UNIT 1:
Solar radiation availability - radiation measurement
Transmittance - absorptance – flat plate collectors
Transmittance - absorptance – flat plate collectors
Solar driers – types – heat transfer
Performance of solar dryers – agro industrial applications
Performance of solar dryers – agro industrial applications
UNIT 2:
Optically concentrating collectors– types – reflectors
Solar thermal power stations – principle and applications
Solar stills - types - solar pond - performance
Photovoltaics - types – characteristics – load estimation
PV powered water pumping – system sizing and optimization
Hybrid system - solar technologies in green buildings
Characteristics – applications – solar refrigeration
Solar stills - types - solar pond - performance
UNIT 3:
Nature of wind – wind structure and measurement
Wind power laws - velocity and power duration curves
Aero foil - tip speed ratio - torque and power characteristics
Nature of wind – wind structure and measurement
UNIT 4:
Wind mill – classification– power curve.
Upwind and downwind systems
Wind energy storage - wind farms
UNIT 5:
Nuclear energy – reactions – fusion fission hybrid
Fuel cell – principle and operation – classification and types
Energy storage – pumped hydro and underground pumped hydro – compressed air - battery - flywheel – thermal.
