COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTRICAL ASPECTS OF WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EEE 5032 ELECTRICAL ASPECTS OF WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERHAN DEMIROK

Offered to

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING NON -THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to introduce the following topics:
1. theory and applications of wind power in electrical power generation
2. nature of the wind, components in wind power systems
3. characteristics of wind turbines and design features
4. generator and drive systems for electrical power system studies
5. wind turbine integration into electric power system and power quality issues
6. modeling of wind power systems through simulation tools

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   An ability to grasp concepts in wind power systems and its components in electrical power generation
2   An ability to understand the general characteristics of the wind
3   An ability to analyze wind data and estimate wind resource using non-statistical and statistical methods
4   An ability to understand and model the wind turbine power and torque characteristics
5   An ability to understand the speed and power control concepts in wind power systems
6   An ability to understand the concepts of employing electrical generators and power electronic converters in wind energy conversion systems
7   An ability to understand the control system components and issues in wind turbine design
8   An ability to analyze wind power systems through system models
9   An ability to evaluate issues in wind turbine siting and calculate array losses from simple wake model

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to modern wind energy and its origins; technological background, wind turbine concepts, modern wind turbine design and operation, principal subsystems
2 Wind characteristics and resources; estimation of potential wind resource, characteristics of turbulence, wind speed variation with height, effect of terrain, wind measurements and instrumentation
3 Wind data analysis and resource estimation, energy production estimates using non-statistical and statistical methods,
4 Wind turbine aerodynamics; Betz limit, general concepts of airfoils, lift and drag forces, power and torque coefficients, wind turbine modeling.
5 Overview of wind energy conversion systems; stand-alone and grid-connected WECS, wind farms, grid codes, Wind power in power systems, network integration issues, characteristics of wind power generation.
6 WECS configurations, speed and power control concepts, MPPT control, power electronics interfaces, generator concepts, turbine-grid interactions, turbine arrays in wind farms.
7 Wind generators and modelling; dynamic modeling of induction and synchronous generators, case studies.
8 Wind generators and modelling; dynamic modeling of induction and synchronous generators, case studies.
9 Power Converters in WECS; ac voltage controllers, interleaved boost converters, two-level voltage source converters, three-level NPC converters,
10 Control of grid-connected inverter, case stuides.
11 Examples of WECS configurations, case studies.
12 Variable speed WECS with squirrel-cage induction generators, control schemes, case stuides.
13 Variable speed WECS with squirrel-cage induction generators, control schemes, case stuides.
14 Presentation and discussion of projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook:
James F. Manwell, Jon G. McGowan, and Anthony L. Rogers, "Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application", Wiley, 2002
Bin Wu, Y. Lang, N. Zargari, and S. Kouro, "Power Conversion and Control of Wind Energy Systems", IEEE Press & Wiley , 2011.
T. Ackermann, Wind power in power systems, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2005.
References:
John F. Walker and Nicholas Jenkins, "Wind Energy Technology", Wiley&Sons, 1997.
Mukund R. Patel, "Wind and solar power systems: design, analysis, and operation 2nd edition", CRC Press, 1999.
Tony Burton, David Sharpe, Nick Jenkins, and Ervin Bossanyi, "Wind Energy Handbook", Wiley&Sons, 2001.
Other Course Materials:
MATLAB/Simulink

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Homework, Project presentation + Report

Assessment Criteria

1. Homework, Project
2. Homework, Project
3. Homework, Project
4. Homework, Project
5. Homework, Project
6. Homework, Project
7. Homework, Project
8. Homework, Project
9. Homework, Project

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

to be announced

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erhan.demirok@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

1 hour/week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Project Preparation 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparing assignments 3 20 60
Preparing assignments 0 0 0
Project Assignment 3 5 15
Project Final Presentation 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 192

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.154
LO.254
LO.354
LO.454
LO.554
LO.654
LO.754
LO.8
LO.9

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