Syllabus
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Course Code: *Elective-I MTEL-105 Course Name: Renewable Energy Resources |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | ENERGY RESOURCES: Renewable energy sources, distributed energy systems and dispersed generation,
atmospheric aspects of electric energy generation, Impact of renewable energy generation on environment SOLAR ENERGY: Solar Radiation and its Measurement, Solar Thermal Energy Collectors: different types of collectors and their performance analysis, Solar Thermal Energy Conversion System: solar water heater, solar distillation, slat thermal power plant and various applications of solar system, Solar Photovoltaic System: solar cell, VI characteristics, solar electricity and grid and off-grid solar system. |
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| 2 | WIND ENERGY: Wind turbines and rotors, Wind Energy Extraction, Wind Characteristics, Power Density Duration Curve, Design of Wind Turbine Rotor, Design of Regulating System for Rotor, Wind Power Generation Curve, Subsystems of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Generator, Modes of Wind Power Generation, Estimation of Wind Energy Potential, Selection of Optimum Wind Energy Generator (WEG), Grid Interfacing of a Wind Farm, Methods of Grid Connection, Grid System and Properties, Capacity of Wind Farms for Penetration into Grid, Control System for Wind Farms, Economics of Wind Farms | |
| 3 | GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: Structure of the Earth's Interior, Plate Tectonic Major Test, Geothermal Sites,
Geothermal Field, Geothermal Gradients, Geothermal Resources, Geothermal Power Generation, Geothermal
Electric Power Plant, Geothermal-Preheat Hybrid with Conventional Plant OCEAN ENERGY: Development of a Tidal Power Scheme, Grid Interfacing of Tidal Power, Wave Energy, Mathematical Analysis of Wave Energy, Empirical Formulae on Wave Energy, Wave Energy Conversion, Principle of Wave Energy plant, Wave Energy Conversion Machines |
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| 4 | FUEL CELLS: Principle of Operation of Fuel Cell, Fuel Processor, Fuel Cell Types, Energy Output of a Fuel Cell,
Efficiency, and EMF of a Fuel Cell, Operating Characteristics of Fuel Cells, Thermal Efficiency of Fuel Cell HYDROGEN ENERGY SYSTEM: Hydrogen Production, Hydrogen Storage, Development of Hydrogen Cartridge, Gas Hydrate HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEMS: Hybrid Systems AND ITS Types, Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles, HydrogenPowered-Electric Vehicles. |
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