| 1. | Course Title | Wind Generator Systems and Technologies | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ02002 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 1-OIE | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr. Vlatko Stoilkov | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Knowledge about state of the art of wind generator systems (WGSs) and technology, development and contemporary trends of wind energy exploitation, as well applied technologies for optimal wind energy utilisation. Students will obtain competencies for wind generator systems’ analysis and contemporary technologies for wind energy exploitation. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
СWind as an renewable energy source (RES). Wind energy and power potential. Wind turbines with horizontal and vertical axes. Types of electrical machines used in wind generator systems. Stall, pitch and combined power control. Aerodynamics of wind turbines. Comparative analysis of wind power and conventional plants from the aspect of environmental impacts. Elements of WGSs. Contemporary technologies in WGSs. Wind farms. Off-shore and on-shore WGSs. Hybrid systems with wind generators. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lectures, presentations, interactive discussions, case-studies, homeworks and project tasks. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 20 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | 60% of predicted activities prior to final exam | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | ||||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation at the end of semester | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Adel Abdelbaset et al. | Wind Driven Doubly Fed Induction Generator | Springer International Publishing | 2018 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | web-извори | ||||||||||||
