Course No	 : REE-354	Course Title	 : Renewable Power Sources	
Semester: V	Credits: 3(2+1)	
                                      
Syllabus:
Theory:
Energy consumption pattern & energy resources in India. Renewable energy options, potential and utilization. Biogas technology and mechanisms, generation of power from biogas, Power generation from urban, municipal and industrial waste. Design & use of different commercial sized biogas plant. Solar thermal and photovoltaic Systems for power generation. Central receiver (Chimney) and distributed type solar power plant, OTEC, MHD, hydrogen and fuel cell technology. Wind farms. Aero-generators. Wind power generation system. Power generation from biomass (gasification & Dendro thermal), Mini and micro small hydel plants. Fuel cells and its associated parameters.

Practical:
Performance evaluation of solar water heater; Performance evaluation of solar cooker; Characteristics of solar photovoltaic panel; evaluation of solar air heater/dryer; Performance evaluation of biomass gasifier engine system (throatless & downdraft), Performance evaluation of a fixed dome type biogas plant; Performance evaluation of floating drum type biogas plant; Estimation of calorific value of biogas & producer gas; Testing of diesel engine operation using dual fuel and gas alone.

Teaching Schedule:
Lec. No	Topic	Text
Book
No.	Chap
No	Article No	Page No	
1-2	Energy consumption pattern & energy					
	resources in India.					
	Energy sources & availability	02	01	1.4.1, 1.4.2	1-11	
	Introduction, Energy global scenario					
	Status of energy utilization, Non con. Energy					
	sources, classification,					
	Renewable energy sources
					
3-5	Biogas	technology	and	mechanisms,					
	generation of power from biogas.					
	Conditions for optimum production.	06	02	2.3	13-24	
	Raw material for biogas	06	02	2.4, 2.5	25-31	
	Mechanical conversion of biogas	06	07	7.1 to 7.8	104-112	
  6-8	Power generation from urban, municipal	06	09	9.1 to9.4	124-141	
	and industrial waste.					
  9-11	Design & use of different commercial sized	06	03	3.5	48-51	
	biogasplant.	02	07	7.15	366-375	
12-14	Solar	thermal	systems	for	power					
	generation.					
	Introduction of solar thermal systems	02	05	5.5	168-178	
	Thermal electric conversion system					
	Low, medium & High temp. system.					
	Central receiver (Chimney) and distributed					
	type solar power plant.					
 15-17	Solar Photovoltaic Power generation					
	Introduction,	conversion	efficiency	and	03	08	8.9,8.10,8.11,8.12	165-170	
	power	output,	power	generation	system,					
	design of spy system for power generation,			8.14	177-182	
	type of systems and	components, design of					
	spy system for water pumping					
 18-19	Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion	03	15	15.2, 15.3, 15.4	310-316	
 20-21	Hydrogen technology	02	11			
	Introduction				609-612	
	Production method(Enlist)				613	
	Storage

				637-641	
 22-23	Wind farms. Aero-generators.	02	06	6.2.2, 6.3	230-292	
	The power in wind, wind data & estimates.			6.8.3,		
	Basic components & design considerations,			6.8.4, 6.10		
	Performance of wind machines.					
 24-25	Wind power generation system.	02	06	6.11	292-298	

 26-28	Power	generation	from	biomass					
	(Gasification & Dendro thermal)					
	Types of gasifier, reaction chemistry, impact	05	03	3.4 to 3.7	52-61	
	of fuel, applications.					
	Design of gasifier system, Performance of	05	04	4.1 to 4.17	64-87	
	gasfier and testing parameters.					
 29-30	Mini and micro small hydel plants	02	09	9.5.1, 9.5.4, 9.5.5,	541-556	
	Introduction,	nature	and	classification	of			9.5.7, 9.5.9		
	SHD, components, Turbine and generators,					
	advantages and disadvantages					
31-32	Fuel Cell and its associated parameters.					
	Fuel	cell,	Classification,	adv/disadv,	03	17	17.1 to 17.5	336-347	
	efficiency					

Practical Exercises:

Sr. No.	Title of Practicals	
1	Performance evaluation of solar water heater (FPC/ETC)	
2	Performance evaluation of solar cooker (BTSC/PSC)	
3	VI-power Characteristics of solar photovoltaic panel	
4	Evaluation of solar air heater/dryer (Direct type/Indirect type)	
5	Performance evaluation of solar-wind hybrid system	
6	Performance evaluation of biomass gasifier engine system (downdraft)	
7	Performance evaluation of a fixed dome type biogas plant	
8	Performance evaluation of floating drum type biogas plant	
9	Estimation of calorific value of biogas	
10	Estimation of calorific value of producer gas	
11	Testing of diesel engine operation using dual fuel and gas alone	

Suggested readings
Text Book:
1.	Garg H.P. and J. Prakash 2000. Solar Energy Fundamentals and Applications. 1St Revised Edition. Tata Mcgraw-Hill , New Delhi
2.	Rai, G.D. 2013. Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Khanna Publishers, Delhi.
3.	Rathore N. S., Kurchania A. K. & N.L. Panwar. 2007. Non Conventional Energy Sources, Himanshu Publications.
4.	Khandelwal, K.C. & S.S. Mandi. 1990. Biogas Technology.
5.	N.S.Rathore, N.L.Panwar and S. Kothari. Biomass Production and Utilization Technology, Himnashu Pub. Udaipur
6.	Mathur, A.N. & N.S. Rathore. 1992. Biogas Production Management & Utilization. Himanshu Publications, Udaipur.

Reference Books:
1.	Alan L: Farredbruch & R.H. Buse. 1983. Fundamentals of Solar Academic Press, 
   London.
2. Bansal N.K., Kleemann M. & Meliss Michael. 1990. Renewable Energy Sources &   
   Conversion Technology; Tata Mecgrow Publishing Company, New Delhi.
3. Mathur A.N. & N.S. Rathore. Renewable Energy Sources Bohra Ganesh Publications, 
   Udaipur.
     4. S.Rao and B.B.Parulekar.Energy Technology, Third Revised Edition.Khanna   
        Publication,  New Delhi
5. RK.Prasad and T.P. Ojha, Non Conventional Energy Sources, Jain Brothers