Direct Energy Conversion Detailed Syllabus for Power Plant Engineering and Energy Management M.Tech first year first sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Direct Energy Conversion M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.
M.Tech. I Year I Sem.
UNIT-I: Energy Balance of the earth: The Greenhouse effect – Physical Source of sunlight – Planck’s black-body radiation distribution from different black body temperatures – The earth and Solar Constant – Spectral distribution of extra-terrestrial radiation – Basic earth-sun angles – Solar time and equation of time – attenuation of solar radiation by the atmosphere – Direct and diffuse radiation at the ground – Empirical equations for predicting the availability of solar radiation
UNIT -II: Photovoltaics (PV): Semiconductor physics and Operating principle – Silicon as PV material – Direct and indirect band-gap material – Flow of Silicon material – Single crystal Silicon Solar cell – Structure – Important electrical parameters – Ideal and approximate equivalent circuits – Manufacturing processes (wafer and cell) of single crystal, multi-crystalline and Edge Defined Film Fed Growth Silicon – Temperature and Irradiation effects – Absorption coefficient and reflectance – Silicon film, Cadmium telluride (cdTe), Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide, amorphous silicon – Comparison of ‘Thin film’ and ‘Bulk crystal’ technology – manufacturing (module making) processes of amorphous silicon on glass, stainless steel and plastic substrates – Typical materials used – Concentrator technology and the importance of tracking – Comparison of efficiencies of various technologies – Recent trends in PV technology and manufacturing.
UNIT-III: PV modules and Arrays: Design requirements of PV modules – Rating of PV modules – Standard Test Conditions (STC), Normal Operating Cell Temperature (NOCT) and Standard Operating Conditions (SOC) – Output curves ( ‘Current-Voltage’ or ‘I-V’ and ‘Power-Voltage’ or ‘P-V’) under various irradiance and temperature conditions – Mounting structure for PV modules/arrays – Orientation and array layout – Effects of shading – Other balance of systems (BOS) and protective devices: blocking and bypass diodes, movistors – Roof mounted arrays – Building integrated PV (BIPV) – Typical faults and diagnosis – Hot Spot problem in a PV module and safe operating area – Performance measurement of typical parameters of cells/modules under natural and simulated light – Indoor sun simulators – Outdoor PV array testers – ASTM and IEEE standards for Class A and Class B simulators – Pulsed, steady state and single flash types – Determination of temperature coefficients, series and shunt resistances, curve correction factor – Computation of efficiency and fill factor – Translation of parameters actually measured to STC – Reliability Testing: Qualification tests, IEC Standards 61215 & 61646 – Reliability test – Field stress testing.
UNIT-IV: PV Systems: Stand alone and grid connected – Load estimation – Daily load demand – Solar radiation/irradiance table for a particular location – Sizing of the PV array, battery, inverter and other BOS – Maximizing efficiency of sub-systems – Balance of systems – Single axis and two axis tracking at optimum inclination of the PV array – Power conditioning and control – Maximum Power Point Trackers, Charge controllers/regulators, AC/DC Converters, DC/AC inverters – Alarms, indicators and monitoring equipment – Energy Storage: Batteries, Deep cycle lead acid type, Battery Design and construction, Other types of batteries, Battery Selection criteria, Safety issues – Typical applications of PV – Hybrid systems: PV-Wind, PV-Diesel engine, PV-Mains – System Sizing examples: Domestic loads, Water pumping, Lighting (using CFLs, White LEDs) – hybrid systems, village power packs – Installation practices – Trouble shooting – Economic analysis: Life Cycle Cost analysis – Environment impacts of PV – Green buildings – Potential for GHG emission reduction of installed PV systems
UNIT-V: The Hydrogen Economy Advantages of hydrogen as an energy carrier – Components of the hydrogen economy – Generation of hydrogen – Transport and storage of hydrogen: physical and chemical – Fuel Cells – Classification of fuel cells based on (a) Type of electrolyte (b) Type of the fuel and oxidant (c) operating temperature (d) application and (e) chemical nature of electrolyte
REFERENCES:
- Solar Electricity /Edited by Tomas Markvart/John Wiley and Sons
- Solar Cells – Operating Principles, Technology and System Applications /Martin A. Green/Prentice Hall Inc
- Modelling Photovoltaic Systems using P Spice/Luis Castaner and Santiago Silvestre/John Wiley and Sons
- Solar Energy – Fundamentals and Applications/H. P. Garg and J. Prakash/Tata McGraw-Hill
- Generating Electricity from the Sun/Edited by Fred C. Treble/Pergamon Press
- Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells/K. Takahashi and M. Konagai/North Oxford Academic
- Photovoltaic Systems Engineering/Roger Messenger/CRC Press
- Fuel Cells/Livin Oniciu/Abacus Press 1976
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