Alternative Energy Utilization for Sustainable Process
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The official GTU curriculum for Alternative Energy Utilization for Sustainable Process (subject code ME03072031) as prescribed for CAPD · Semester 3 divides the course into 3 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 (ME03072031)Unit 1 Solar Energy
- Solar radiation
- flat plate collectors
- solar concentration
- thermal applications of solar energy
- photovoltaic technology and applications
- energy storage
Unit 2 Solar collector
- Solar cell and its function
- solar technologies
- solar cell parameters
- efficiency of solar cell
- solar PV module
- rating of solar PV module
- PV module parameters
- efficiency of PV module
- measuring module parameters
- connection of PV module in series and parallel
- estimation and measurement of PV module power
- selection of PV module
- Types of solar PV system
- design methodology for SPV system
- design of off grid solar power plant
- design and development of solar street light and solar lantern
Unit 3 Wind power
- Factors Affecting the Distribution of Wind Energy on the Surface of Earth
- Estimation of Wind Energy at a Site
- Application of wind power
- Types of wind mills and their characteristics
- Mechanics of wind mills
- Design of wind mills. 5 10 5
- Other Alternate Sources: Geothermal
- ocean thermal energy conversion
- Wave energy, MHD, environmental issues of energy services. 3 10 5
- Biogas: Conversion mechanism of biomass to biogas and its properties
- Classification of biogas plants
- Utilisation of biomass through biochemical and thermo-chemical routes
- Design of biogas systems
- Economics of biogas utilization
- Thermo-chemical conversion: Thermo-chemical methods such as torrefaction
- combustion and pyrolysis
- process stages
- process parameter impact and properties of product and technology involved
- Design consideration of torrefaction
- combustion and pyrolysis. 5 10 7
- Gasification: Theory
- process steps and types
- gasification process in reactor
- kinetics of gasification
- Models of gasification
- design aspects 5 10 8
- Green techniques for energy conservation: Introduction
- plasma technology
- other non-conventional energy sources and their applications. 5 10 10
- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology: Introduction to hydrogen energy
- various hydrogen production methods
- types of electrolyzer: proton-exchange membrane