Renewable Energy Technologies detailed syllabus for Geoinformatics Engineering (Geo) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Geo 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 Geoinformatics Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Geo 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to Geo Open Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of renewable energy technologies is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ENERGY SCENARIO Indian energy scenario in various sectors – domestic, industrial, commercial, agriculture, transportation and others – Present conventional energy status – Present renewable energy status-Potential of various renewable energy sources-Global energy status-Per capita energy consumption – Future energy plans
Unit II
SOLAR ENERGY Solar radiation – Measurements of solar radiation and sunshine – Solar spectrum – Solar thermal collectors – Flat plate and concentrating collectors – Solar thermal applications – Solar thermal energy storage – Fundamentals of solar photo voltaic conversion – Solar cells – Solar PV Systems – Solar PV applications.
Unit III
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Unit IV
BIO-ENERGY Bio resources – Biomass direct combustion – thermochemical conversion – biochemical conversion-mechanical conversion – Biomass gasifier – Types of biomass gasifiers – Cogeneration — Carbonisation – Pyrolysis – Biogas plants – Digesters -Biodiesel production – Ethanol production – Applications.
Unit V
OCEAN AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY Small hydro – Tidal energy – Wave energy – Open and closed OTEC Cycles – Limitations -Geothermal energy – Geothermal energy sources – Types of geothermal power plants -Applications – Environmental impact.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Discuss the Indian and global energy scenario.
- Describe the various solar energy technologies and its applications.
- Explain the various wind energy technologies.
- Explore the various bio-energy technologies.
- Discuss the ocean and geothermal technologies.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Godfrey Boyle, “Renewable Energy, Power for a Sustainable Future”, Oxford University Press, U.K., 2012.
- Rai.G.D., “Non-Conventional Energy Sources”, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2014.
- Sukhatme.S.P., “Solar Energy: Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage”, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, 2009.
- Tiwari G.N., “Solar Energy – Fundamentals Design, Modelling and applications”, Alpha Science Intl Ltd, 2015.
- Twidell, J.W. & Weir A., “Renewable Energy Resources”, EFNSpon Ltd., UK, 2015.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Geoinformatics Engineering 7th Sem, visit Geo 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Geoinformatics Engineering results, visit Anna University Geo all semester results direct link.