Renewable Energy Systems detail syllabus for various departments, 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17EE563), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other open elective-1 syllabus for vtu be 2017 scheme you can visit Open Elective-1 syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme Subjects. The detail syllabus for renewable energy systems is as follows.
Course Objectives:
- To discuss causes of energy scarcity and its solution, energy resources and availability ofrenewable energy.
- To explain sun – earth geometric relationship, Earth – Sun Angles and their Relationships
- To discuss about solar energy reaching the Earth’s surface and solar thermal energy applications.
- To discuss types of solar collectors, their configurations and their applications
- To explain the components of a solar cell system, equivalent circuit of a solar cell, its characteristics and applications.
- To discus benefits of hydrogen energy, production of hydrogen energy, storage its advantages and disadvantages.
- To discuss wind turbines, wind resources, site selection for wind turbine
- To discuss geothermal systems, their classification and geothermal based electric power generation
- To discuss waste recovery management systems, advantages and disadvantages
- To discuss biomass production, types of biomass gasifiers, properties of producer gas.
- To discuss biogas, its composition, production, benefits.
- To discuss tidal energy resources, energy availability, power generation.
- To explain motion in the sea wave, power associated with sea wave and energy availability and the devices for harnessing wave energy.
- To discuss principles of ocean thermal energy conversion and production ofelectricity
Module 1
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Module 2
Solar Thermal Energy Collectors: Types of Solar Collectors, Configurations of Certain Practical Solar Thermal Collectors, Material Aspects ofSolar Collectors, Concentrating Collectors, Parabolic Dish – Stirling Engine System, Working of Stirling or Brayton Heat Engine, Solar Collector Systems into Building Services, Solar Water Heating Systems, Passive Solar Water Heating Systems, Applications of Solar Water Heating Systems, Active Solar Space Cooling, Solar Air Heating, Solar Dryers, Crop Drying, Space Cooing, Solar Cookers, Solar pond. Solar Cells: Components of Solar Cell System, Elements of Silicon Solar Cell, Solar Cell materials, Practical Solar Cells, I – V Characteristics of Solar Cells, Efficiency of Solar Cells, Photovoltaic Panels, Applications of Solar Cell Systems.
Module 3
Hydrogen Energy: Benefits of Hydrogen Energy, Hydrogen Production Technologies, Hydrogen Energy Storage, Use of Hydrogen Energy, Advantages and Disadvantages of Hydrogen Energy, Problems Associated with Hydrogen Energy. Wind Energy: Windmills, Wind Turbines, Wind Resources, Wind Turbine Site Selection. Geothermal Energy: Geothermal Systems, Classifications, Geothermal Resource Utilization, Resource Exploration, Geothermal Based Electric Power Generation, Associated Problems, environmental Effects08
Solid waste and Agricultural Refuse: Waste is Wealth, Key Issues, Waste Recovery Management Scheme, Advantages and Disadvantages of Waste Recycling, Sources and Types of Waste, Recycling of Plastics.
Module 4
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Module 5
Sea Wave Energy:Introduction, Motion in the sea Waves, Power Associated with Sea Waves, Wave Energy Availability, Devices for Harnessing Wave Energy, Advantages and Disadvantages of Wave Power. Ocean Thermal Energy:Introduction,Principles of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plants, Basic Rankine Cycle and its Working, Closed Cycle, Open Cycle and Hybrid Cycle, Carnot Cycle, Application of OTEC in Addition to Produce Electricity, Advantages, Disadvantages and Benefits ofOTEC.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Discuss causes of energy scarcity and its solution, energy resources and availability of renewable energy.
- Discuss energy from sun, energy reaching the Earth’s surface and solar thermal energy applications.
- Discuss types of solar collectors, their configurations, solar cell system, its characteristics and their applications.
- Discus generation of energy from hydrogen, wind, geothermal system, solid waste and agriculturerefuse.
- Discuss production of energy from biomass, biogas.
- Discuss tidal energy resources, energy availability and power generation
- Discuss power generation sea wave energy and ocean thermal energy.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge,
- Problem Analysis,
- Modern tool usage,
- Ethics.
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full question is for 16 marks.
- There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions in one full question) from each module.
- Each full question with sub questions will cover the contents under a module.
Text Books:
- Nonconventional Energy Resources ShobhNath Singh Pearson 1st Edition, 2015
Reference Books:
- Nonconventional Energy Resources B.H. Khan McGraw Hill 3 rd Edition,
- Renewable Energy; Power for a sustainable Future Godfrey Boyle Oxford 3rd Edition, 2012
- Renewable Energy Sources: Their Impact on global Warming and Pollution TasneemAbbasi S.A. Abbasi PHI 1st Edition, 2011
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