UNIT 1:
agro industrial applications - liquid flat plate collectors - their performance.
Solar driers – types – heat transfer
Solar radiation availability -
flat plate collectors - heat transfer correlations - collector efficiency
performance of solar dryers
Transmittance - absorptance – flat plate collectors
UNIT 2:
Photovoltaics - types – characteristics
Optically concentrating collectors – types – reflectors
solar thermal power stations
Photovoltaics - types – characteristics
solar technologies in green buildings.
solar pond - performance – characteristics – applications
UNIT 3:
Aero foil - tip speed ratio - torque and power characteristics
Nature of wind – wind structure and measurement
Nature of wind – wind structure and measurement
Wind power laws - velocity and power duration curves
Aero foil - tip speed ratio - torque and power characteristics
UNIT 4:
Wind mill – classification– power curve.
Standalone system - grid system – batteries
Upwind and downwind systems
Wind energy storage - wind farms
Wheeling and banking - testing and certification procedures
UNIT 5:
OTEC principles-open and closed cycles.
Geothermal energy – resources – classification and types of geothermal power plants
Nuclear energy – reactions – fusion fission hybrid
Nuclear energy – reactions – fusion fission hybrid
Fuel cell – principle and operation – classification and types
