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Ee E12 Renewable Energy Sources Unit I: General

This document outlines the topics covered in a course on renewable energy sources. The five units cover: general information on conventional and non-conventional energy sources; solar energy and its applications such as water heating and power generation; wind energy theory and the performance of wind turbines; ocean and tidal energy conversion including tidal range and power plants; and bioenergy from sources like biomass, biogas, and agricultural and industrial wastes. The textbook and references provide further information on renewable energy sources and their environmental impacts.

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Ee E12 Renewable Energy Sources Unit I: General

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EE E12 RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

UNIT I:
GENERAL
Conventional and non-conventional sources of energy-Energy reserves in India. Limitations of
Conventional sources of energy-Energy efficiency-Energy conservation-Dispersed
Generation.

UNIT II:
SOLAR ENERGY AND APPLICATIONS
Solar radiation-Principles of solar energy collection-Types of collector–Characteristics and
Principles of different types of collectors and their efficiencies,
Solar Energy applications-water heaters, air heaters, solar cooling; solar drying and power
generation -solar tower concept (solar plant) -solar pump,

UNIT III:
WIND ENERGY
Energy from the wind-General theory of wind mills- Types of wind mills-performance of wind
machines-wind power-efficiency. Merits and Limitations of Wind energy system-Modes of
wind power generation.

UNIT IV:
OCEAN & TIDAL ENERGY
Ocean and Tidal energy conversion-working principle of OTEC-Anderson closed cycle OTEC
system-Application of Merits and demerits of ocean energy technologies.
Tides-spring tide, neap tide, daily and monthly variation, Tidal range, Tidal Power-Types of
tidal power plants, single basin & double basin schemes, main requirements in tidal power
plants, energy storage, prospects of tidal power.

UNIT V:
BIO-ENERGY
Energy from Bio-mass-Biogas plants various types Industrial wastes-Municipal waste-
Burning plants –Energy from the Agricultural wastes Applications.

TEXT BOOK:
1. D.P.Kothari, K.C.Singal, Rakesh Ranjan, Renewable Energy Sources and Emerging
Technologies, PHI, 2011.

REFERENCES
1. S.A.Abbasiand N.Abbasi, Renewable Energy Sources and Their Environmental Impact,
PHI, 2001.
2. S.P. Sukhatme, solar. Energy; (Principles of thermal collection and storage), Tata
McGraw Hill Publishers, Fourth Print-February1989.
3. G.D. Rai, Solar Energy Utilization, Khanna Publishers .Second revised edition, 1984.

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