Anna University B.Tech EN (R13) 7th Sem Low Carbon Economy Detailed Syllabus

Low Carbon Economy Engineering Syllabus for B.Tech 7th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.

Low Carbon Economy Engineering Laboratory B.Tech (R13) seventhsem is as follows

OBJECTIVES:

To impart knowledge on different sources of carbon emission, carbon reduction
opportunities, low carbon technologies and Indian Missions on Climate Change

UNIT I : CARBON EMISSION      [9 hours]
Sources – Primary sectors – Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry – Mining, Secondary sectors – metal processing – non metallic product processing, wood processing – paper and pulp making – food processing, Tertiary sectors – Transportation services, health services

UNIT II : CARBON REDUCTION OPPORTUNITIES     [9 hours]
Energy efficiency – Energy conservation – Fuel switching – Energy policy – Energy storage- Smart grid- Methane cycle- Nuclear power and Carbon Capture and Storage- green house gas balances and mitigation costs.

UNIT III : LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGIES     [9 hours]
Green home – sustainable energy sources – bio energy, solar, hydro, geothermal – Fuel cells and hydrogen – Electric vehicles

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TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES: The students completing the course will have the ability to

• Identify sources of carbon emissions and outline the carbon reduction opportunities, low carbon technologies
• Develop energy efficient programmes and integrated energy policy in line with national and global approach to climate change mitigation.

TEXTBOOKS:

• Tom Tietenberg, “Environmental and Natural Resource Economics‟, 5th Edition, Harper Collins College Publishers, 2000.
• Perman R, Y. Ma, J. McGilvray and M. Common, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, 3rd edition, Pearson Education, Harlow, 2003.

REFERENCES:

• Bertz Metz etal., “IPCC Special Report on Carbon dioxide capture and storage, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
• “Integrated Energy Policy” – Report of the Expert Committee, Government of India, Planning Commission, New Delhi, 2006

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