Course

Module-1

Renewable energy sources in India-potential sites, availability.
Solar Energy : measurement and collection, flat plate collectors, concentrating collectors, solar ponds, photovoltaic conversion, Thermal energy storage, Potential and scope of solar cooling, Types of solar cooling systems.
Ocean Energy: Principles of OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) – wave energy, tidal energy, energy conversion systems.

Module-2

Wind Energy: Principle, potential and status; Wind characteristics; Measurement of wind speed, Wind direction; National Wind Atlas; Theory of wind turbine blades; types of wind turbines and their characteristics.
Bio-fuels: Sources and potential, properties and characterization; Biogas generation through aerobic and anaerobic digestion, bio-diesel and ethanol production and utilization. Thermo-chemical methods of biofuel utilization: Combustion and gasification; utilization of producer gas for thermal and electricity generation.

Module-3

Geo-thermal Energy- nature, types and utilization.
Recent trends in renewable energy- Flow Induced Vibration as a source of energy, Hydrogen energy.
Applications : Applications of renewable energy sources-typical examples. Energy audit.

• CO1: Explain the technical functioning and principles of various techniques for the utilization and conversion of renewable energy
• CO2: Mathematically illustrate and model renewable energy processes and perform calculations for different technical solutions
• CO3: Identify different challenges in implementation of different renewable energy systems.
• CO4: Identify the scope of further research in each renewable energy technology.

• Boyle & Godfrey, Renewable Energy: Power for a sustainable future, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, New York,2012.
• John Twidell & Tony Weir, Renewable Energy Resources,3rd Edition, Taylor and Francis,2015
• Aldo V Rosa, Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, 2nd Edition, ElsevierInc, USA,2009.
• Craddock, D., Renewable Energy Made Easy : Free Energy from Solar, Wind, Hydropower and other alternative energy sources, Atlantic Publishing GroupInc., 2008.
• Wengenmayr,R.,Buhrke,T., Renewable Energy : Sustainable Energy Concepts for the future, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH &Co, Germany, 2008.