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SYLLABUS

UNIT-I

PRINCIPLES OF SOLAR RADIATION Role and potential of new and renewable source, The solar energy option, Environmental impact of solar power, Physics of the sun, The solar constant, Extraterrestrial and terrestrial solar radiation, Solar radiation on titled surface, Instruments for measuring solar radiation and sun shine, Solar radiation data.

UNIT-II

SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION Flat plate and concentrating collectors, Classification of concentrating collectors, Orientation and thermal analysis, Advanced collectors.

UNIT-III

SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE AND APPLICATIONS Different methods, Sensible, Latent heat and stratified storage, Solar ponds, Solar applications – Solar heating/cooling technique, Solar distillation and drying, Photovoltaic energy conversion. WIND ENERGY Sources and potentials, Horizontal and vertical axis windmills, Performance characteristics, Betz criteria.

UNIT-IV

BIO-MASS Principles of Bio-conversion, Anaerobic/aerobic digestion, Types of Bio-gas digesters, Gasyield, Combustion characteristics of bio-gas, Utilization for cooking, I.C. Engine operation and economic aspects. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY Resources, Types of Wells, Methods of harnessing the energy, Potential in India. 

UNIT-V

OCEAN ENERGY OTEC, Principles utilization, Setting of OTEC plants, Thermodynamic cycles. Tidal and wave energy: Potential and conversion techniques, Mini-hydel power plants and their economics. DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION Need for DEC, Carnot cycle, Limitations and principles of DEC. Thermo-electric generators, Seebeck, Peltier and Joule Thomson effects, Figure of merit, Materials, Applications. MHD generators, Principles, Dissociation and ionization, Hall effect, Magnetic flux, MHD accelerator, MHD engine, Power generation systems, Electron gas dynamic conversion, Economic aspects. Fuel cells, Principles, Faraday’s law’s, Thermodynamic aspects, Selection of fuels and operating conditions.