Renewable and Non-renewable Energy detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (PE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PE 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 Petroleum Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to PE Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of renewable and non-renewable energy is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ENERGY SOURCES & AVAILABILITY 9
Conventional, Non-conventional, renewable, non renewable sources of energy, prospects & perspectives & advantages. Introduction to different types of non conventional source of energy -solar, wind, biomass, OTEC, geothermal, hydrogen energy, fuel cells, MHD, thermonic convertor, thermo-electric power.
Unit II
SOLAR & WIND ENERGY 9
Solar constant, solar radiation geometry, local solar time, day length, solar radiation measurement, radiation on inclined surface, solar radiation data & solar charts. Wind Energy : Wind as a Source of Energy, Characteristics of wind, wind data. Horizontal & Vertical axis wind Mills.
Unit III
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Unit IV
OTHER ENERGY SOURCES 9
Geothermal Energy : Status & estimates, geothermal sources, geothermal systems & their characteristics. Fuel Cells. Principle & Classification, types conversion efficiency, polarization & advantages MHD power generation – principle, types closed & open cycle system materials. Energy form thermo nuclear fusion, OTEC, hydrogen, thermoionic generation & tidal waves.
Unit V
UNCONVENTIONAL NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY 9
Introduction to Unconventional Hydrocarbon resources- Coal Bed Methane: Geological controls in CBM, Indian Scenario, Gas Hydrates: Structure of gas hydrates and their stability, producibility of gas hydrates and challenges, Indian scenario of gas hydrates, Shale Gas / oil: production techniques applied for shale gas, Indian basins for shale gas/oil potential
Course Outcomes:
After completion of this course, the student is expected to be able to show the:
- Knowledge in capturing and applying forms of energy sources and its availability
- Understand the concept in various energy sources like solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, nuclear energy, hydrogen and fuel cells
- Analyze the challenges associated with implementation of various renewable energy sources.
- Study the bio-based energy sources and technologies involved in it
- Understanding of the challenges associated with the development of unconventional hydrocarbons and distribution of unconventional hydrocarbons with emphasis on Indian resources.
Reference Books:
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For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Petroleum Engineering 6th Sem, visit PE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Petroleum Engineering results, visit Anna University PE all semester results direct link.