This course aims to provide an introduction to wind turbine technology. During the duration of the course, the course participants get an overview of different wind turbine components, wind turbine concepts, and learn to describe, calculate and evaluate these based on basic knowledge in different engineering disciplines.

A course participant who meets the intended learning objectives of the course will be able to describe different wind turbine systems with its components and different work principles with wind turbine specific terminology. Moreover, the participants will be able to evaluate different wind turbine types, control and electric systems as well as to calculate the basics related to structural, aeroelastic and aerodynamic design. Furthermore, the course participant will be able to explain, illustrate and calculate electric systems, wind turbine control principles and wind turbine loads. Moreover, Levelized Cost of Energy are also taught as part of the class.

The addressed topics will provide the course participants with a solid understanding of wind turbine technology, allowing working in an interdisciplinary team. En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Describe basic wind turbine concepts and components using specific terminology.
• Determine and calculate aerodynamic loads on a wind turbine rotor.
• Calculate power and thrust as function of wind speed.
• Describe different aeroelastic stabilities, wind conditions and wind turbine design load cases and methods to calculate aeroelastic loads.
• Distinguish and describe wind turbine fatigue and ultimate loads.
• Explain conversion of wind flow power to electrical power as well as different control strategies (passive stall, active stall and pitch control strategies).
• Explain different control options and calculate related parameters.
• Explain and illustrate the principle of different generator types and main electrical system types of wind turbines.
• Explain, calculate and formulate material selection criteria and basic structural design principles related to wind turbines.
• Describe, explain and calculate structural design features related to different parts of a wind turbine blade.
• Explain and apply the basics of classical laminate theory.
• Explain the concept of LCoE models, identify the main cost driver for onshore/offshore wind turbines sites, calculate the LCoE for a simple onshore/offshore wind turbine site, compare the cost of onshore/offshore wind turbines sites, identify the relative potential for future LCoE reductions.

The course consists of a series of topical modules, which will take the course participants through fundamental aspects of wind turbine technology. The Wind Turbine Technology course is designed to introduce the participants to the basics related to wind turbine technology. The course consists of 13 modules covering the following content/topics:

- General introduction of wind turbine systems
- Specific wind turbine terminology
- Aerodynamics
- Aeroelasticity
- Structural design and structural mechanics
- Electrical systems
- Wind turbine control
- Wind turbine loads
- Levelized Cost of Energy

Each module has clear defined learning objectives and tasks. Usually, a typical module consists of one or two video lectures, each with a duration of approximately 15min, lecture notes, calculation exercises, additional literature recommendations and a mandatory multiple-choice quiz. Each quiz serves as self-evaluation for the course participants but also has to be completed as prerequisite to be able to attend the final exam. The quiz usually consists of multiple-choice questions and simple calculation exercises. Feedback to the quiz’s questions is provided automatically through the quizzes itself, which automatically release the right answers/solutions and additional explanations to the questions as soon as the questions have been answered.

Moreover, weekly Question and Answer (Q&A) sessions are offered to the students to get in dialogue with the course lecturer. 27. april, 2023