Course No.     : REE-243	Course: Fundamentals of Renewable Energy	
Semesters: IV	Credits : 3(2+1)	
       
 Syllabus:
 Theory
Concept and limitation of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), Criteria for assessing the potential of RES, Classification of RES, Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Biomass, Ocean energy sources, Comparison of renewable energy sources with non renewable sources. Solar Energy: Energy available from Sun, Solar radiation data, solar energy conversion into heat through, Flat plate and Concentrating collectors, different solar thermal devices, Principle of natural and forced convection drying system, Solar Photo voltaics: p-n junctions. Solar cells, PV systems, Stand alone, Grid connected solar power station, Calculation of energy through photovoltaic power generation and cost economics. Wind Energy: Energy available from wind, General formula, Lift and drag. Basis of Wind energy conversion, Effect of density, Frequency variances, Angle of attack, Wind speed, Types of Windmill rotors, Determination of torque coefficient, Induction type generators, Working principle of wind power plant. Bio-energy: Pyrolysis of Biomass to produce solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. Biomass gasification, Types of gasifier, various types of biomass cook stoves for rural energy needs. Biogas: types of biogas plants, biogas generation, factors affecting biogas generation and usages, design consideration, advantages and disadvantages of biogas spent slurry.
  Practical
Study of different types of solar cookers, solar water heating system, natural convection solar    
 Dryer, forced convection solar dryer, solar desalination unit, solar greenhouse for agriculture production, biogas plants, biomass gasifiers, biomass improved cook-stoves, solar photovoltaic system.

Teaching Schedule:

Lec.
No.	Topics to be covered	Book
no.	Chp. No.	Article No.	Page No.	
1-2	Concept and limitation of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), Criteria for assessing the potential of RES,	1	1	   1.5-1.6	35-43	
		7	1	   1.1-1.6	1-22	
3-5	Classification of RES, Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Biomass, Ocean energy sources, Comparison of renewable energy sources with non renewable
sources.	6	1	1.3-1.7	3-24	
		1	1	1.4	4-8	
					15-32	
5-6	Solar Energy: Energy available from Sun, Solar radiation data	2	3	3.1-3.9	39-69	
7-9	solar energy conversion into heat through, Flat plate and Concentrating collectors, different solar thermal devices,
	1	3	3.1-3.3	73-86	
				3.7-3.8	102-112	
10-11	Solar cooker
Solar water heater
Solar Distillation
Solar Dryer	1	6	6.4-6.7	112-125	
12-14	Solar Photo voltaics: p-n junctions. Solar cells, PV systems, Stand alone, Grid connected solar power station	2	15	15.1-15.07	433-462	
15-16	Calculation of energy through photovoltaic power generation and cost economics.	2	15	15.12
15.13	478-481
485-486	
17-20	Wind Energy: Energy available from wind, General formula, Lift and drag. Basis of Wind energy conversion, Effect of density, Frequency variances, Angle of attack, Wind speed	1	6	6.1, 6.2
6.4
  6.5 to 6.8
6.13	227-240
252
256-277
299-305	
21-25	Types of Windmill rotors, Determination of torque coefficient, Induction type generators, Working principle of wind power plant.					
26-27	Bio-energy: Pyrolysis of Biomass to produce
solid, liquid and gaseous fuels.	1	7	7.2	319-324	
						
28-30	Biomass gasification, Types of gasifier
Various types of biomass cook stoves for rural energy needs.	1	7	7.24	395-405	
		8	7	7.1 to 7.7	115-132	

31-32	Biogas: types of biogas plants, biogas generation, factors affecting biogas generation and usages, design consideration Advantages and disadvantages of biogas spent slurry.	1	7	7.4 to 7.9	327-353	
				7.14, 7.15	365-375	
						
		3	8	8.1 to 8.6	51-58	
		3	9	9.1 to 9.3	58-60	

Practical Exercises:
Prac. No.
	Title of practical	
1.	Study of different types of solar cookers	
2.	Study of solar water heating system	
3.	Study of solar photovoltaic system	
4.	Study of natural convection solar dryer	
5.	Study of forced convection solar dryer	
6.	Study of solar desalination unit	
7.	Study of solar greenhouse for agriculture production	
8.	Study of biogas plants	
9.	Study of biomass gasifiers	
10.	Study of biomass improved cook-stoves	

List Text Books / Reference Books:
Sr.No.	Author	Title & year	Publisher	
1.	Rai, G.D.	Non-Conventional Energy Sources	Khanna	Publishers,	Delhi.	
			2013.	
2.	Rai, G.D.	Solar Energy Utilization	Khanna Publishers, Delhi	
3.	Khandelwal, K.C. &	Biogas	Technology-	A	Practical	1990	
	S. S. Mandi.	Handbook		
4.	Rathore	N.	S.,	Non Conventional Energy Sources	Himanshu Publications	
	Kurchania	A.	K.,		2007

	
	Panwar N. L.

	
5.	Tiwari,	G.N.	and	Renewable Energy Resources: Basic	Narosa Pub. House. Delhi	
	Ghoshal, M.K.	Principles and Applications.	2005	
6.	Rathore	N.	S.,	Renewable	Energy,	Theory	and	Himanshu Publications	
	Kurchania	A.	K.,	Practice	2007	
	Panwar N. L.			
7.	John	Twidell	and	Renewable Energy Sources	Taylor	&	Francis	Group,	
	Tony Weir		London & N.York	
8.	Rathore	N.	S.,	Biomass Production and Utilization	Himanshu Publication	
	Panwar	N.	L.,	Technology		
	Surendra Kothari