Renewable Energy Sources
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Renewable Energy Sources Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Renewable Energy Sources (subject code 3173630) as prescribed for Chem. Tech. · Semester 7 divides the course into 4 units, covering 33 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 (3173630)Unit 1 Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources
- Energy sources (conventional & non-conventional)
- primary & secondary energy sources
- Renewable energy sources
- classification and their prospects
- Energy consumption
- world energy future
- energy needs for growing economy
- energy sector reforms
- energy conservation and its importance
Unit 2 Solar Energy
- Solar radiation and related terms
- measurement of solar radiation
- solar energy collectors- flate plate collector
- air collector
- concentrating collectors
- application and advantages of various collectors
- solar energy storage system (thermal
- solar pond
- application of solar energy
Unit 3 Wind Energy
- Basic principles
- power content in wind and utilization
- force on blades and turbines
- wind energy conversion system
- site selection
- basic components of wind energy conservation system (WECS)
- classification of WECS
- wind energy collectors
- applications of wind energy
Unit 4 Geothermal and Ocean Energy
- Geothermal field and resources
- hydrothermal resources
- liquid dominated systems
- applications of geothermal energy
- energy from tides
- components of 06 Subject Code: 3173630 w.e.f