MEMS 5705 WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS (revised 3-16-17)

Spring 2017 M-W 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Seigle 304

Prof. David A. Peters Urbauer 314G 935-4337 (cell 974-0572) dap@wustl.edu
TA’s: Sean Hong Sean Lopata 400 jh25@wustl.edu
Michael Malick Lopata 400 mwmalick@gmail.com
Tianpei Li tianpei.li@wustl.edu
Ean Murnan ean.murnan@wustl.edu
Colin Lane ctlane@wustl.edu
Charlie Morrow c.f.morrow@wustl.edu
Text: Manwell, McGowan & Rogers, Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design,
& Application, John Wiley & Sons, Sussex, England, 2nd Edition, 2009.
Dates Topics Covered
January 18 Lecture 1: taxonomy, horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT)________
January 23 Lecture 2: modern wind energy and history (Chapter 1)
January 25 Lecture 3: wind characteristics and resources (Chapter 2)___________
January 30 Lecture 4: wind resources (continued)
February 1 Lecture 5: probability distributions_____________________________
February 6 Lecture 6: ideal energy extraction [Project #1 assigned]
February 8 Lecture 7: turbulence________________________________________
February 13 Lecture 8: aerodynamics of wind turbines (Chapter 3)
February 15 Lecture 9: momentum extensions (rotation, radial changes, vortex-ring)
February 20 Lecture 10a (pp. 1-92): airfoils (performance, stall)
February 22 Lecture 11: blade element theory [Project #2 assigned]______________
February 27 Lecture 12a (pp. 1-65): combined bade-element/momentum theory
March 1 Lecture 10b (pp. 93-111): mechanics and dynamics (Chapter 4.1 - 4.3)
Lecture 12b (pp. 66-124): materials, components, fatigue (Chapter 6)___
March 6 Review for Midterm Exam
March 8 Exam #1 Lectures 1-12____________________________
March 13-17 SPRING BREAK________________________________
March 20 Go over exam [Final Project assigned due April 19]
March 22 Lecture 13 blade dynamics and response (Chapter 4.4) __
March 27 Lecture 13 (continued) dynamic inflow modeling
March 29 Lecture 13b Nikolsky Lecture (report due April 3) _____
April 3 Lecture 14: turbine design and testing (Ch. 7) video on wind farms
April 5 Lecture 15: turbine control (Ch. 8) [Proj. #4 assigned]________________
April 10 No class: Passover
April 12 Lecture 16: wind turbine siting, system design & integration (Chapter 9)
April 17 Lecture 17: wind energy applications (Chapter 10) video on acoustics
April 19 Lectures 25-26: economics, repairs, environmental (Chapters 11-12)___

Grading: Homework: 20% (turned in weekly)

5 Projects: 30% (5%, 5%, 5%, 5%, 10%)
Midterm exam: 30% (open book, open notes)
Attendance 20% (excused absences can be replaced by extra work)