Wind and Tidal Energy 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 Wind and Tidal Energy M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.
M.Tech. I Year I Sem.
UNIT – I: Wind Energy Basis, wind Speeds and scales, Terrain, Roughness, Wind Mechanics, Power Content, Class of wind turbines, Atmospheric Boundary Layers, Turbulence. Instrumentation for wind measurements, Wind data analysis, tabulation, Wind resource estimation, Betz’s Limit, Turbulence Analysis
UNIT – II: Airfoil terminology-Blade element theory-Blade design-Rotor performance and dynamics-Balancing Technique (Rotor & Blade)- Types of loads; source of loads Vertical Axis Type- Horizontal AxisConstant speed constant frequency- Variable speed Variable Frequency-Up wind- Down Wind- Stall Control-Pitch Control-Gear Coupled Generator type-Direct generator Drive /PMG/Rotor Excited sync Generator.
UNIT – III: Details of Pitch Systems and Control Algorithms- Protection used and Safety Consideration in Wind turbines, Wind Turbine Monitoringwith error codes- SCADA & Databases: Remote Monitoring and Generation Reports- Operations and maintenance for Product Life cycle-Balancing technique (Rotor & Blade), FACTS control and LVRT and New trends for new Grid Codes.
UNIT- IV: Energy from Oceans: Ocean thermal electric conversion (OTEC)- Claude & Anderson cycles, evaporators-Bio-fouling-Hybrid Cycle-Components of OTEC for Power generation. Energy from Tides: Introduction- basic principle of Tidal power-components of tidal power plantsoperation methods of utilization of Tidal Energy; Estimation of Energy and power from waves, wave energy conversion devices.
UNIT – V: Tidal currents: Structure of the tidal currents, effects of intense turbulence generated by tides, Tidal power, Basic laws of tidal energy generation, Harnessing the power of tides for the generation of electricity, environmental impact of a tidal power, Impact of tides on climate, Tide‐generating forces, Tidal forces, Analysis and prediction of tides and tidal currents.
REFERENCES:
- Wind Energy Conversion Systems-Freries, L.L-Prentice Hall
- Wind Energy Systems-Mario Garcia, Sanz, Constantine H. Houpis-CRC Press-2010
- Non Conventional Energy Resources
For all other M.Tech 1st Year 1st Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Tech Power Plant Engineering and Energy Management 1st Year 1st Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.
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