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Wind power

Course Description: History of wind energy, wind characteristics and resources, aerodynamics of wind turbines, dynamics of wind turbines, wind turbine materials and components, wind turbine design and testing, wind turbine control, electricity generation by wind turbines, performance of wind-driven generator systems, wind farms and siting aspects, wind power system barriers, economics, environmental aspects and impacts.
Credit hours: 3
Objectives of the course :

Provide students with information about the principles of wind energy.
Providing students with information on the benefits and limitations of wind energy.
Provide students with information on the aerodynamics fundamentals related to wind turbines.
Introduce students to information about the various applications of wind energy today and their functions.
To provide students with information about the barriers to wind energy in today's energy market.
Introduce students to information about the environmental aspects and impacts of wind energy.
To provide students with information on how wind energy is used to generate electricity.
* Enable students to model and characterize the performance of wind turbine generator systems.
* Define the necessary information for students about wind farms and site selection aspects, and enable them to perform wind farm site assessment.
* Enable the student to appreciate and evaluate the economics of wind turbines and electricity generation systems.

Course outputs :

1.1 Recall information about wind energy principles
1.2 Recall information about the benefits and limitations of wind energy.
1.3 Recall information about the fundamentals of aerodynamics related to wind turbines.
1.4 Identifying the different applications of wind energy today and their functions
1.5 Recall information about how wind energy is used to generate electricity
1.6 Recall information about the barriers, economics, and environmental aspects and impacts of wind energy on everyday life.
2.1 Interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and comparison of results regarding wind energy.
2.2 Determine appropriate wind energy in several power applications.
2.3 Using a simulation tool to analyze wind energy.

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  • Last updated: 2026-05-04

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