Descriptif

Professors:

Fawaz MASSOUH, Marc RAPIN, Tommaso CAPURSO

Eligibility/Pre- requisites : 

Due to use of experimental facilities, the number of students is limited to 24
This course needs basic knowledge in fluid mechanics and in electricity

Learning outcomes

 Global vision of wind power and the evolution of wind turbines
 Ability to analyze wind data on a site and calculate the potential of wind energy
 Understanding the operation and control of the chain of energy transfer formed by
the wind turbine.
 Understanding of basic aerodynamic models for the rotor of wind turbines
 Experience in numerical simulation of flow around wind turbines
 Experience in wind tunnel testing to obtain wind turbine performance.
 Experience in writing a scientific paper and its oral public presentation