CAT I QUESTION BANK

Short Questions

1. Draw a typical power curve of a 1 MW wind turbine.

2. List sensors used in wind turbine
3. Justify the importance of 'Wind resource assessment in wind farm development
project'.
4. Why offshore wind turbines are not yet installed in India?
5. List applications of small wind turbine
6. Compare HAWT and VAWT.
7. Which energy systems can be integrated along with wind energy system and used as
hybrid power source?
8. List five research challenges existing in current wind energy sector.
9. Calculate powers in MW for a site having average wind velocity as 8 m/s. It is
proposed to use two wind turbines with diameters 80 m and 100 m respectively.
10. Write limitations of wind energy.
11. List any five electrical generators used in wind turbines.
12. How global and local winds are formed?
13. How the wind energy can be stored when power evacuation to grid is not available?
14. Wind farm projects bring social benefits to the locality - Prove it.
15. State limitations of wind energy.
16. List the applications of water pumping wind mill.
17. "Yaw control and pitch control mechanism increases the energy production of wind
turbines" - Justify.
18. What factors are contributing to wind energy development in India?
19. Why do some wind turbines have two blades, three blades and others more than three
blades?
20. 'Environmental benefits of wind turbine' - Summarize.
21. How the wind energy potential is assessed at a site according to its wind
characteristics?
22. Write short essay covering materials used for construction of wind turbine blades.
23. Write a short essay on historical development of wind mills and turbines.
24. Draw a diagram of a nacelle of a modern wind turbine and show the arrangement of
different components.
25. Write the classification of wind energy conversion systems with the help f sketches
and classification tree.
26. For large wind turbines, what is the primary method of control for shutdown of the
wind turbine?
27. Why are the blades for large wind turbines made from fiberglass-reinforced plastics?
28. Why are yaw rates limited on large wind turbine or yaw dampers installed on small
wind turbines?
29. How does furling work on small wind turbine?
30. Write short notes on economics of wind energy and a comparative analysis with other
renewable energy technologies.
31. What is condition monitoring of wind turbines?
32. Calculate powers in MW for a site having average wind velocity as 8 m/s. It is
proposed to use two wind turbines with diameters 80 m and 100 m respectively.
33. Why do some wind turbines have two blades, three blades and others more than three
blades?

Long Questions

34. Illustrate the Construction and Working of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine with neat
sketches.
35. Illustrate the Construction and Working of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with neat
sketches.
36. Explain the offshore wind farms, their feasibility, prospects and technological
challenges,
37. Explain the factors influencing the wind farm design?
38. Analyze the positive and negative impacts of wind turbine technology and suggest
mitigation strategies for its environmental impacts if any.
39. A supervisory control system, as part of its tasks, is to monitor the operation of
gearbox, braking system and electrical generator, and the need for maintenance or
repairs. What information should be collected by the supervisory controller and what
information should be reported to the system operators?