Renewable Energy in Agricultural Engineering Laboratory detailed syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Agri students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Agriculture Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Agri 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of renewable energy in agricultural engineering laboratory is as follows.
Course Objectives:
- To gain the practical knowledge on various renewable energy gadgets.
- To Know the concept of Automatic weather station
- To get knowledge on Testing of natural convection solar dryer
Experiments
- Characterization of biomass – proximate analysis
- Determination of caloric value of fuels – solids and gases
- Design of KVIC / Deenbandhu model biogas plant
- Study of UASB biomethanation plant
- Purification of biogas – CO2 and H2S removal
- Performance evaluation of agro based gasifier
- Study on pyrolysis unit – Biochar, Charcoal and Tar making process
- Testing of biogas/producer gas engines
- Study on briquetting and Stoichiometric calculations
- Automatic weather station – Analysis of wind data and prediction
- Testing of solar water heater
- Testing of natural convection solar dryer
- Study on Solar power and I-V Characteristics
- Testing of solar photovoltaic water pumping system
The lab includes visit to biomass power plant and wind farms.
Reference Books:
- Khandelwal, K.C. and Mahdi, S.S. “Biogas Technology”. Tata Mc Graw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 1986.
- Nijaguna, B. T. “Biogas Technology” New Age International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2006.
- Rao. S and B.B. Parulekar. Energy Technology – Non conventional, Renewable and Conventional. Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2000.
- Solanki, C.S. “Solar Photovotaics – Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications”, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011.
Course Outcomes:
- Be exposed to renewable energy sources and their applications.
- Aim sufficient knowledge on Purification of biogas – CO2 and H2S removal
- Know the concept of Automatic weather station
- Have knowledge on Testing of natural convection solar dryer
- On completion of the lab course, the students will
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Agriculture Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Agri 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Agriculture Engineering results, visit Anna University Agri all semester results direct link.