Solar Energy Technology 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 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit AUTO 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to AUTO Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of solar energy technology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SOLAR RADIATION AND COLLECTORS 9 Solar angles – Sun path diagrams – Radiation – extraterrestrial characteristics – measurement and estimation on horizontal and tilted surfaces – flat plate collector thermal analysis – testing methods-evacuated tubular collectors – concentrator collectors – classification – design and performance parameters – tracking systems – compound parabolic concentrators – parabolic trough concentrators – concentrators with point focus – Heliostats – performance of the collectors
Unit II
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Unit III
SOLAR PV FUNDAMENTALS 9 Semiconductor – properties – energy levels – basic equations of semiconductor devices physics. Solar cells – p-n junction: homo and hetero junctions – metal-semiconductor interface – dark and illumination characteristics – figure of merits of solar cell – efficiency limits – variation of efficiency with band-gap and temperature – efficiency measurements – high efficiency cells – Solar thermophotovoltaics
Unit IV
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Unit V
SOLAR PASSIVE ARCHITECTURE 9 Thermal comfort – bioclimatic classification – passive heating concepts: direct heat gain – indirect heat gain – isolated gain and sunspaces – passive cooling concepts: evaporative cooling – Radiative cooling- application of wind, water and earth for cooling; shading – paints and cavity walls for cooling roof radiation traps – earth air-tunnel – energy efficient landscape design – thermal comfort
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- G.D. Rai, Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2014.
- Twidell, J.W. & Weir, A., Renewable Energy Resources, EFN Spon Ltd., UK, 2015.
Reference Books:
- Chetan Singh Solanki, Solar Photovoltatics – Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications, PHI Learning Private limited, 2011.
- John A. Duffie, William A. Beckman, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, John Wiley &Sons, 2013.
- Lovegrove K., Stein W., Concentrating Solar Power Technology, Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, Elsevier, 1st Edition, 2012.
- Solar Energy International, Photovoltaic – Design and Installation Manual, New Society Publishers, 2006.
- Sukhatme S P, Nayak J K, Solar Energy – Principle of Thermal Storage and collection, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Automobile Engineering 6th Sem, visit AUTO 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Automobile Engineering results, visit Anna University AUTO all semester results direct link.