GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENERGY CONVERSATION IN WIND TURBINES/5311330
Course Title: ENERGY CONVERSATION IN WIND TURBINES
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 2 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
At end of the course student define wind energy conversion system (WECS)
Define generators used in WECS and learn control methods
Define power electronic circuits used in WECS and learn control methods
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction to wind energy conversion system
2. Week  Fundamentals of Wind Energy Conversion System
3. Week  Wind Generators and Modeling
4. Week  Power Converters in Wind Energy Conversion Systems
5. Week  Power Converters in Wind Energy Conversion Systems
6. Week  Wind Energy System Configurations
7. Week  Fixed-Speed Induction Generator WECS
8. Week  General review, Mid term
9. Week  Variable-Speed Wind Energy Systems with Squirrel Cage Induction Generators
10. Week  Doubly Fed Induction Generator Based WECS
11. Week  Variable-Speed Wind Energy Systems with Synchronous Generators
12. Week  Variable-Speed Wind Energy Systems with Synchronous Generators
13. Week  Homework presentation
14. Week  Homework presentation
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
20
 Practice
1
20
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
3
30
 Material Design and Implementation
10
3
30
 Report Preparing
10
3
30
 Preparing a Presentation
10
3
30
 Presentation
3
3
9
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
3
3
9
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
3
3
9
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
189
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.56
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Şevki DEMİRBAŞ )
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (websitem.gazi.edu.tr/demirbas)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (demirbas@gazi.edu.tr)