ENGR-1020

 WIND POWER READING ASSIGNMENT-1

 Open the Website www.windpower.org/en/tour.htm.

Read sections Wind and Turbine Siting of the “Guide Tour on Wind Energy”.

Using Microsoft Word, type the answers to the topic questions. Note, the answer to each question can be found one sub-topic section.

 QUESTIONS

 Wind

1. What is the source of wind and what effect does temperature have?
2. What is the Coriolis force and practical effects does it have?
3. What are Global winds?
4. What is the Geostrophic wind?
5. What are Local winds?
6. What are Mountain winds?
7. What determines wind energy ?
8. What is wind deflection?
9. What does the power of wind depend upon?
10. What is an anemometer and how is it used?
11. What best way to measure wind speed?
12. What is a wind rose and how is it used?

Turbine Siting

1. What is roughness and shear?
2. Using the Wind Speed Calculator, what is the wind speed at 100m for a roughness class-2?
3. What is meant by wind shear and escarpments?
4. What is a roughness rose?
5. What is the primary factor for wind variations?
6. What effect does turbulence have on the use of wind energy?
7. What will wind obstacles do to the wind speed?
8. What is meant by wind shade?
9. What does the height above an obstacle do to wind shade?
10. What is the wake effect?
11. What is the park effect?
12. What is the tunnel effect?
13. What is the hill effect?
14. What the most important factors for selecting a wind turbine sit?
15. What are the important characteristics of offshore winds?
16. Referring to the European wind map, what is the wind speeds for Scotland?