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Ultimate WIND & SOLAR Energy. Beginner to Advanced Level

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Overview

Your complete guide about Renewable Wind & Solar energy: Wind power basics, Turbine design, Solar PV, PV panels design

What you'll learn:
  • Understand how wind turbine works
  • History of wind energy industry
  • Pros and cons of wind energy
  • where does the wind come from ?
  • Types of wind turbines
  • Understand sizes and application of wind turbines
  • Understand the difference between wind power and turbine power
  • Understand Betz model
  • Get the definition of tip speed ratio
  • Study the effect of the tower height on the turbine power
  • Understand the different components of wind turbine
  • Aerodynamics of wind turbine blades
  • Understand pitch mechanism and yaw mechanism
  • Different braking mechanisms in wind turbines
  • Learn the function and design of gearbox
  • Learn the wind turbine power characteristics
  • Understand the meaning of power regulation
  • Stall Control Vs. Pitch control
  • furling regulation
  • Learn how to achieve MPPT control in wind turbines
  • Learn different types of wind farms
  • Typical layout of a wind farm
  • Learn guidelines of wind farm siting
  • Learn every thing about wind resource assessment
  • Understand how to get wind speed duration curves for a given site
  • Learn Weibull statistics of wind data analysis
  • calculation of energy and capacity factor for wind turbines
  • Understand different types of generators used in wind energy industry
  • learn different configurations of WECS
  • Learn how to handle variable speed of wind turbines
  • Understand wind energy supply chain
  • Different careers and occupations in wind energy industry
  • MATLAB Simulations of wind energy
  • Global contribution of renewable energy sources
  • Working principle of solar energy
  • Photovoltaic Principle
  • Cell vs. Module vs. Panel vs. Array
  • Grid connected PV system
  • Off -Grid PV system
  • Hybrid PV system
  • Equipment of PV system
  • Types of PV modules
  • Construction of PV module
  • PV module characteristics
  • Effect of irradiance and temperature on PV module performance
  • Mounting systems of PV modules
  • Wirings & Cablings in PV systems
  • Different functions of Grid tied inverter GTI in PV systems
  • MPPT Control
  • String vs. Centralized inverter
  • Meters & Met Station in PV power plant
  • Grid connection interface in PV power plant
  • Efficiency assessment of PV system
  • Performance Ratio of PV power plant
  • Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) of PV system
  • MATLAB Simulations of Solar energy
  • Working principle of solar thermal power
  • Equipment of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems
  • Parabolic trough solar thermal systems
  • Linear Frensal solar thermal systems
  • Power tower solar thermal systems
  • Parabolic dish/engine solar thermal systems
  • Types of central receivers used in tower CSP plants
  • Solar thermal heat energy storage systems

Welcome To our Course "Ultimate WIND & SOLAR Energy. Beginner to Advanced Levels"


This course is designed for anyone who would like to learn about wind and Solar energy from A to Z for electrical engineers, technicians, and all who are interested in working in the wind and solar energy industry.

Throughout the course we will cover Tons of topics and details:

Wind Power Topics

  • Working principle of wind turbine

  • History of wind energy industry

  • Pros and cons of wind energy

  • where does the wind come from ?

  • Types of wind turbines

  • Sizes and application of wind turbines

  • the difference between wind power and turbine power

  • Betz model for maximum wind turbine efficiency

  • the definition of tip speed ratio

  • the effect of the tower height on the turbine power

  • different components of wind turbine

  • Aerodynamics of wind turbine blades

  • pitch mechanism and yaw mechanism

  • Different braking mechanisms in wind turbines

  • the function and design of gearbox

  • the wind turbine power characteristics

  • the meaning of power regulation

  • Stall Control Vs. Pitch control

  • furling regulation

  • how to achieve MPPT control in wind turbines?

  • different types of wind farms

  • Typical layout of a wind farm

  • guidelines of wind farm siting

  • wind resource assessment

  • how to get wind speed duration curves for a given site

  • Weibull statistics of wind data analysis

  • calculation of energy and capacity factor for wind turbines

  • different types of generators used in wind energy industry

  • different configurations of WECS

  • Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) in wind energy industry

  • how to handle variable speed of wind turbines

  • wind energy supply chain

  • Different careers and occupations in wind energy industry

  • Practical projects on wind energy on MATLAB/Simulink

Solar PV Energy Topics

  • Global contribution of renewable energy sources

  • Working principle of solar energy

  • Photovoltaic Principle

  • PV Cell vs. PV Module vs. PV Panel vs. PV Array

  • Grid connected PV system

  • Off -Grid PV system

  • Hybrid PV system

  • Equipment of PV system

  • Types of PV modules

  • Construction of PV module

  • PV module characteristics

  • Effect of irradiance and temperature on PV module performance

  • Mounting systems of PV modules

  • Wirings & Cablings in PV systems

  • Different functions of Grid tied inverter GTI in PV systems

  • GTI for synchronization process with grid

  • GTI for reactive power production

  • MPPT Control

  • String vs. Centralized inverter

  • Meters & Met Station in PV power plant

  • Grid connection interface in PV power plant

  • Efficiency assessment of PV system

  • Performance Ratio of PV power plant

  • Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) of PV system

  • Practical projects on solar energy on MATLAB/Simulink

Solar Thermal (Concentrated Solar Power CSP) Topics

  • Working principle of solar thermal power

  • Equipment of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems

  • Solar thermal heat energy storage systems

  • Parabolic trough solar thermal systems

  • Linear Frensal solar thermal systems

  • Power tower solar thermal systems

  • Parabolic dish/engine solar thermal systems

  • Types of central receivers used in tower CSP plants


If you've been looking for ONE COURSE with an in-depth insight on Wind & Solar energy, This course is what you want !!


Syllabus

  • Introduction to Wind Energy
  • Wind Power Fundamentals
  • Wind Turbine Design
  • Power Characteristics of Wind turbines
  • Wind Farms
  • Wind Data Analysis
  • Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS)
  • Careers in Wind Energy & Wind Energy Supply Chain
  • Practical Projects - Wind Energy Simulations in MATLAB
  • Solar PV Energy Systems
  • Practical Projects - Solar Energy Simulations in MATLAB
  • Solar Thermal Systems (Concentrated Solar Power CSP)
  • Bonus Section

Taught by

Amr Saleh

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