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Sep 07, 2024
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2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EST 103 - Introduction to Wind Energy Credits: 3 LEC hours per week: 3 Covers fundamentals of wind energy focusing on wind production practices for all sizes of turbines, power distribution, and net metering. Recommended: READ 088 or higher, CS 100 . Course Outcomes:
- Explain the dynamics behind wind captured by a turbine.
- Develop a working knowledge of wind energy terminology and turbine components.
- Describe the factors affecting wind turbine siting.
- Explain how wind turbines are power rated.
- Evaluate different wind turbines for a particular application or location.
Course Topics:
- Safety
- Measuring the wind
- Estimating output
- Exonomics
- Evaluating the technology
- Towers
- Cutting costs not corners
- Buying a wind system
- Interconnection with the utility
- Off-the-grid power systems
- Pumping water
- Siting
- Installation
- Operation, performance and maintenance
- Applications
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