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ME-604 (C) · Renewable Energy Technology/Official Syllabus

Renewable Energy Technology (ME-604 (C)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Solar Radiation

  • Extra-terrestrial and terrestrial, radiation measuring instrument, radiation measurement and predictions
  • Solar thermal conversion: Basics, Flat plate collectors-liquid and air type
  • Theory of flat plate collectors, selective coating, advanced collectors
  • Concentrators: optical design of concentrators
  • solar water heater, solar dryers, solar stills
  • solar cooling and refrigeration
  • Solar photovoltaic: Principle of photovoltaic conversion of solar energy; Technology for fabrication of photovoltaic devices
  • Applications of solar cells in PV generation systems; Organic PV cells
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Unit 2

Wind Energy

  • Characteristics and measurement: Metrology of wind speed distribution, wind speed statistics, Weibull, Rayleigh and Normal distribution
  • Measurement of wind data, Energy estimation of wind regimes
  • Wind Energy Conversion: Wind energy conversion principles; General introduction; Types and classification of WECS
  • Power, torque and speed characteristics; power curve of wind turbine, capacity factor
  • matching wind turbine with wind regimes; Application of wind energy
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Unit 3

Production of biomass

  • Photosynthesis-C3 & C4 plants on biomass production; Biomass resources assessment; Co2 fixation potential of biomass
  • Classification of biomass; Physicochemical characteristics of biomass as fuel
  • Biomass conversion routes: biochemical, chemical and thermo chemical
  • Biochemical conversion of biomass to energy: anaerobic digestion, biogas production mechanism, technology, types of digesters
  • design of biogas plants, installation, operation and maintenance of biogas plants, biogas plant manure-utilization and manure values
  • Biomass Gasification: Different types, power generation from gasification, cost benefit analysis of power generation by gasification
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Unit 4

Small Hydropower Systems

  • Overview of micro, mini and small hydro system; hydrology; Elements of turbine
  • Assessment of hydro power; selection and design criteria of turbines; site selection and civil works
  • speed and voltage regulation; Investment issue load management and tariff collection
  • Distribution and marketing issues
  • Ocean Energy: Ocean energy resources, ocean energy routs; Principle of ocean thermal energy conversion system, ocean thermal power plants
  • Principles of ocean wave energy and Tidal energy conversion
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Unit 5

Geothermal Energy

  • Origin of geothermal resources, type of geothermal energy deposits, site selection geothermal power plants
  • Hydrogen Energy: Hydrogen as a source of energy, Hydrogen production and storage
  • Fuel Cells: Types of fuel cell, fuel cell system and sub-system
  • Principle of working, basic thermodynamics

Reference Books

  • Renewable Energy Sources and Emerging Technologies
  • Non Conventional Energy
  • Solar Energy, Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage
  • Renewable Energy Resources: basic principle & application
  • Energy Resources, Conventional & Non-Conventional
  • Solar Photovoltaics: Fundamental, technologies and Application
  • Renewable Energy Sources
  • Biomass, Energy and Environment
  • Solar Engineering of Thermal Process
  • Green Power
  • Sustainable Energy-Choosing Among Options
  • Renewable Energy: Power for a sustainable future
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