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MANE 4660 - Wind Energy Engineering


Climatology, Solar vs. Wind Energy,  Earth’s rotational and Coriolis effects,  Wind Speed Statistics: Histograms,  Weibull, Available Energy,  Aerodynamics, Wake effects,  Thrust and Power with objects in  Wind  flow, Betz Limit, Wind Shear and Ground Effects;  Blade aero/structural design, and manufacture;  OEM Wind Turbine Designs/Architectures, and   capturing Wind  Energy via Direct Drive-Generators/Gearbox-driven; Pitch/Yaw Controls, Tower designs. The back-end   interface with the  Grid, Wind Farm development and Supervisory Controls; Cost Of Energy: Wind vs. Fossil Fuel  technologies.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites:  ENGR 1600 , (ENGR 2350  or MANE 4500 ), ENGR 2530 , ENGR 2600 , MANE 2720  

When Offered: Fall term annually.



Credit Hours: 3



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