WIND ENERGY BALANCE-OF-PLANT DESIGN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PHYSICS 201 , 207 , 247 , E M A 201 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Provide the necessary steps to evaluate the wind resource at a prospective site by characterizing and correlating (vertically and horizontally) the wind speed distribution functions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Translate (forward and backward) wind power: kinetic to mechanical to electrical and select appropriate wind turbine given site wind resource and turbine power curve Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Demonstrate knowledge of the mechanics and principles of the tower load document, shallow and deep foundation designs, transportation logistics, geotechnical investigation and reporting, thermal resistivity and collection system design, and interconnection Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop civil balance-of-plant engineering calculation design bases for access roads, stormwater control, turbine foundations, and crane pads and electrical balance-of-plant engineering calculation design bases for the collection system, grounding, substation design, and interconnection Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of wind energy and identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions at an intermediate level. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Prepare an economic Pro Forma for a successful distributed wind project and calculate Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and environmental Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of green-house gasses, water use, and CO2 per kW h. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Provide the necessary steps to evaluate the wind resource at a prospective site by characterizing and correlating (vertically and horizontally) the wind speed distribution functions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Translate (forward and backward) wind power: kinetic to mechanical to electrical and select appropriate wind turbine given site wind resource and turbine power curve Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Demonstrate knowledge of the mechanics and principles of the tower load document, shallow and deep foundation designs, transportation logistics, geotechnical investigation and reporting, thermal resistivity and collection system design, and interconnection Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop civil balance-of-plant engineering calculation design bases for access roads, stormwater control, turbine foundations, and crane pads and electrical balance-of-plant engineering calculation design bases for the collection system, grounding, substation design, and interconnection Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of wind energy and identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions at an intermediate level. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Prepare an economic Pro Forma for a successful distributed wind project and calculate Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and environmental Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of green-house gasses, water use, and CO2 per kW h. Audience: Graduate