Wind resources for renewable energies

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Wind resources for renewable energies

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About this course: The main goal of this course is to get the necessary knowledge on atmospheric and fluid dynamics in order to quantify the wind resource of a local or regional area. We’ll learn about basic meteorology, the specific dynamics of turbulent boundary layers and some standard techniques to estimate wind resources regardless of the type of turbine used or the level of efficiency achieved. Then, we will see what are the turbines characteristics to consider in order to estimate the electricity production from an isolated turbine or from a turbine farm. The differences and similarity between wind or marine resource assessment will also be discussed. Finally, you will have the o…

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When you enroll for courses through Coursera you get to choose for a paid plan or for a free plan . 

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About this course: The main goal of this course is to get the necessary knowledge on atmospheric and fluid dynamics in order to quantify the wind resource of a local or regional area. We’ll learn about basic meteorology, the specific dynamics of turbulent boundary layers and some standard techniques to estimate wind resources regardless of the type of turbine used or the level of efficiency achieved. Then, we will see what are the turbines characteristics to consider in order to estimate the electricity production from an isolated turbine or from a turbine farm. The differences and similarity between wind or marine resource assessment will also be discussed. Finally, you will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real in-situ data sets and apply what you have learned on wind resource assessment.

Who is this class for: This course is intended to students with a bachelor level or professionals who have some basic knowledge in fluid mechanics and wanted to gain an extra scientific knowledge on wind resource assessment. This is a scientific course of master level.

Created by:  École Polytechnique

  • Taught by:  Alexandre Stegner, Professeur Chargé de Cours

    Département de Mécanique, Ecole Polytechnique

  • Taught by:  Pr. Philippe Drobinski

    Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (Department of Mechanics)

  • Taught by:  Riwal Plougoven, Professeur Chargé de Cours

    Mécanique

  • Taught by:  Martial Haeffelin, Senior Research Scientist

Level Intermediate Commitment 4 weeks with approximately 2-4h per week and a final project Language English How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. User Ratings 3.7 stars Average User Rating 3.7See what learners said Coursework

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


BASICS ON ENERGY



3 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz expand


  1. Reading: Descriptions and objectives of the course
  2. Video: Energy units
  3. Video: Primary, final and useful energy
  4. Video: Variability and capacity factors of power plants
  5. Practice Quiz: Energy: definitions, units, magnitudes

Graded: How many wind turbines to replace a nuclear reactor ?

BASIC METEOROLOGY



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  1. Video: Atmospheric layers
  2. Practice Quiz: Atmospheric layers
  3. Video: Equations of motion:GEOSTROPHIC AND HYDROSTATIC BALANCE
  4. Video: General circulation of the atmosphere
  5. Practice Quiz: Atmospheric circulation
  6. Video: Wind veering & Local effects
  7. Practice Quiz: Surface winds

Graded: Basic meteorology

WEEK 2


ATMOSPHERIC AND MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS



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  1. Video: Turbulence/ Intensity, Reynolds decomposition
  2. Practice Quiz: Reynolds decomposition and statistical mean
  3. Video: RANS, closure relation
  4. Practice Quiz: Reynolds averaged equations
  5. Video: Eddy viscosity
  6. Video: Prandtl closure, logarithmic law
  7. Video: Convective boundary layer, diurnal cycle
  8. Video: Generic wind profiles: logarithmic, power law and others
  9. Video: In-situ measurements
  10. Video: Remote sensing measurements
  11. Video: Windcube: a compact wind lidar

Graded: Boundary layer dynamics
Graded: Wind measurements

WEEK 3


WIND OR MARINE TURBINES



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  1. Video: Standard Betz law
  2. Video: Betz law for confined turbines
  3. Practice Quiz: Betz law and others
  4. Video: Power curves / ideal case
  5. Video: Power curves / impact of density
  6. Video: Power curves / impact of vertical shear
  7. Video: Power curves / impact of turbulence
  8. Practice Quiz: Power curves, real turbine efficiency
  9. Video: Isolated turbine wake
  10. Video: Multiple turbine interaction
  11. Practice Quiz: Turbine wake


WEEK 4


WIND RESOURCES



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  1. Video: Organising data
  2. Video: Weibull Rayleigh distribution
  3. Video: Energy Production Assessment

Graded: Wind resource assessment

DATA ANALYSIS PROJECT – WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT



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  1. Reading: Introduction to the module Data Analysis Project
  2. Video: Variability of the vertical wind shear
  3. Video: Probability distribution of the wind velocity
  4. Video: An example of wind turbine power production assessment

Graded: The wind shear exponent variability
Graded: Weibull distributions
Graded: power production assessment
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