Renewable Energy Technologies detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (Mech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech 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 Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of renewable energy technologies is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ENERGY SCENARIO 9 Indian energy scenario in various sectors – domestic, industrial, commercial, agriculture, transportation and others – Present conventional energy status – Present renewable energy statusPotential of various renewable energy sources-Global energy status-Per capita energy consumption – Future energy plans
Unit II
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Unit III
WIND ENERGY 9 Wind data and energy estimation – Betz limit – Site selection for windfarms – characteristics – Wind resource assessment – Horizontal axis wind turbine – components – Vertical axis wind turbine – Wind turbine generators and its performance – Hybrid systems – Environmental issues – Applications.
Unit IV
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Unit V
OCEAN AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 9 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:
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Text Books:
- Fundamentals and Applications of Renewable Energy | Indian Edition, by Mehmet Kanoglu, Yunus A. Cengel, John M. Cimbala, cGraw Hill; First edition (10 December 2020), ISBN-10 9390385636
- Renewable Energy Sources and Emerging Technologies, by Kothari, Prentice Hall India Learning Private Limited; 2nd edition (1 January 2011), ISBN-10 : 8120344707
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 Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem, visit Mech 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Mechanical Engineering results, visit Anna University Mech all semester results direct link.