Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Course Code MEC343 Course Category Course Title NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY RESOURCES Courses with conceptual focus Course Planner 14851::Arjun Chopra Lectures 2.0 Tutorials Practicals Credits 0.0 0.0 2.0

TextBooks Sr No T-1 Title Non-conventional energy resources Reference Books Sr No R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 Title Renewable energy sources and conservation technology Renewable energy resources and emerging technology Non-conventional energy sources Solar energy Author NK Bansal, Manfred Kleemann Kothari DP GD Rai Dr. SP Sukhatme Edition 1st 2nd 4th 3rd Year 1990 2008 2009 2008 Publisher Name Tata McGraw Hill PHI Learning Pvt Ltd, New Delhi khanna publisher. Tata McGraw Hill Author B H Khan Edition 2nd Year 2009 Publisher Name Tata McGraw Hill

Relevant Websites Sr No RW-1 RW-2 (Web address) (only if relevant to the course) http://energy.gov/science-innovation/energy-sources/renewable-energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy Salient Features Advancements in Renewable energy resources Renewable Energy Resources and their origin and uses

Audio Visual Aids Sr No AV-1 AV-2 AV-3 AV-4 AV-5 AV-6 (AV aids) (only if relevant to the course) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UwSazq8GTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyofhLYYVC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gta2ICarDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UafRz3QeO8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mon06rujCOM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcStpg3i5V8 Salient Features Hydrogen Fuel Cell Wood gas Producer gas Solar Photovoltic cell Working of a Biogas Plant Working of a fuel cell Ocean Energy

LTP week distribution: (LTP Weeks) Weeks before MTE Weeks After MTE 7 7

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Detailed Plan For Lectures

Week Number Lecture Number Broad Topic(Sub Topic) Chapters/Sections of Text/reference books Other Readings, Lecture Description Relevant Websites, Audio Visual Aids, software and Virtual Labs Introduction, The sun, The earth, Sun earth radiation spectrum, Extraterrestrial and terrestrial radiations, Depletion of solar radiation Introduction, The sun, The earth, Sun earth radiation spectrum, Extraterrestrial and terrestrial radiations, Depletion of solar radiation AV-3 Types Solar Collectors and their comparison Learning Outcomes Pedagogical Tool Demonstration/ Case Study / Images / animation / ppt etc. Planned Images of Sun earth radiation

Week 1

Lecture 1

Direct Solar energy systems(Solar radiation and its measurements)

T-1:4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6

principle and utilization of solar energy

Lecture 2

Direct Solar energy systems(Solar radiation and its measurements)

T-1:4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6

principle and utilization of solar energy

Images of Sun earth radiation

Week 2

Lecture 3

Direct Solar energy systems(Types T-1:5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 of solar thermal collectors - Flat 5.1.4 5.1.6 5.1.7 and 5.1.8 5.1.9 5.1.10 concentrating collectors) 5.1.11 5.1.12 5.1.14 5.1.15 5.1.16 Direct Solar energy systems(Types T-1:5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 of solar thermal collectors - Flat 5.1.4 5.1.6 5.1.7 and 5.1.8 5.1.9 5.1.10 concentrating collectors) 5.1.11 5.1.12 5.1.14 5.1.15 5.1.16 Direct Solar energy systems(solar thermal applications - Water heaters, dryers, stills, refrigeration, air-conditioning, solar pond, central receiver power generation) Wind Energy(Principle of wind blow) Wind Energy(Energy Estimation Site selection considerations) T-1:5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6

Different Ways of absorbing solar energy

images of solar collector solar water heater solar cookers

Lecture 4

AV-3

Types Solar Collectors and their comparison

Different Ways of absorbing solar energy

images of solar collector solar water heater solar cookers

Week 3

Lecture 5

Technologies for Types of solar systems images or models of converting and capturing for example solar solar collector solar solar energy cooker water heater solar cookers principal of wind blow and variation of wind wind speed with height principal of wind blow and variation of wind wind speed with height Generation of wind images of types of wind turbines images of types of wind turbines

Lecture 6

T-1:7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4

T-1:7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4

Generation of wind

Week 4

Lecture 7

Wind Energy(Aerofoil theory, analysis of aerodynamic forces acting on the blade) Wind Energy(components of WECS - Advantages and disadvantages of WECS - Design consideration wind mills)

T-1:7.5

Elementary Fluid flow concepts

Fluid flow around an airfoil

images of fluid flow around an airfoil

Lecture 8 Week 5 Lecture 10 T-1:7.6 7.7 7.8

Term Paper,Test1 Energy estimation of wind Wind Turbine and their construction Wind Energy Conversion system Energy estimation of wind Wind Turbine and their construction Wind Energy Conversion system Wind turbine operation Brain Storming and wind speed characteristics

Lecture 9

Wind Energy(components of WECS - Advantages and disadvantages of WECS - Design consideration wind mills)

T-1:7.6 7.7 7.8

Wind turbine operation Brain Storming and wind speed characteristics

Week 6

Lecture 11

OCEAN ENERGY(power plants Small, mini and micro hydro power plants) OCEAN ENERGY(Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) OCEAN ENERGY(Wave and tidal energy - Availability, geographical distribution) OCEAN ENERGY(Wave and tidal energy - Availability, geographical distribution)

T-1:11.1 11.2

Layout of a micro-hydro How to utilize P.E. of scheme water AV-6 Origin and nature of Tidal Energy Ocean Tidal Energy conversion schemes

