Energy Sources & their Environmental Impact
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The official GTU curriculum for Energy Sources & their Environmental Impact (subject code 2741702) as prescribed for EE · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 25 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 (2741702)Unit 1 The Energy environment Problem
- The nature of problem
- contribution factors
- Depletion of resources need for conservation
- national & intensive issues
Unit 2 Energy sources
- The fossil fuels: petroleum fuels
- synthetic petroleum products
- Geographical energy sources: Hydroelectricity Geothermal Power :Geothermal resources and problems Wind power : Wind power potential and its impact Solar power: solar radiation
- its physics solar cell
- solar heater solar power transmission tower
- Power farm
- solar sea power
- domestic application of solar energy, and environment impact Nuclear Power: fission
- classification of reactor
- reactor control reactor safety
- nuclear fuel cycles
- thermonuclear fusion
- Environment Radiation: Radiation units
- Radiation effects
- radiation standards
Unit 3 Waste Heat Management
- Thermal effects on water quality and aquatic life
- The dispersion of heat : cooling towers
- Minimizing waste heat
Unit 4 Environment degradation
- Global Heat Balance Natural energy sources 7 Sinks Mankind’s effect
Unit 5 Local Climatic effects
- a) Primary air pollution: Total suspended particles
- oxides of sulfur