Renewable Energy Technologies Syllabus - 6th OE
Renewable Energy Technologies Syllabus - 6th OE
Prerequisites:
1. Basic Electrical Engineering
2. Basic Electronics Engineering
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students will able to,
1. Analyze the energy scenario and the consequent growth of the power generation from
renewable energy sources.
2. Explain the basic physics of wind and solar power generation.
3. Synthesize the power electronic interfaces for wind and solar generation.
4. Resolve the issues related to the grid-integration of solar and wind energy systems.
Solar Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Power Generation: Solar photovoltaic: Technologies-
Amorphous, monocrystalline, polycrystalline; V-I characteristics of a PV cell, PV module, array,
power electronic converters for solar systems, introduction to maximum power point tracking (MPPT)
algorithm – P&O, INC
Solar thermal technologies: flat plate collector, parabolic trough, central receivers, parabolic dish,
Fresnel, solar pond
digestion, Types of biogas digester, Wood gasifier, Pyrolysis, Applications, Biogas, Biodiesel
Text/Reference Book
1. B.H.Khan, " Non-conventional Energy sources", McGraw-hill, 2nd Edition, 2009
2. T. Ackermann,” Wind Power in Power Systems”, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 2005.
3. G. M. Masters,” Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems”, John Wiley and Sons, 2004.
4. S. P. Sukhatme,” Solar Energy: Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage”, McGraw Hill, 1984.
5. H. Siegfried and R. Waddington,” Grid integration of wind energy con- version systems”, John
Wiley and Sons Ltd., 2006.
6. G. N. Tiwari and M. K. Ghosal,” Renewable Energy Applications”, Narosa Publications, 2004.
7. J. A. Duffie and W. A. Beckman,” Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes”, John Wiley &
Sons, 1991.