06EE843 - Renewable Energy Sources Regulation (2006 - 2007) |
PART – A |
UNIT – I ENERGY SOURCES |
Introduction, Importance of Energy Consumption as
Measure of Prosperity, Per Capita Energy Consumption, Classification of
Energy Resources; Conventional Energy Resources - Availability and their
limitations; Non-Conventional Energy Resources – Classification,
Advantages, Limitations; Comparison of Conventional and Non-
Conventional Energy Resources; World Energy Scenario; Indian Energy
Scenario.
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UNIT – II SOLAR ENERGY BASICS |
Introduction, Solar Constant, Basic Sun-Earth
Angles – definitions and their representation, Solar Radiation Geometry
(numerical problems), Estimation of Solar Radiation of Horizontal and Tilted
Surfaces (numerical problems); Measurement of Solar Radiation Data –
Pyranometer and Pyrheliometer. |
UNIT – III SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS |
Principle of Conversion of Solar
Radiation into Heat, Solar Water Heaters (Flat Plate Collectors), Solar
Cookers – Box type, concentrating dish type, Solar driers, Solar Still, Soalr
Furnces, Solar Green Houses |
UNIT – IV SOLAR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS |
Solar Thermal Electric Power Generation
– Solar Pond and Concentrating Solar Collector (parabolic trough, parabolic
dish, Central Tower Collector). Advantages and Disadvantages; Solar
Photovoltaic – Solar Cell fundamentals, characteristics, classification,
construction of module, panel and array. Solar PV Systems – stand-alone and
grid connected; Applications – Street lighting, Domestic lighting and Solar
Water pumping systems.
ENERGY STORAGE: Introduction, Necessity of Energy Storage, and
Methods of Energy Storage (classification and brief description using block
diagram representation only). |
PART – B |
UNIT – V WIND ENERGY |
Introduction, Wind and its Properties, History of Wind
Energy, Wind Energy Scenario – World and India. Basic principles of Wind
Energy Conversion Systems (WECS), Classification of WECS, Parts of a
WECS, Derivation for Power in the wind, Electrical Power Output and
Capacity Factor of WECS, Wind site selection consideration, Advantages and
Disadvantages of WECS. |
UNIT – VI BIOMASS ENERGY |
Introduction, Photosynthesis process, Biomass fuels,
Biomass conversion technologies, Urban waste to Energy Conversion,
Biomass Gasification, Biomass to Ethanol Production, Biogas production
from waste biomass, factors affecting biogas generation, types of biogas
plants – KVIC and Janata model; Biomass program in India. |
UNIT – VII ENERGY FROM OCEAN |
Tidal Energy – Principle of Tidal Power,
Components of Tidal Power Plant (TPP), Classification of Tidal Power
Plants, Estimation of Energy – Single basin and Double basin type TPP (no
derivations. Simple numerical problems), Advantages and Limitation of TPP.
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC): Principle of OTEC system,
Methods of OTEC power generation – Open Cycle (Claude cycle), Closed
Cycle (Anderson cycle) and Hybrid cycle (block diagram description of
OTEC); Site-selection criteria, Biofouling, Advantages & Limitation of
OTEC.
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UNIT – VIII EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES |
Fuel Cell, Small Hydro Resources,
Hydrogen Energy, and Wave Energy. (Principle of Energy generation using
block diagrams, advantages and limitations).
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REFERENCE |
TEXT BOOKS: |
1. “Non-Conventional Sources of Energy”- 4th Edition,Rai, G.
DKhanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2007.
2. “Non-Conventional Energy Resources”- Khan, B. H., TMH, New
Delhi, 2006.
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REFERENCE BOOKS: |
1. “Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Systems” Mukherjee, D.,
and Chakrabarti, S., New Age International Publishers, 2005.
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