Renewable Energy Technology detailed Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (ME), I – scheme has been taken from the MSBTE official website and presented for the diploma students. For Subject Code, Subject Name, Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, Theory (Max & Min) Marks, Practical (Max & Min) Marks, Total Marks, and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For all the other Mechanical Engineering ME syllabus for 6th Sem, do visit Diploma in Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem I – Scheme. For all the Mechanical Engineering Elective-I subjects refer to Mechanical Engineering Elective-I Scheme. The detail syllabus for renewable energy technology is as follows.
Rationale:
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Competency:
The aim of this course is to help the student to attain the following industry identified competency through various teaching learning experiences:
- Install and maintain the mechanical equipments and systems used in renewable energy systems.
Course Outcomes:
The theory, practical experiences and relevant soft skills associated with this course are to be taught and implemented, so that the student demonstrates the following industry oriented COs associated with the above mentioned competency:
- Maintain solar thermal systems.
- Maintain solar PV systems.
- Operate wind energy systems.
- Operate micro & pico hydro power systems.
- Maintain biogas plants.
- Prepare project feasibility report for installation of renewable energy systems.
Suggested Exercises:
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Instruments Required:
The major equipment with broad specification mentioned here will usher in uniformity in conduct of experiments, as well as aid to procure equipment by authorities concerned.
Equipment Name with Broad Specifications
Unit 1
Solar Thermal Systems
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain.
- Classify solar thermal systems.
- Identify various components in solar thermal systems.
- Select solar thermal system for a given application with justification.
- Select solar dryer system for a given application.
- Describe maintainanace procedure.
Topics and Sub-topics
- Classification of solar thermal systems
- Solar thermal systems used for low temperature applications – Flat plate collectors with various types of tubes – Domestic-Water heating sytems – Commercial-Heating systems used for process heating -Installation- standard procedure, precautions, Plumbing – piping, Valves -Maintenance – Routine maintainace-importance, procedure -Failure maintenance – Major causes, remedies
- Solar thermal systems used for high temperature applications and for power generation -Concentrators used for steam generation -Power generation systems
- Solar dryers – Classification, construction, working and applications – commercial, agro-products, domestic
- Choice of a system for a given Application-technical and financial criteras used for selection
Unit 2
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Unit 3
Wind Energy Systems
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain.
- Classify wind energy systems.
- Identify various components in wind energy systems.
Topics and Sub-topics
- Types of wind energy systems – large & small, commercial & domestic, grid connected & stand-alone
- Classification of wind turbines -horizontal axis & vertical axis, types of blades & vanes
- Generators used in wind energy systems- types, ratings, installation & maintenance procedure
- Grid connectivity -methods, agencies involved, schemes, commercial terms & conditions, documentation
Unit 4
Micro and Pico Hydro power systems
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain.
- Classify micro & pico hydro power systems.
- Identify various components in Micro & Pico hydro power systems.
- Select MPHP systems for a given situation with justification.
- Describe maintainace procedures.
Topics and Sub-topics
- Classification of micro & pico hydro power systems (MPHP systems)
- Layout & equipments used in MPHP systems
- Installation-procedure, precautions
- Operating procedures
- Maintenance –Routine maintainace-importance, procedure -Failure maintenance – Major causes, remedies
Unit 5
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Unit 6
Hybrid Systems and Feasibility Studies
Unit Outcomes (UOs) (in cognitive domain.
- Prepare layouts of hybrid systems.
- Prepare feasibility report for replacement of fossil fuel systems
Topics and Sub-topics
- Recent trends – hybrid systems
- Choice of systems -technical and commercial feasibility assessment, costing
Note: To attain the COs and competency, above listed UOs need to be undertaken to achieve the Application Level’ and above of Bloom’s Cognitive Domain Taxonomy’
Note:
Legends: R=Remember, U=Understand, A=Apply and above (Bloom’s Revised taxonomy)
Note: This specification table provides general guidelines to assist student for their learning and to teachers to teach and assess students with respect to attainment of UOs. The actual distribution of marks at different taxonomy levels (of R, U and A) in the question paper may vary from above table.
Suggested Student Activities:
Other than the classroom and laboratory learning, following are the suggested student-related co-curricular activities which are to be undertaken to accelerate the attainment of the various outcomes in this course: Students should conduct following activities in group and prepare reports of about 5 pages for each activity, also collect/record physical evidences for their (student’s) portfolio which will be useful for their placement interviews:
Field visits are to be arranged to demonstrate actual operation / working of following (at least five)
- Flat plate collector used for domestic water heating application.
- Flat plate collector used for process heating in commercial / industrial organization.
- Stand-alone solar photovoltaic lighting plant
- Grid connected solar photovoltaic plant
- Grid connected wind mill plant.