Images of Hydro Power plant Images of Power generation from tides Images of Instruments to Harvest Wave energy Images of Instruments to Harvest Wave energy

Lecture 12 Week 7 Lecture 13

T-1:10.1 T-1:10.2.2 10.2.3 10.3 T-1:10.2.2 10.2.3 10.3

Wave energy and Ocean Ways of harvesting energy conversion wave energy Technology Wave energy and Ocean Ways of harvesting energy conversion wave energy Technology

Lecture 14

MID-TERM
Week 8 Lecture 15 Biomass and bio-gas production process(Bio-mass, sources of biomass) Biomass and bio-gas production process(Fermentation, pyrolysis, gasification and combustion) Biomass and bio-gas production process(Thermo-chemical conversion of biomass) Biomass and bio-gas production process(Gasifiers - up draft, downdraft and fluidized bed gasifiers.) Biomass and bio-gas production process(Digesters - Fixed and floating digester biogas plants, economics of biomass power generation.) T-1:8.1 8.2 8.3 Usable form of Biomass types of Biomass and their composition and what Biomass is all fuel properties about Biomass conversion Technology Biomass Conversion Technology AV-2 Biomass Gasification different types of fermentation process Different methods of anaerobic digestion Types of gasification process Images of Different types of Bio mass Images on Biomass conversion technologies Images of Bio-mass conversion Images of Biomass Gasification

Lecture 16

T-1:8.4

Week 9

Lecture 17

T-1:8.4

Lecture 18

T-1:8.6

Week 10

Lecture 19

T-1:8.9

AV-4

Biogas production from waste Biomass

Utilization and types of Images of Biogas plant biogas plants

Week 10

Lecture 20

Biomass and bio-gas production process(Digesters - Fixed and floating digester biogas plants, economics of biomass power generation.) Biomass and bio-gas production process(Digesters - Fixed and floating digester biogas plants, economics of biomass power generation.) Geothermal Energy(Present utilization and energy extraction) Geothermal Energy(Introduction and history)

T-1:8.9

AV-4

Biogas production from waste Biomass

Utilization and types of Images of Biogas plant biogas plants

Week 11

Lecture 21

T-1:8.9

AV-4

Biogas production from waste Biomass

Utilization and types of Images of Biogas plant biogas plants

Lecture 22 Week 12 Lecture 23 T-1: 9.2 9.3 T-1:9.1 T-1:9.5 9.6 9.7

Term Paper,Test2 Energy extraction from geothermal resource Energy extraction from geothermal resource Types of geothermal resources Types of geothermal resources Images of geothermal resources Images of geothermal resources Images of geothermal resources in India Images of geothermal resources in India Images of MHD Generator

Lecture 24

Geothermal Energy(Geothermal fields in India) Geothermal Energy(Major limitations)

Geothermal energy in places to explore India and its Limitations geothermal energy in India Geothermal energy in places to explore India and its Limitations geothermal energy in India Magneto Hydrodynamics MHD Generator Power conversion

T-1:9.5 9.6 9.7

Week 13

Lecture 25

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS (Magneto hydrodynamic power generation) DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS(Basic principle of thermo-electric and thermo-ionic power generations) DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS(fuel cell principle, types, conversion efficiency, applications) DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS (Hydrogen energy - Production, storage, transportation)

T-1:13.1.1 13.1.2 13.1.3 13.1.4

Lecture 26

T-1:13.2

Thermoelectric power ion convert

Thermoelectric power generation

Images of elementary thermocouple

Week 14

Lecture 27

T-1:12.1.1 12.1.2

AV-5

Classification of fuel cells

types of fuel cell and their merits and demerits properties of hydrogen and its storage

Images of different types of fuel cells

Lecture 28

T-1:12.2.1 12.2.2 12.2.3 12.2.4

AV-1

Hydrogen Energy

Images of Electrolytic cell

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Week 15 Lecture 29 Lecture 30 Spill Over Spill Over

Scheme for CA:

Component Term Paper,Test

Frequency 2

Out Of 3 Total :-

Each Marks Total Marks 10 10 20 20

Details of Academic Task(s)

AT No. Objective Topic of the Academic Task Nature of Academic Task (group/individuals/field work Evaluation Mode Allottment / submission Week 2 / 12

Term Paper1

To increase the knowledge of students on latest advancement in renewable energy To test the knowledge of the students on solar energy and wind energy

One topic to each individual from the given topics of Term paper Individual

knowledge on latest topics of research on that topic

Test1

Solar energy and Wind energy

Individual

Performance in test

4/5

Test2

To test the Biomass Bio gas and Ocean energy knowledge of the students on Biomass Bio gas and Ocean energy

Individual

performance in Test

11 / 12

List of suggested topics for term paper[at least 15] (Student to spend about 15 hrs on any one specified term paper) Sr. No. Topic 1 Advancement of wave energy 2 Advancement of tidal energy 3 Advancement in the extraction of energy content from the hot dry rock resources 4 Advancement in the extraction of energy content from the hot aquifer 5 Advancement in the storage of hydrogen energy 6 Advancement in the usage of fuel cell 7 Advancement in the conversion of biomass into usable gases with greater efficiency 8 Advancement in the formation of ethanol from the biomass 9 Advancement in the stand-alone solar PV system 10 Advancement in the grid interactive solar PV system. 11 Advancement in the technique of concentrating the sunlight in the solar collector 12 Detail study and further improvement which can be done in any of the hydro power plant

13 Advancement of solar refrigeration system 14 Advancement of the solar air conditioning system 15 Advancement in Solar Water Heater