Unit 1 An Introduction to Energy Sources

2 lecture hours

• Energy sources (conventional & non-conventional)
• renewable energy resources
• primary & secondary energy sources
• energy chain
• energy demand
• national energy strategy & plan
• energy management
• energy audit & conservation

Unit 2 Definitions, Units & Measures

3 lecture hours

• Proximate & ultimate analysis
• calorific values
• rank of coal
• coking & caking
• basis for reporting results of analysis
• units & conversion factors

Unit 3 Solid Fuels

3 lecture hours

• Wood & charcoal
• sub-bituminous & bituminous coals
• semianthracite and anthracite coals
• cannel & boghead coal
• origin of coal
• composition of coal
• analysis & properties of coal

Unit 4 Processing of Solid Fuels

4 lecture hours

• Coal preparation
• washability curve
• dry & wet washing methods of coal
• washer efficiency
• gasification & liquefaction of solid fuels

Unit 5 Solar Energy

4 lecture hours

• Solar radiation & related terms
• measurement of solar radiation
• solar energy collectors – flat plate collector
• air collector
• collectors with porous absorbers
• concentrating collectors
• applications & advantages of various collectors
• selective absorber coatings
• solar energy storage systems (thermal
• chemical & mechanical)
• solar pond
• applications of solar energy

Unit 6 Wind Energy

4 lecture hours

• Basic principles
• power in wind
• force on blades & turbines
• wind energy conversion
• site selection
• basic components of wind energy conversion systems (WECS)
• classification of WECS
• wind energy collectors
• applications of wind energy

Unit 7 Energy from Biomass

5 lecture hours

• energy plantation
• biomass conversion technologies
• biogas generation
• factors affecting biogas generation
• classification of biogas plants & their comparisons
• types of biogas plants
• biogas from plant wastes
• community plants & site selection
• digester design considerations
• design calculations
• methods of maintaining & starting biogas plants
• properties & utilisation of biogas
• thermal gasification of biomass
• alternative liquid fuels

Unit 8 Geothermal Energy

5 lecture hours

• Geothermal resources
• hydrothermal resources
• liquid dominated systems
• geopressured resources
• petrothermal systems
• magma resources
• energy conservation & comparison with other resources
• applications of geothermal energy

Unit 9 Energy from Oceans

4 lecture hours

• methods (open cycle & close cycle) energy from tides
• components of tidal power plants
• methods of utilization of tidal energy
• ocean waves
• wave energy conversion devices

Unit 10 Fuel Cell

5 lecture hours

• hydrogen – oxygen fuel cell
• ion exchange membrane cell
• fossil fuel cell
• molten carbonate cell
• advantages & disadvantages
• conversion efficiency
• type of electrodes
• applications of fuel cells

Unit 11 Hydrogen & Methanol

• Properties of Hydrogen
• production and application of 05 9 hydrogen
• thermochemical methods
• fossil fuel methods
• solar methods
• storage & transportation
• safety & management

Unit 12 Magneto Hydro-Dynamic (MHD) Power Generation

5 lecture hours

• MHD system
• open cycle system
• closed cycle system
• design problems & developments
• materials for MHD generators
• magnetic field & super conductivity

Unit 13 Nuclear Energy

5 lecture hours

• fuel for nuclear fission reactor (exploration
• fuel fabrication
• fuel use, reprocessing
• waste disposal)
• Nuclear fuel cycle
• storage & transportation
• uranium enrichment process
• nuclear reactor power plant
• fast breeder reactor
• boiling water reactor
• pressurised heavy & light water reactor
• Nuclear waste management