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- For Wind Energy Professionals: Continuing Ed Certificate I Skill-Building
- Each workshop should take an estimated 8-10 hours to complete with no time limit or expiration date.
- A certificate of completion is available as a printable PDF upon finishing.
Workshop 1: Introduction to Wind Turbine Rotor Aerodynamics
Student / Professional cost: $550 / $750 (+$100 for optional CEU)
You will...
- Understand the basic fluid dynamic model of a wind turbine rotor
- Understand 2D airfoil behavior
- Specify blade element momentum theory equations
- Design a wind turbine rotor using BEM equations and analyze the rotor performance
Workshop 2: Modeling Wind Turbines with OpenFAST Code
Student / Professional cost: $750 / $950 (+$100 for optional CEU)
You will...
- Learn how the OpenFAST framework is organized
- Understand how to manipulate individual modules in OpenFAST {and FASTvB) to suit your simulation needs
- Learn how to debug and postprocess simulation results to get the most out of the software
- Discover and explore modules including: ElastoDyn, SubDyn, Aerodyn, InfloWind, TurbSim, HydroDyn, ServoDyn
Past Online Wind Energy Course Offerings
MIE 573: Engineering Windpower Systems
This course was developed over the last thirty years at the Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (RERL, now the Wind Energy Center) at the University of Massachusetts by several faculty members. In the online version of the course you can learn the fundamentals of energy conversion from wind energy to electricity and its use by society.
The course covers:
- aerodynamic analysis
- mechanical design
- support structure design
- wind field analysis
- system concepts and analysis
- wind turbine electrical issues
- controls
- system integration
- environmental issues
- economic considerations
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