B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering · Semester 4

Renewable Energy Sources

REE4.7 Renewable Energy Engineering

Syllabus lecture plan

1. 01Different sources of renewable energy- concepts and limitations of Lectures different renewable energy sources (RES) as solar
2. 03Criteria for assessing the potential of RES
3. 05Solar energy- energy available from sun, solar radiation data, solar 2 energy conversion into heat through flat plate and concentrating collectors, different solar thermal devices
4. 06Principle of natural and forced convection solar drying system
5. 07Solar photo voltaics- basics and applications, p-n junctions; Solar cells
6. 08Calculation of energy through photovoltaic power generation and 2 cost economics
7. 09Wind energy- energy availability, general formula, lift and drag
8. 10Basics of wind energy conversion, effect of density, frequency 2 variances, angle of attack, wind speed, types of windmill rotors
9. 12Working principle of wind power plant; Wind farms, aero-generators, 2 wind power generation system
10. 13Biogas- basics of anaerobic digestion, types and constructional details of 2 biogas plants, biogas generation and its properties
11. 15Generation of power from biogas; Design & use of different 2 commercial biogas plants Power generation from urban, municipal and industrial waste
12. 16Ocean thermal and electric power generation, wave and tidal power
13. 17Power generation from biomass (gasification & Dendro- thermal);Mini 2 and micro hydel plants; Fuel cells and its associated parameters

Part of the B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering curriculum (ICAR recommendations). Upload or find notes, previous-year papers and quick-revision reels for each lecture on theciae.