- Hybrid plants
- Bio-gas plants (domestic or commercial)
- Smokeless chulhas
Suggested Special Instructional Strategies:
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Suggested Micro-Projects
Only one micro-project is planned to be undertaken by a student that needs to be assigned to him/her in the beginning of the semester. In the first four semesters, the microproject are group-based. However, in the fifth and sixth semesters, it should be preferably be individually undertaken to build up the skill and confidence in every student to become problem solver so that s/he contributes to the projects of the industry. In special situations where groups have to be formed for micro-projects, the number of students in the group should not exceed three.
The micro-project could be industry application based, internet-based, workshopbased, laboratory-based or field-based. Each micro-project should encompass two or more COs which are in fact, an integration of PrOs, UOs and ADOs. Each student will have to maintain dated work diary consisting of individual contribution in the project work and give a seminar presentation of it before submission. The total duration of the micro-project should not be less than 16 (sixteen) student engagement hours during the course. The student ought to submit micro-project by the end of the semester to develop the industry oriented COs.
A suggestive list of micro-projects are given here. Similar micro-projects could be added by the concerned faculty:
Prepare a feasibility report and present it (Group of max 3 students) for employing renewable energy system for any given situation where fossil fuels are used. Following guidelines may be followed.
- Various distinctly different industrial or household situations should be visited by the group.
- Annual requirement of total energy for the situation (visited by the respective group) should be estimated using a survey & questionnaire technique.
- Appropriate choice of renewable energy technology should be made based on the availability of local resources.
- The budget required for the installation of the renewable energy system should be estimated by using prevalent market prices of various components and installation costs.
- The feasibility report should be prepared using various financial parameters such as Return on Investment (ROI) & payback period.
Suggested Learning Resources:
- Solar Photovoltaic: A Lab Training Module Solanki, Chetan Singh, Arora, Brij M., Vasi Juzer, Patil, Mahesh B. Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2009 ISBN 9382264590, 9789382264590
- Solar Photovoltaic: Fundamentals, Technologies and Application Solanki, Chetan Singh PHI Learning, New Delhi, 2009 ISBN 8120351118, 9788120351110
- Solar Energy S.P. Sukhatme, J.K.Nayak. Tata McGraw, New Delhi, 2010. ISBN 1259081966, 9781259081965
- Introduction to Photovoltaics John R. Balfour, Michael L. Shaw, Sharlave Jarosek Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Burlington, 2011 ISBN-10: 1449624731 ISBN-13: 978-1449624736
- Concentrator Photovoltaic Luque A. L. and Andreev V.M Springer, 2007 ISBN 978-3-540-68796-2
- Solar Cells and Their Applications Partain L.D., Fraas L.M. Wiley, 2nd Ed., New Delhi, 2010 ISBN-978-0-470-44633-1
- Concentrating Solar Power Technology K Lovegrove, W Stein Woodhead Publishing 2012 ISBN:9781845697693
- Wind Power in Power Systems Thomas Ackermann Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd Revised edition edition (20 April 2012) ISBN-10: 0470974168 ISBN-13: 978-0470974162
- Wind Power: Practical Aspects Shambhu Ratan Awasthi Teri press ISBN:9789386530028
- Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Systems D. Mukherjee New Age International Private Limited; First edition (1 January 2004) ISBN-10: 8122415407 ISBN-13: 978-8122415407
- Renewable Energy Sources and Emerging Technologies D.P.Kothari K.C.Singal ISBN-10: 8120344707 ISBN-13: 978-8120344709 Prentice Hall India Learning Private Limited; 2 edition (2011)
- Solar Energy : Fundamentals and Applications H Garg & J Prakash McGraw Hill Education; 1 edition (1 July 2017) ISBN-10: 0074636316 ISBN-13: 978-0074636312
- Solar Energy: Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage S. Sukhatme, J Nayak McGraw Hill Education; 3 edition (17 June 2008) ISBN-10: 0070260648 ISBN-13: 978-0070260641
- Non-Conventional Energy Resources B H Khan Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2006 ISBN 1259081397, 9781259081392
- Introduction to Bioenergy Vaughn C. Nelson, Kenneth L. Starcher CRC press ISBN 9781498716987
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Course Curriculum Development Committee
MSBTE Resource Persons
- Dr. N. G. Kulkarni HoD (Mechanical Engg.. Government Polytechnic, Amravati 9422401728 ngkulkarni68 @gmail.com
- Mr. N S Salunke. Lecturer (Selection grade. Sou Venutai Chavan Polytechnic, Pune 9373544580 sniranjan@sin hagad.edu
NITTTR Bhopal Resource Persons
- Dr. Sharad K. Pradhan, Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering 09300802353 spradhan@nitttr bpl.ac.in
For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of Mechanical Engineering, 6th Sem, scheme I -, visit Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem Syllabus for I – Scheme.
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