56:155 Wind Power Management

Spring 2009

Course Description: The course introduces principles of wind power production, design of wind turbines, location and design of wind farms, control of turbines and wind farms, predictive modeling, diagnostics, operations and maintenance, condition monitoring,  health monitoring and of turbine components and systems, wind farm performance optimization, and integration of wind power with a grid. The modeling and analysis aspect of the topics discussed in the class will be illustrated with examples and case studies.

Instructor
Andrew Kusiak
2139 Seamans Center
Tel: 319 - 335 5934           Fax: 319 - 335 5669
andrew-kusiak@uiowa.edu

Instructor Office Hours and Place
1:30PM – 3:00PM, TTh
2139 Seamans Center

Class Time
9:30AM 10:45AM, TTh
Classroom
3231 Seamans Center

TA: Zhe Song, PhD Student

TA's Office Hours and Place

3221 Seamans Center
1:00PM – 2:00PM, MW or by appointment

Course Content


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