À propos de ce cours : 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.
Les destinataires de ce cours : 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.
Enseigné par : Alexandre Stegner, Professeur Chargé de Cours
Département de Mécanique, Ecole Polytechnique
Enseigné par : Pr. Philippe Drobinski
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (Department of Mechanics)
Enseigné par : Riwal Plougoven, Professeur Chargé de Cours
Mécanique
Enseigné par : Martial Haeffelin, Senior Research Scientist
| Niveau | Intermediate |
| Engagement | 4 weeks with approximately 2-4h per week and a final project |
| Langue | English |
| Comment réussir | Réussissez tous les devoirs notés pour terminer le cours. |
| Notes des utilisateurs |
- Reading: Descriptions and objectives of the course
- Vidéo: Energy units
- Vidéo: Primary, final and useful energy
- Vidéo: Variability and capacity factors of power plants
- Practice Quiz: Energy: definitions, units, magnitudes
- Vidéo: Atmospheric layers
- Practice Quiz: Atmospheric layers
- Vidéo: Equations of motion:GEOSTROPHIC AND HYDROSTATIC BALANCE
- Vidéo: General circulation of the atmosphere
- Practice Quiz: Atmospheric circulation
- Vidéo: Wind veering & Local effects
- Practice Quiz: Surface winds
- Vidéo: Turbulence/ Intensity, Reynolds decomposition
- Practice Quiz: Reynolds decomposition and statistical mean
- Vidéo: RANS, closure relation
- Practice Quiz: Reynolds averaged equations
- Vidéo: Eddy viscosity
- Vidéo: Prandtl closure, logarithmic law
- Vidéo: Convective boundary layer, diurnal cycle
- Vidéo: Generic wind profiles: logarithmic, power law and others
- Vidéo: In-situ measurements
- Vidéo: Remote sensing measurements
- Vidéo: Windcube: a compact wind lidar
- Vidéo: Standard Betz law
- Vidéo: Betz law for confined turbines
- Practice Quiz: Betz law and others
- Vidéo: Power curves / ideal case
- Vidéo: Power curves / impact of density
- Vidéo: Power curves / impact of vertical shear
- Vidéo: Power curves / impact of turbulence
- Practice Quiz: Power curves, real turbine efficiency
- Vidéo: Isolated turbine wake
- Vidéo: Multiple turbine interaction
- Practice Quiz: Turbine wake
- Vidéo: Organising data
- Vidéo: Weibull Rayleigh distribution
- Vidéo: Energy Production Assessment
- Reading: Introduction to the module Data Analysis Project
- Vidéo: Variability of the vertical wind shear
- Vidéo: Probability distribution of the wind velocity
- Vidéo: An example of wind turbine power production assessment
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The course is very extensive and gives a very deep insight into wind energy assessment but sometimes the data for the quizzes is not that clear. For example, for the wind resource assessment project the data should be given in an excel file rather than a .txt file as it created a lot of problem in analyzing the data.
I have to say I learned a lot from this course, especially from the quizes after each section. Those quizes are not easy ones. They are challenging but rewarding.
It's great course taught very well. I only wish we'd be allowed to take the quizzes for free as well, to be able to pass the course now and purchase it for the certificate later. Being a student it's financially hard times on anyone.
CC
I found this course very interesting to gain insight into the fundamental concepts of wind analysis and resource assessment. I would like to get into further detail in some of the parts overviewed, I think a project-based quiz for each section could be helpful - although maybe too much work. I would recommend this course to everyone interested in the wind energy sector.