Description
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GENERATION
- History of fossil fuels
- Environmental concerns
- Price convergence
ENERGY AND POWER
- Types of energy
- Potential and Kinetic energy
- Voltage and current
- Electrical loads
WIND POWER TECHNOLOGY
- Global and localized wind patterns
- Windmills and electricity
- Measuring and scaling wind speed
- Calculating wind energy
- Wind farms
WIND TURBINE DESIGN
- Rotor blades and shaft design
- Pitch, flaps, yaw and furling
- Towers types and design
- Balance of design
DESIGN & INSTALLATION OF RESIDENTIAL SCALE WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS
- Site suitability
- System sizing
- Load determination
- Installation and safety
- Grid-tie metering
TROUBLESHOOTING WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS
- Locating bad terminals, wiring and connectors
- DC storage control
BUILDING CODES AND COMPLIANCE
- National Electrical Codes
- Underwriters Laboratories
- OSHA
- National Fire Protection Association
UNDERSTANDING BLUEPRINTS
- Schematic Drawings
- Working Drawings
- Symbols and scaling
