Energy Efficient Buildings
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The official GTU curriculum for Energy Efficient Buildings (subject code 1723909) as prescribed for M(E · Semester 2 divides the course into 7 units, covering 69 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 (1723909)Unit 1 Wind Energy Fundamentals
- Wind Energy Basics
- Wind Speeds and scales
- Wind Mechanics
- Power Content
- Class of wind turbines
- Atmospheric Boundary Layers
Unit 2 Wind Measurements, Analysis and Energy Estimates
- Instrumentation for wind measurements
- Wind data analysis
- Wind resource estimation
- Betz’s Limit
- Turbulence Analysis
Unit 3 Aerodynamics Theory
- Airfoil terminology
- Blade element theory
- Blade design
- Rotor performance and dynamics
- Balancing technique (Rotor & Blade)
- Types of loads
- Sources of loads
Unit 4 Wind Turbines Technology & Components of MW series WTGs. • Wind turbines types
- Vertical Axis Type
- Horizontal Axis
- Constant Speed Constant Frequency
- Variable speed Variable Frequency
- Up Wind
- Down Wind
- Stall Control
- Pitch Control
- Gear Coupled Generator type
- Direct Generator Drive /PMG/Rotor Excited Sync Generator. • Wind Turbine Technology & Components of WTG Gear Coupled Generator Type [Const
- Speed] Direct Coupled Generator Type [Variable Speed Variable Frequency]: Multipole Synchronous / PMG Generators. • Gear Coupled Generator Wind Turbine Components and their construction Electronics Sensors /Encoder /Resolvers
- Wind Measurement : Anemometer & Wind Vane
- Grid Synchronization System
- Soft Starter
- Switchgear [ACB/VCB]
- Cables and assembly
- Compensation Panel
- Programmable Logic Control, UPS, Yaw & Pitch System : AC Drives
- Safety Chain Circuits
- Generator Rotor Resistor controller (Flexi Slip)
- Differential Protection Relay for Generator
- Battery/Super Capacitor Charger & Batteries/ Super Capacitor for Pitch System
- Transient Suppressor / Lightning Arrestors
- Oscillation & Vibration sensing. • Direct Rotor Coupled Generator ( Multipole ) [Variable Speed
- Variable Freq.] • Excited Rotor Synch
- Generator / PMG Generator
- Control Rectifier
- Capacitor Banks
- Step Up / Boost Converter ( DC-DC Step Up)
- Grid Tied Inverter
- Power Management
- Grid Monitoring Unit (Voltage and Current)
- Safety Chain Circuits Doubly Fed Induction Generator and Power Control
Unit 5 Modern Wind Turbine Control & Monitoring System
- Details of Pitch System & Control Algorithms
- Protections used & Safety Consideration in Wind turbines
- Wind Turbine Monitoring with Error codes
- SCADA & Databases: Remote Monitoring and Generation Reports
- Operation & Maintenance for Product Life Cycle
- Balancing technique (Rotor & Blade)
- FACTS control & LVRT & New trends for new Grid Codes
Unit 6 Concept of Wind Farms and project cycle
- Project planning
- Site selection
- Project execution
- Operation and maintenance Environmental concerns: Pollution free power
- Radio waves interference
Unit 7 Cost Economics
- Wind resource assessment and R & D costs
- Fixed and variable costs
- Value of wind energy
- Life cycle costing and cash flow of wind power projects
- Wind project owners / developers
- Wind energy market
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