Alternative Fuels and Energy Systems detailed syllabus for Automobile Engineering (AUTO) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the AUTO 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 Automobile Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit AUTO 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to AUTO Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of alternative fuels and energy systems is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ALCOHOL FUELS 9 Introduction to alternative fuels. – Need for alternative fuels – Availability of different alternative fuels for SI and CI engines. Alcohols as fuels. Production methods of alcohols. Properties of alcohols as fuels. Methods of using alcohols in CI and SI engines. Blending, dual fuel operation, surface ignition and oxygenated additives. Performance combustion and emission characteristics in CI and SI engines. DME-DEE-as fuels
Unit II
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Unit III
HYDROGEN AND LPG 9 Production methods of hydrogen- properties of hydrogen- Problems associated with hydrogen as fuel -solutions. Different methods of using hydrogen in SI and CI engines- Performance-combustion -emissionCharacteristics in SI and CI engines. Hydrogen storage – safety aspects of hydrogen. LPG-properties of LPG-Performance-combustion -emissionCharacteristics in SI and CI engines.
Unit IV
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Unit V
ELECTRIC, HYBRID AND FUEL CELL VEHICLES 9 Layout of Electric vehicle and Hybrid vehicles – Advantages and drawbacks of electric and hybrid vehicles. System components and drives- Electronic control system – Different configurations of Hybrid vehicles. Power split device. High energy and power density batteries – Basics of Fuel cell vehicles.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- AyhanDemirbas, Biodiesel A Realistic Fuel Alternative for Diesel Engines, Springer- Verlag London Limited 2008, ISBN – 13:9781846289941.
Reference Books:
- Devaradjane. Dr. G., Kumaresan. Dr. M., Automobile Engineering{, AMK Publishers, 2013.
- Gerhard Knothe, Jon Van Gerpen, Jargon Krahl, The Biodiesel Handbook, AOCS Press Champaign, Illinois 2005.
- Richard L Bechtold P .E., Alternative Fuels Guide book, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1997 ISBN 0-76-80-0052-1.
- Science direct journals ( Biomass& Bio energy, Fues, Energy, Energy conversion Management, Hydrogen Energy, etc.) on biofuels.
- Transactions of SAE on Biofuels (Alcohols, vegetable oils, CNG, LPG, Hydrogen, Biogas etc.).
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Automobile Engineering 5th Sem, visit AUTO 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Automobile Engineering results, visit Anna University AUTO all semester results direct link.