JNTUH B.Tech 4th Year 2 sem Electrical and Electronics Engineering R13 (4-2) Renewable Energy Sources (Elective – III) R13 syllabus.

JNTUH B.Tech 4th year (4-2) Renewable Energy Sources gives you detail information of Renewable Energy Sources (Elective – III) R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.

Objective

It introduces solar energy its radiation, collection, storage and application. It also introduces the Wind energy, Biomass energy, geothermal energy and ocean energy as alternative energy sources.

UNIT-I

Principles of solar radiation: Role and potential of new and renewable source, the solar energy option, Environmental impact of solar power, physics of the sun, the solar constant, extraterrestrial and terrestrial solar radiation, solar radiation on titled surface, instruments for measuring solar radiation and sun shine, solar radiation data.

UNIT-II

Solar Energy Collection, Storage & Applications: Collection: Flat plate and concentrating collectors, classification of concentrating collectors, orientation and thermal analysis, advanced collectors.

Storage & Applications: Different methods, Sensible, latent heat and stratified storage, solar ponds. Solar Applications- solar heating/cooling technique, solar distillation and drying, photovoltaic energy conversion.

UNIT-III

Wind Energy: Sources and potentials, horizontal and vertical axis windmills, performance characteristics, Betz criteria. Bio-Mass: Principles of Bio-Conversion, Anaerobic/aerobic digestion, types of Blo-gas digesters, gas yield, combustion characteristics of bio-gas, utilization for cooking, l.C.Engine operation and economic aspects.

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TEXT BOOKS

• Non-Conventional Energy Sources, G.D. Rai, Khanna Publishers.
• Introduction to renewable energy, Vaughn Nelson, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis).

REFERENCE BOOKS

• Renewable Energy Resources, Twidell & Wier, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis).
• Renewable Energy Sources and Emerging Technologies, D. P. Kothari, K. C. Singal, Rakesh Ranjan, PHI Learning Private Limited.
• Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Systems, D. Mukherjee, S. Chakrabarti, New Age International.
• Renewable Energy Power for a sustainable Future, Godfrey Boyle, Oxford University Press.
• Renewable energy resources, Tiwari and Ghosal, Narosa publications.
• Renewable Energy Technologies, Ramesh & Kumar, Narosa publications.
• Non-Conventional Energy Systems, K Mittal, Wheeler publications.

Outcome

After going through this course the student gets a thorough knowledge on,various types of renewable energy sources i.e. solar, wind, bio-mass, geothermal, ocean, hybrid energy systems and principles of direct energy conversion, with which he/she can able to apply the above conceptual things to real-world electrical and electronics problems and applications.

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