pre121 - Wind Energy Converters & Fluid Dynamics

pre121 - Wind Energy Converters & Fluid Dynamics

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Module label Wind Energy Converters & Fluid Dynamics
Modulkürzel pre121
Credit points 12.0 KP
Workload 360 h
Institute directory Institute of Physics
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies (Master) >
Zuständige Personen
  • Heinemann, Detlev (Prüfungsberechtigt)
  • Holtorf, Hans-Gerhard (Prüfungsberechtigt)
  • Kühn, Martin (Prüfungsberechtigt)
  • Lukassen, Laura (Prüfungsberechtigt)
  • Schmidt, Andreas Hermann (Prüfungsberechtigt)
  • Stoevesandt, Bernhard (Prüfungsberechtigt)
Prerequisites
Skills to be acquired in this module

After successful completion of the module students should be able to:

-        Resolve fluid dynamic problems occurring in the field of wind energy converters

-        Measure characteristics of wind energy converters

-        Evaluate wind energy related measurements

-        Interpret such measurements gained in the field of wind energy applications
-        Critically evaluate measured data

Module contents

This module allows students to access wind energy from the hydrodynamic view angle of the wind resource.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) I  (Lecture ‑ 90 h workload)

-        Navier-Stokes equations

-        filtering / averaging of Navier- Stokes equations

-        introduction to numerical methods

-        finite- differences

-        finite-volume methods

-        linear equation systems

-        incompressible flows

-        compressible flows

-        C++

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) II (Lecture ‑ 90 h workload)

-        Introduction to different CFD and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) models, such as OpenFOAM, PALM

-        Application of these CFD models to defined problems from rotor aerodynamics and the atmospheric boundary layer

-        Navier-Stokes solvers: RANS, URANS, LES, DNS

-        turbulent flows

-        efficiency and accuracy

Fluid Dynamics II (Lecture ‑ 90 h workload)

The unit is oriented towards research based topics:

-        Modeling turbulence ‑ CFD methods: Reynolds Equation, Eddy viscosity, Boundary layers flows, Large Eddy Simulation

-        Models of idealised turbulence and statistical methods: Hierarchies of moment equations, turbulence hypothesis, fine structure of turbulence, multi-fractal models, other.

-        Models of turbulence: cascade models and stochastic models and other hypothesis

Wind Physics Measurement Project (Project ‑ 90 h workload)

Case study like problems based on real world data will be solved on at least four important aspects in wind physics. The course will comprise lectures and assignments as well as self-contained work in groups of 3 persons.

The content consists of the following four main topics, following the chronological order of the work process:

-        Data handling:

-               measurement technology

-               handling of wind data

-               assessment of measurement artefacts in wind data

-               preparation of wind data for further processing

-        Energy Meteorology:

-               geographical distribution of winds

-               wind regimes on different time and length scales

-               vertical wind profile

-               distribution of wind speed

-               differences between onshore and offshore conditions.

-        Measure ‑ Correlate ‑ Predict (MCP):

-               averaging of wind data

-               long term correlation and long term correction of wind data

-               sources of long term wind data.

-        LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging):

                    -               analyses and conversion of data from LIDAR measurements
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Languages of instruction German, English
Duration (semesters) 1 Semester
Module frequency
Module capacity unlimited
Type of module je nach Studiengang Pflicht oder Wahlpflicht
Module level ---
Form of instruction Comment SWS Frequency Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture 4 SoSe und WiSe 56
Exercises 4 SoSe und WiSe 56
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt 112 h
Examination Prüfungszeiten Type of examination
Final exam of module

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