ENGR 340

Course Schedule
Introduction to Wind Energy: System Design & Delivery (Fall 2012)

T, Th,  3:40-5:00, Howe 1344

Course Coordinators: Jim McCalley(EE), Frank Peters (IMSE), Sri Sritharan (CCEE)

 

Schedule

Course objectives

Course structure

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Course project

 

 

Week

Lecture number

Description

Lecturer

Slides

Notes or other resources

Homework

Assignment

Homework

Solutions

Quiz Solutions

8/23

1

Introduction

McCalley

Wind Overview: PPT

DOE20by2020 report: PDF

WindIntroNotes: Word, PDF

1. Read by 8/25 Chps 1,2 in DOE20by2020 report.

2. Read by 8/25 WindIntroNotes.

 

 

8/25

2

Introduction

McCalley

 

 

 

 

 

8/30

 

Field trip to wind farm

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/1

3

Engineering economy

Peters

 

 

 

 

9/6

4

Overview of electric power systems

McCalley

Power Industry overview: PPT

Power Industry Overview Notes:

Word, PDF

 

 

 

9/8

5

Overview of electric power systems

McCalley

 

 

 

 

 

9/13

6

Power system integration & energy storage

McCalley

Integration and storage: PPT

PowerVaribaility Notes

Word, PDF

 

 

 

9/15

7

Power system integration & energy storage

McCalley

 

 

 

 

 

9/20

8

Generator and converter configurations; Collection and transmission

McCalley

Generation & collection notes: PPT

 

 

 

9/22

9

Magnetic materials

Jiles

Magnetic materials: PPT

 

 

 

 

9/27

10

Transportation

Gkritza/Nambisan

TransportationPartI: PPT

 

 

 

 

9/29

 11

Transportation

Gkritza/Nambisan

TransportationPartII: PPT

 

 

 

 

10/4

11

EXAM 1

 

 

 

 

10/6

12

Turbine tower design

Sritharan

 Tower design: PDF

 

 

 

 

10/11

13

Turbine tower design

Sritharan

 Tower design: PDF

 

 

 

10/13

14

Manufacturing and towers

Peters

 

 

 

 

 

10/18

15

Foundation

Ashlock

Foundation design1: PDF

Foundation design2: PDF

 

 

 

 

10/20

16

Foundation

Ashlock

Foundation design3: PDF

 

 

 

 

10/25

17

Manufacturing and supply chain

Peters

Blades: PDF

 

 

10/27

18

Manufacturing and supply chain

Peters

Towers: PDF

 

 

 

 

11/1

19

Manufacturing and supply chain

Peters

EngrEcon Slides: PDF

EngrEcon spreadsheet: XLS

 

 

 

 

11/3

20

Materials and blades

Kessler

Materials/blades: PPT

Paper on composite materials for blades: PDF

 

 

 

11/8

 

EXAM 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/10

21

Turbine/blade nondestructive evaluation

Brasche

NDE slides: PDF

Standards on NDE: PDF1, PDF2

 

 

 

11/15

22

Construction

Shane

Construction slides: PPT

 

 

 

11/17

23

Construction

Shane

 

 

 

 

 

11/21-11/25

 

 

 

Thanksgiving Break

 

 

11/29

23

Life cycle analysis

Peters

Sustainability slides: PPT

 

 

 

 

12/1

26

Project presentations

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/6

27

Project presentations

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/8

28

Project presentations

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/12-12/16

 

Final Exam: Tuesday Dec 13, 7-9,

Disability Statement:

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