Solar and wind Energy
Get the full GTU study material, English & Gujarati textbook PDFs, syllabus curriculum, and solved previous year question papers.
English Book & Chapters
English Book Coming Soon
We are working hard to add this material. Stay tuned for updates!
Follow on Instagram for UpdatesGTU Previous Year Papers
Solar and wind Energy Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Solar and wind Energy (subject code 3170116) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 7 divides the course into 4 units, covering 54 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3170116)Unit 1 Scenario of Renewable Energy (RE) Sources
- Need of RE, advantages and limitations of RE, present energy scenario of conventional and RE sources
Unit 2 Solar Energy
- Energy available from the sun, spectral distribution
- solar radiation outside the earth’s atmosphere and at the earth’s surface
- solar radiation geometry
- Instruments for solar radiation measurements
- empirical equations for prediction of availability of solar radiation on horizontal
- radiation on and tilted surface
- Solar energy conversion into heat
- types and working of solar collectors
- evacuated and non- evacuated solar air heater
- concentrated collectors
- losses in liquid flat plate collector
- thermal analysis of liquid flat plate collector
- air heater and cylindrical parabolic concentrating collector
- solar energy thermal storage
- Solar space heating and cooling of buildings
- solar pumping
- solar cooker
- solar still
- solar drier
- solar refrigeration and air-conditioning
- solar pond
- solar furnace
- photovoltaic system for power generation
- solar cell modules and arrays
- solar cell types
- advantages and disadvantages
Unit 3 Wind Energy
- Energy available from wind
- basics of lift and drag
- basics of wind energy conversion system
- Betz limit theory
- effect of density
- angle of attack and wind speed
- wind mill rotors
- horizontal and vertical axes rotors
- torque and power coefficients
- tip speed ratio
- solidity of turbine
- wind turbine performance 7 Subject Code: 3170116 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 curves
- wind energy potential and site selection
- basics of wind farm
- Safety and environmental aspects
- wind energy potential and installation in India
Unit 4 Economic Analysis
- Initial and annual cost
- Basic definitions Fundamentals of economic analysis
- time value of money
- payback period
- present worth calculations
- repayment of loan in equal annual installments
- annual solar savings
- cumulative saving and life cycle cost analysis
- economic analysis of solar system
- clean development mechanism
Study on Android App:
