Alternate Fuels and Energy
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The official GTU curriculum for Alternate Fuels and Energy (subject code ME01000471) as prescribed for MEAA · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 31 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 (ME01000471)Unit 1 Conventional and Alternate Fuels
- Conventional Fuels: Estimation
- advantages, and disadvantages. 11 25 Program Name: Engineering Level: PG Branch: Mechanical (I.C.Engine & Automobile Engineering) Course / Subject Code : ME01000471 Course / Subject Name : Alternate Fuels and Energy Alternate Fuels: Need
- availability, and comparative properties
- Types of Alternate Fuels: Alcohols, LPG, Hydrogen, CNG, LNG, Vegetable oils
- Merits and Demerits: Comparative analysis of various alternate fuels
Unit 2 Alcohol as a Fuel
- Manufacture of Alcohols: Production processes
- Properties as Engine Fuels: Alcohol and gasoline blends in S.I. engines
- Performance Analysis: Methanol and gasoline blends
- impact of compression ratio
- stratified charge engines
- Combustion Characteristics: Alcohol use in CI engines
- ignition accelerators
- diesel emulsions
- dual fuel systems
Unit 3 Vegetable Oils, Biogas, and Other Fuels
- Vegetable Oils: Esterification
- engine performance
- Biogas: Performance and emission characteristics
- Other Fuels: Shale oil, coal liquid
- tars—performance and emission analysis
Unit 4 Gaseous Fuels
- CNG &LPG: Availability of CNG
- Modification required to use in Engines
- Performance and Emission characteristics of CNG, LPG in SI and CI Engines
- Performance and Emission data for LPG
- Hydrogen: Production methods
- Storage and handling
- Safety aspects
Unit 5 Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
- Electric Vehicles: Layout
- specifications, and components
- Hybrid Vehicles: Electronic control systems
- high-energy batteries
- Solar and Hydrogen Energy Vehicles: Latest developments and applications
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