Wind, Water, Wave Power – Optimizing and Scaling Fluid Power Systems

The Lecture

The lecture „Wind, Water, Wave Power – Optimizing and Scaling Fluid Power Systems” introduces absolute upper limits for harvesting energy from fluids. Using these upper limits various fluid power processes are evaluated and compared. Models derived from elementary equations of fluid dynamics are applied to solve practical problems such as construction, design and operation of systems for harvesting hydraulic and wind energy.

Organisational matters

TUCan 16-10-5220-vl Wind, water and wave energy
Course Master 4CP – Wahlpflichtbereich II
Semester winter
Lecturer Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Pelz
Examination summer: written examination
winter: written examination
Contact Pascal Moor
Consultation-hours on individual request
  • Fluid power systems and fluid work systems
  • System Optimisation vs. Module Optimisation
  • Absolute Measures for Energy Conversion Processes
  • Operation of Hydro-Power Plant as an Optimisation Problem
  • Selecting Machines Using the Cordier Diagram
  • Scaling of Efficiency
  • Optimal Operation of Wind Turbines
  • Design of Wind Turbines
  • Design Solutions for Wave Energy Converters

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