Syllabus
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Course Code: MEMT-202 Course Name: Renewable Energy and Technology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Energy alternatives, the solar option, the nuclear option, tar sands and oil shale, tidal energy, geo-thermal energy. Solar energy: Solar radiations, solar thermal conversion devices and storage, applications. Solar photovoltaic conversion, Wave energy and Ocean thermal energy conversion, Hydroelectric energy. Vocational prospects of renewable and alternate energy sector. | |
| 2 | Indirect and direct solar energy conversion. Photovoltaic conversion: Optical effect of p-n junction, design and analysis of PV cell, PV cell fabrication, system design, Solar power heaters. Wind energy: Conversation to wind flow, wind energy converters, commercial wind power development, wind energy storage and transfer. | |
| 3 | Solar energy collection and storage, Solar energy for industrial process heat. Industrial process heat- temperature requirement, consumption pattern. Designing thermal storage, transport of energy, concentrating solar collector system, industrial applications of concentrating collector. Designs of energy collectors, tracking systems, absorbers and energy concentrators. |
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| 4 | Biomass energy: Sources of biomass energy, Petroleum plants, Energy plantations, Production of biogas from organic wastes, biogas plant designing. Recent trends in biodiesel production. Bio- ethanol production: Lessons from national and international experience. Energy from organic wastes; recent techniques in bio gas, biodiesel, bio-ethanol, bio-hydrogen fuel. | |
