Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:

1. Application of Technology; 1 Theoretical analysis; 3. Apply analysis techniques.

Assessment: please indicate the type(s) of assessment (eg examination, oral, coursework, project) and the weighting of each (%). Details of indicative assessment tasks must be included.

All learning outcomes will be assessed by means of a 3-hour written examination. It is an unseen time-constrained one with a fixed number of questions, typically six, where students are required to answer only four out of the six possible.

Word count Learning Assessment Duration (or Outcomes to Type of assessment Weighting number (if exam) equivalent if be met appropriate)

One 1,2,3 Examination 100% 3hrs

Syllabus outline:

 Introduction to wind energy systems both onshore and offshore;  Wind measurement and analysis.  Calculating energy potential of proposed wind energy sites.  Environmental issues associated with wind turbines.  Wind turbine planning and design. (Micro and wind farm scale)  Wind farm structure design and construction.  Wind energy economics analysis.  Fundamentals of wind turbine aerodynamics;  Wind turbine blade design and analysis;  Wind energy: current status and future prospects.

Bibliography:

Essential Reading:

Manwell, J.F. et al. (2004) Wind Turbine Explained: Theory, Design, and Application, John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Hau, E (2006) Wind Turbines: Fundamentals, Technologies, Application, Economics, 2nd Edn., Springer. Hansen, M.O.L. (2008) Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines, Earthscan.

Recommended Reading:

Boyle, G. (2012) Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, 3rd Edn., Oxford: OU Press. Jamieson, P. (2011) Innovation in Wind Turbine Design, Wiley-Blackwell. Burton, T. et al. (2011) Wind Energy Handbook, 2nd Edn., John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Key Website References:

BWEA – renewableUK: http://www.bwea.com/; EWEA – European Wind Energy Association: http://www.ewea.org/; WWEA = World Wind Energy Association: http://www.wwindea.org/home/index.php; AWEA – American Wind Energy Association: http://www.awea.org/; NaREC – National Renewable Energy Centre: http://www.narec.co.uk/; European Commission – Energy: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/index_en.htm; GH: http://www.gl-garradhassan.com/en/GHBladed.php.

REA – Renewable Energy Association: http://www.r-e-a.net/; DECC – Department of Energy and Climate Change UK: http://www.decc.gov.uk/; Energy Saving Trust: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/; Renewable Energy Magazines: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/magazine; Renewable Energy Focus Magazine: http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/; Renewable Energy Magazine: http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/; The Alternative Energy eMagazine: http://www.altenergymag.com/.