MEC343:NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY RESOURCES

L:3
Course Outcomes:

T:0

P:0

Credits:3

Through this course students should be able to

Understand the definition, scope and limitation of energy, sustainability and their
measures

Estimate the advantage and disadvantage of biomass energy, geothermal energy and
Fuel cell technology

Identify energy conservation strategies

Design various energy systems made by utilizations of learnings of non conventional

energy resources

Unit I
Direct Solar energy systems : Solar energy supply, Technologies for converting
and capturing solar energy, Solar photovoltaic simple and hybrid system, Solar
radiation and its measurements, Types of solar thermal collectors - Flat and
concentrating collectors, solar thermal applications - Water heaters, dryers, stills,
refrigeration, air-conditioning, solar pond, central receiver power generation
Unit II
Wind Energy : Principle of wind blow, Design of windmills, Wind turbines sizes,
Energy Estimation - Site selection considerations, components of WECS - Advantages
and disadvantages of WECS - Design consideration wind mills, Aerofoil theory,
analysis of aerodynamic forces acting on the blade
Unit III
OCEAN ENERGY : Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Wave and tidal energy Availability, geographical distribution, Power generation using OTEC, Scope and
economics - Geothermal energy, availability., power plants - Small, mini and micro
hydro power plants
Unit IV
Biomass and bio-gas production process : Gasifiers - up draft, downdraft and
fluidized bed gasifiers, Bio mass conversion techniques, Power generation from liquid
waste, Aerobic and anaerobic bio conversion process for bio-gas production, Raw
materials and producer gas, Bio-mass, sources of biomass, Fermentation, pyrolysis,
gasification and combustion, Biogas, calorific value - Power generation, biogas plant
design and operation, Thermo-chemical conversion of biomass, Energy balance,
conversion to solid, liquid, and gaseous fuel, Digesters - Fixed and floating digester
biogas plants, economics of biomass power generation.
Unit V
Geothermal Energy : Introduction and history, Present utilization, Energy
extraction, Geothermal fields, Limitation of Geothermal Energy, Future Scope
Unit VI
Energy Conversion Systems : Basic principle of thermo-electric and thermo-ionic
power generations, Fuel cell principle, types, conversion efficiency, applications,
Magneto hydrodynamic power generation, Hydrogen energy - Production, storage,
transportation
Text Books:
1. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY RESOURCES by B H KHAN, MCGRAW HILL
EDUCATION
References:
1. RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY by KOTHARI
DP, PRENTICE HALL
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References:
2. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES by GD RAI, KHANNA PUBLISHERS

3. SOLAR ENERGY by DR. SP SUKHATME, MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION

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