Renewable Energy Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Renewable Energy Engineering (subject code 2712109) as prescribed for M(E · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 39 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 (2712109)Unit 1 Commercial Energy Scenario
- Review of energy sources
- present energy consumption/utilization pattern –sector-wise in India
- environmental impact of fossil fuels
- growth of energy sector and its planning in India
Unit 2 Solar Energy
- Solar radiation at the earth’s surface
- solar radiation measurements
- estimation of average solar radiation
- solar thermal flat plate collectors
- concentrating collectors
- solar thermal applications
- cooking, etc, principle of photovoltaic conversion of solar energy
- types of solar cells
- photovoltaic applications
Unit 3 Wind Energy
- Power in the wind
- Betz limit
- site selection
- wind energy conversion devices
- offshore wind energy
- Hybrid systems
- safety and environmental aspects
- wind energy potential and installation in India
Unit 4 Bio-Energy
- Biomass resources and their classification
- biomass conversion processes
- thermo chemical conversion
- biomass gasification
- pyrolysis and liquefaction
- biochemical conversion
- anaerobic digestion
- alcohol production from biomass
- bio diesel production
- urban waste to energy conversion
- biomass energy programs in India
Unit 5 Other Types of Renewable Energy
- Principle of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
- ocean thermal power plants
- ocean wave energy conversion
- tidal energy conversion
- geothermal energy
- geothermal power plants
- hydrogen & fuel cell - sources of energy
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