AI3712 Renewable Energy in Agricultural Engineering Laboratory Syllabus:

AI3712 Renewable Energy in Agricultural Engineering Laboratory Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To gain the practical knowledge on various renewable energy gadgets.
 To Know the concept of Automatic weather station
 To get knowledge on Testing of natural convection solar dryer

EXPERIMENTS:

1. Characterization of biomass – proximate analysis
2. Determination of caloric value of fuels – solids and gases
3. Design of KVIC / Deenbandhu model biogas plant
4. Study of UASB biomethanation plant
5. Purification of biogas – CO2 and H2S removal
6. Performance evaluation of agro based gasifier
7. Study on pyrolysis unit – Biochar, Charcoal and Tar making process
8. Testing of biogas/producer gas engines
9. Study on briquetting and Stoichiometric calculations
10. Automatic weather station – Analysis of wind data and prediction
11. Testing of solar water heater
12. Testing of natural convection solar dryer
13. Study on Solar power and I-V Characteristics
14. Testing of solar photovoltaic water pumping system
The lab includes visit to biomass power plant and wind farms.

TOTAL: 30 PERIODS
REFERENCES:

1. Khandelwal, K.C. and Mahdi, S.S. “Biogas Technology”. Tata Mc Graw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 1986.
2. Nijaguna, B. T. “Biogas Technology” New Age International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2006.
3. Rao. S and B.B. Parulekar. Energy Technology – Non conventional, Renewable and Conventional. Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2000.
4. Solanki, C.S. “Solar Photovotaics – Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications”, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1 Be exposed to renewable energy sources and their applications.
CO2 Aim sufficient knowledge on Purification of biogas – CO2 and H2S removal
CO3 Know the concept of Automatic weather station
CO4 Have knowledge on Testing of natural convection solar dryer