wind energy and wind turbine desing

ERCİYES UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
I. General Information
Course Title
MM 354 Wind Energy and Wind Turbine Design
Term
Spring
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Coordinator
Asist. Prof. Dr. Gamze GENÇ
Credits: 2
II. Course Information
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Definition of wind and formation of wind. Meteorology of Wind. Wind measurement techniques. Wind energy
potentials and methods of determination the wind potentials. Wind energy utilization methods. Wind turbines.
Vertical-axis (VAWTs) and horizontal-axis (HAWTs) wind energy systems. Wind energy conversion systems.
Large and small scale wind systems. Economic and cost analysis.
COURSE PRECONDITIONS:
No preconditions
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To teach the concepts of wind energy and wind systems.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
The course qualifies undergraduates for scientific and engineering work and method and relays
theoretical/analytical skills which enable students to approach new situations openly and creatively. The class
is given in Turkish and meets for two lectures a week.
TEXTBOOK:
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Rüzgar enerjisi: teori ve uygulama, Murat Durak, Serra Özer, Türkiye Rüzgar Enerjisi Birliği (TÜREB),
2008 (In Turkish).
Wind Energy Handbook, Tony Burton, David Sharpe, Nick Jenkins, Ervin Bossanyi, WileyBlackwell, 2001
Wind energy: fundamentals, resource analysis and economics, Sathyajith Mathew, Springer, 2006
Wind and Water Energy, Payne Sherry, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1999
GRADING:
One midterm and one final written examination. Written closed-book examination.
Grades A, B, C, and D assigned for, respectively, scores greater than or equal to 90, 80, 70, and 60% correct,
and the grade F for below 60%. No intermediate grades are given. Students are provided with their cumulative
40% from one mid-term exam and 60% from one final written exam.
TOPICS: (14 Weeks)
Week 1 Definition of wind and formation of wind
Week 2 Meteorology of Wind
Week 3 Meteorology of Wind
Week 4 Wind measurement techniques
Week 5 Wind energy potentials and methods of determination the wind potentials.
Week 6 Wind energy potentials and methods of determination the wind potentials.
Week 7 Wind energy utilization methods
Week 8 Mid-term exam
Week 9 Wind turbines
Week 10 Vertical-axis (VAWTs) and horizontal-axis (HAWTs) wind energy systems.
Week 11 Vertical-axis (VAWTs) and horizontal-axis (HAWTs) wind energy systems.
Week 12 Wind energy conversion systems
Week 13 Large and small scale wind systems
Week 14 Economic and cost analysis.