Solar Energy Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Solar Energy Engineering (subject code ME01083021) as prescribed for MEE · Semester 1 divides the course into 6 units, covering 49 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 (ME01083021)Unit 1 Solar Radiation
- Source of radiation
- solar radiation geometry
- solar radiation measuring instruments
- solar constant
- solar radiation on tilted surface
- solar charts Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Engineering) Course / Subject Code : ME01083021 Course / Subject Name : Solar Energy Engineering
Unit 2 Solar Concentrating Collectors
- Optical and thermal analysis of compound parabolic collectors
- optical and thermal analysis of parabolic through collectors
- second law analysis
- minimum entropy generation rate
- optimum collector temperature
- non-isothermal collector
- solar non-concentrating collectors
- design considerations
Unit 3 Performance of Solar Collectors
- Collector thermal efficiency
- collector energy losses
- collector incident angle modifier
- concentrating collector acceptance angle
- collector time constant
- dynamic system test method
- collector test results and preliminary collector selection
- quality test methods
- analysis of concentric tube collector
Unit 4 Solar Thermal Applications
- Selection criteria of storage materials for heating and cooling applications
- selection of heat transfer fluid for heating and cooling applications
- active and passive solar water heating system
- solar space heating
- solar cooling with absorption and adsorption refrigeration
- solar desalination systems
- solar powered absorption air conditioning system
- solar irrigation system
- solar chimney
- solar still
Unit 5 Solar Thermal Power System
- Parabolic through collector system
- power tower system
- dish systems
- thermal analysis of solar thermal power plants
- solar ponds
- f-chart and utilizability methods
Unit 6 Solar Economic Analysis
- Life cycle analysis
- time value of money
- description of the life cycle analysis method
- the P1, P2 method
- uncertainties in economic analysis
- construction concepts
- energy storage -sensible
- latent heat and thermo-chemical storage - pebble bed etc
- Materials for phase change - Glauber’s salt - organic compounds
- solar ponds
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