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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
HYDERABAD
IV. B.Tech. MMT I-Sem T P C
4+1* 0 4
NON CONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF ENERGY
(ELECTIVE-I)
UNIT – I
PRINCIPLES OF SOLAR RADIATION: Role and potential of new and renewable source, the solar energy option, Environmental impact of solar power - Physics of the sun, the solar constant, extraterrestrial and terrestrial solar radiation, Solar radiation on tilted surface, Instruments for measuring solar radiation and sun shine, solar radiation data.
UNIT – II
SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION: Flat plate and concentrating collectors, classification of concentrating collectors, orientation and thermal analysis, advanced collectors.
UNIT - III
SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE AND APPLICATIONS: Different methods, sensible, latent heat and stratified storage, solar ponds. Solar applications - solar heating/ cooling techniques, solar distillation and drying, Photovoltaic energy conversion.
UNIT – IV
WIND ENERGY: Sources and potentials, horizontal and vertical axis windmills, performance characteristics, Betz criteria
UNIT - V
BIO-MASS: Principles of Bio-Conversion, Anaerobic /aerobic digestion, types of Bio-gas digesters, gas yield, combustion characteristics of bio-gas, utilization for cooking, I.C. Engine operation, and economic aspects.
UNIT – VI
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: Resources, types of wells, methods of harnessing the energy potential in India.
UNIT - VII
OCEAN ENERGY – OTEC: Principles, utilization, setting of OTEC plants, thermodynamic cycles. Tidal and Wave energy: Potential and conversion techniques, mini-hydel power plants, their economics.
UNIT – VIII
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION: Need for DEC, Carnot cycle, limitations, Principles of DEC. Thermo-electric generators, Seebeck, Peltier and Joule Thompson effects, figure of merit, materials, applications, MHD generators, principles, dissociation and ionization, hall effect, magnetic flux, MHD accelerator,
MHD engine, power generation systems, electron gas dynamic conversion, economic aspects. Fuel cells, principle, faraday’s laws, thermodynamic aspects, selection of fuels and operating conditions.
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| Author: India 22 Dec 2007 | Member Level: Diamond Points : 5 |
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Renewable Energy Resources / Tiwari and Ghosal / Narosa
2. Non- conventional Energy Sources / G.D. Rai
REFERENCES:
1. Renewable Energy Sources / Twidell & Weir
2. Solar Energy / Sukhatme
3. Solar Power Engineering / B.S. Magal Frank Kreith & J.F. Kreith
4. Principles of Solar Energy / Frank Krieth & John F Kreider
5. Non-Conventional Energy / Ashok V Desai / Wiley Eastern
6. Non-Conventional Energy Systems / K Mittal / Wheeler
7. Renewable Energy Technologies / Ramesh & Kumar / Narosa
8. Energy Technology – S Rao and B B Parulakar
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