Syllabus

Module No Experiment description No. of hours
1 Characterization of solid fuel (Proximate Analysis) 3
2 Determination of calorific value of solid fuel 3
3 Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger and its efficiency 3
4 Performance of Photo-voltaic Thermal titles 3
5 Performance of Solar Still 3
6 I-V Characteristics a Solar Cell 3
7 Solar Pond 3
8 Photovoltaic-Roof Top on Synergy Building 3
9 Power generation using fuel cell technology 3
10 Performance and efficiency of Wind mill 3
11 Geothermal energy 3
12 Performance study of Gasifier 3
13. To study the performance and emission characteristics of
a spark ignition engine for ethanol/butanol-gasoline blend 3

To characterise and know the amount of energy available in different fuel sources

To know different technologies to get energy from different non-conventional sources

1. Understanding the concept of energy production from different sources to meet our energy demand.
2.Understanding the mechanism of different energy conversion technologies to produce energy efficiently from different non-conventional sources.

P.V. Ramana and S.N.Srinivas,, Biomass Energy Systems, Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi, 1996

D.L. Klass and G.M. Emert,, Fuels from Biomass and Wastes, Ann Arbor Science publ. Inc. Michigan, 1985

Jay Cheng, Biomass to renewable Energy Processes, CRC Press