Numerical Modelling of Wind Turbines (2nd Edition)

17 October to 16 November

The second edition of “Numerical Modelling of Wind Turbines” will happen at FEUP and online from 17 October to 16 November.

Wind energy has a crucial role to play in tackling climate change and in boosting Europe’s energy independence, which is fundamental to its economic and political stability. These two objectives have forced Europe and Portugal to set very ambitious targets to dramatically increase their wind energy production infrastructure in a short period of time. Although this process requires human resources with adequate specialized training, currently the offer of courses with a specific focus on wind energy in Portugal is practically non-existent. Therefore, it is necessary to convert human resources with training in the various areas of engineering. Many initiatives will be necessary to cover this gap. This course aims to contribute with an introduction to numerical modelling of wind turbines, using an open-source program with widespread use in academia and industry. Considering the relevance of floating wind turbines in the Portuguese present context, this topic will be also covered in the course.

Objectives

This course will focus on the numerical modelling of wind turbines. However, in order to provide to the attendees basic concepts regarding wind energy, fundamental for a correct implementation and interpretation of numerical models, it also includes modules aimed at exposing the basic theoretical concepts that govern the operation of the most common wind turbines. At the end of the course participants should:

– know the main components of a wind turbine;
– understand the mechanism for generating electricity from wind;
– know how to generate realistic wind fields in order to represent the wind loads;
– understand the structural behaviour of foundation, tower and blades and know how to model the main components;
– understand the aerodynamic behaviour of the rotor and know how to model it;
– know the rotor control mechanisms and know how to model them in a simplified way;
– know the operating principles of floating platforms for offshore wind turbines and their basic modelling;
– know wind turbine operating regimes and singular events and know how to model them;
– know how to interpret numerical modelling results.

Public
Professionals with a graduation in engineering interested in the numerical modelling of wind turbines

Registration

600¤

For FEUP students there is a limited number of places with a 50 per cent discount on registration.

Registrations are accepted until 9 October.

Registration form: [PT_download] [EN_download]

More information here

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