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.<\/p>\n
The detailed syllabus for Direct Energy Conversion M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.<\/p>\n
M.Tech. I Year I Sem.<\/p>\n
UNIT-I: Energy Balance of the earth:<\/strong> The Greenhouse effect \u2013 Physical Source of sunlight \u2013 Planck\u2019s black-body radiation distribution from different black body temperatures \u2013 The earth and Solar Constant \u2013 Spectral distribution of extra-terrestrial radiation \u2013 Basic earth-sun angles \u2013 Solar time and equation of time \u2013 attenuation of solar radiation by the atmosphere \u2013 Direct and diffuse radiation at the ground \u2013 Empirical equations for predicting the availability of solar radiation<\/p>\n UNIT -II: Photovoltaics (PV):<\/strong> Semiconductor physics and Operating principle \u2013 Silicon as PV material – Direct and indirect band-gap material \u2013 Flow of Silicon material \u2013 Single crystal Silicon Solar cell \u2013 Structure \u2013 Important electrical parameters \u2013 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 \u2013 Absorption coefficient and reflectance – Silicon film, Cadmium telluride (cdTe), Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide, amorphous silicon \u2013 Comparison of \u2018Thin film\u2019 and \u2018Bulk crystal\u2019 technology \u2013 manufacturing (module making) processes of amorphous silicon on glass, stainless steel and plastic substrates \u2013 Typical materials used – Concentrator technology and the importance of tracking \u2013 Comparison of efficiencies of various technologies \u2013 Recent trends in PV technology and manufacturing.<\/p>\n UNIT-III: PV modules and Arrays:<\/strong> Design requirements of PV modules \u2013 Rating of PV modules \u2013 Standard Test Conditions (STC), Normal Operating Cell Temperature (NOCT) and Standard Operating Conditions (SOC) \u2013 Output curves ( \u2018Current-Voltage\u2019 or \u2018I-V\u2019 and \u2018Power-Voltage\u2019 or \u2018P-V\u2019) under various irradiance and temperature conditions \u2013 Mounting structure for PV modules\/arrays \u2013 Orientation and array layout \u2013 Effects of shading – Other balance of systems (BOS) and protective devices: blocking and bypass diodes, movistors \u2013 Roof mounted arrays \u2013 Building integrated PV (BIPV) \u2013 Typical faults and diagnosis \u2013 Hot Spot problem in a PV module and safe operating area – Performance measurement of typical parameters of cells\/modules under natural and simulated light \u2013 Indoor sun simulators – Outdoor PV array testers \u2013 ASTM and IEEE standards for Class A and Class B simulators \u2013 Pulsed, steady state and single flash types \u2013 Determination of temperature coefficients,\u00a0 series and shunt resistances, curve correction factor – Computation of efficiency and fill factor \u2013 Translation of parameters actually measured to STC \u2013 Reliability Testing: Qualification tests, IEC Standards 61215 & 61646 \u2013 Reliability test \u2013 Field stress testing.<\/p>\n UNIT-IV: PV Systems:<\/strong> Stand alone and grid connected \u2013 Load estimation \u2013 Daily load demand \u2013 Solar radiation\/irradiance table for a particular location – Sizing of the PV array, battery, inverter and other BOS \u2013 Maximizing efficiency of sub-systems \u2013 Balance of systems \u2013 Single axis and two axis tracking at optimum inclination of the PV array \u2013 Power conditioning and control \u2013 Maximum Power Point Trackers, Charge controllers\/regulators, AC\/DC Converters, DC\/AC inverters \u2013 Alarms, indicators and monitoring equipment \u2013 Energy Storage: Batteries, Deep cycle lead acid type, Battery Design and construction, Other types of batteries, Battery Selection criteria, Safety issues \u2013 Typical applications of PV \u2013 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 \u2013 Installation practices \u2013 Trouble shooting \u2013 Economic analysis: Life Cycle Cost analysis \u2013 Environment impacts of PV \u2013 Green buildings \u2013 Potential for GHG emission reduction of installed PV systems<\/p>\n UNIT-V:\u00a0 The Hydrogen Economy Advantages<\/strong> of hydrogen as an energy carrier \u2013 Components of the hydrogen economy – Generation of hydrogen – Transport and storage of hydrogen: physical and chemical – Fuel Cells \u2013 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<\/p>\n REFERENCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n