Solar and Wind Energy detail syllabus for Electrical Engineering (EEE), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17EE654), 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 eee 6th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit EEE 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-2 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-2. The detail syllabus for solar and wind energy is as follows.
Course Objectives:
- To discuss the importance of energy in human life, relationship among economy and environment with energy use.
- To discuss the increasing role of renewable energy, energy management, energy audit, energy efficiency, energyintensity.
- To discuss energy consumption status in India, energy saving potential and energy conservation efforts in India.
- To explain the concept of energy storage and the principles of energy storage devices.
- To discuss the characteristics and distribution of solar radiation, measurement of components of solar radiation and analysis of collected solar radiation data.
- To explain availability of solar radiation at a location and the effect of tilting the surface of collector with respect to horizontal surface.
- To describe the process of harnessing solar energy in the form of heat and working of solar collectors.
- To discuss applications of solar energy including heating and cooling.
- To discuss the operation of solar cell and the environmental effects on electrical characteristics of solar cell
- To discuss sizing and design of typical solar PV systems and their applications.
- To discuss basic Principles of Wind Energy Conversion and to compute the power available in the wind.
- To discuss forces on the Blades, Wind Energy Conversion, collection of Wind Data, energy estimation and site selection.
- To discuss classification of WEC Systems, its advantages and disadvantages of WECS, and Types of Wind Machines (Wind Energy Collectors).
- To evaluate the performance of Wind-machines, Generating Systems
Module 1
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Module 2
Solar Energy-Basic Concepts (continued): Measurement of Solar Radiation, Solar Radiation Data, Solar Time, Solar Radiation Geometry, Solar Day Length, Extraterrestrial Radiation on Horizontal Surface, Empirical Equations for Estimating Terrestrial Solar Radiation on Horizontal Surface, Solar Radiation on Inclined Plane Surface. Solar Thermal Systems: Introduction, Solar Collectors, Solar Water Heater, Solar Passive Space Heating and Cooling Systems, Solar Industrial Heating Systems, Solar Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems, Solar Cookers. H 08
Module 3
Teaching Hours
Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Introduction, Solar Cell Fundamentals, Solar Cell Characteristics, Solar Cell Classification, Solar Cell Technologies, Solar Cell, Module, and Array Construction, Maximizing the Solar PV Output and Load Matching. Maximum Power Point Tracker. Balance of System Components, Solar PV Systems, Solar PV Applications.
Module 4
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Module 5
Basic Components of a Wind Energy Conversion(WEC) System: Classification of WEC systems, Advantages and Disadvantages of WECS, Types of Wind Machines (Wind Energy Collectors), Analysis of Aerodynamic Forces Acting on the Blade, Performance of Wind- machines, Generating Systems, Energy Storage, Applications of Wind Energy, Environmental Aspects.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of energy in human life, relationship among economy and environment with energy use and the increasing role ofrenewableenergy.
- Explain the concept of energy storage and the principles of energy storage devices.
- To discuss solar radiation on horizontal and tilted surface, its characteristics, measurement andanalysis of radiation data.
- Describe the process of harnessing solar energy and its applications in heating and cooling.
- Discuss fabrication, operation of solar cell, electrical characteristics, sizing and design of solar PV systems and their applications.
- Explain basic Principles of Wind Energy Conversion, collection of wind data, energy estimation and site selection.
- Discuss the performance of Wind-machines, energy storage, applications of Wind Energyand environmental aspects.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge,
- Design/ Development of Solutions,
- The Engineer and Society,
- Environment and Sustainability,
- Ethics,
- Project Management and Finance
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.
- Students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from eachmodule.
Text Books:
- Non-Conventional Energy Resources B. H. Khan McGraw Hill 2nd Edition 2017
- Non-Conventional Sources of Energy Rai, G. D Khanna Publishers 4th Edition, 2009
Reference Books:
- Non-Conventional Energy Resources ShobhNath Singh Pearson 1st Edition, 2015
- Solar Energy – Principles of Thermal Collections and Storage S.P. Sukhatme J.K.Nayak McGraw Hill 3rd Edition, 2008
- Wind Turbine Technology Ahmad Hemami Cengage 1st Edition, 2012
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Eee, 2017 regulation do visit Eee 6th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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