What are the advantages and disadvantages related to harnessing the energy of the wind? This free online course will introduce you to using the wind as energy. You will study the process by which wind is converted into electricity through an electrical generator and learn about windmills. Finally, delve into emerging designs to reduce the impact on birds. This material will give you a thorough grounding in the many benefits and challenges that come from wind energy.
| Course Category | Energy, Science & the Built Environment |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Define the concept of 'wind energy capture' • Explain the pattern of use of wind energy in the world • Describe the different types of wind turbines • Analyze the relationship between the power and wind speed of a horizontal-axis wind turbine • Discuss the theoretical and practical limits of the energy that can be captured from the wind • Explain Betz's limit • Describe the efficiency of the windmill, as it is defined and measured using the Betz limit • Discuss the structure of a windmill, its various parts, the materials used to make those parts and their requirements • Describe windmill design principles such as lift, drag and tree • Explain what the multi-blade requirement in wind turbines is based on and how to implement it • Analyze the consequences of the speed of a wind turbine |
| Course Code | 3000 |
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