CH3007 Renewable Energy Resources Syllabus:
CH3007 Renewable Energy Resources Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
UNIT I
Introduction: Energy: Past, Today, and Future. A brief history of energy consumption. Energy & Environment. Renewable Energy – Quality, quantity, availability, advantageous and limitations.
UNIT II
Solar energy: Sun and its Energy: Basics of Solar Energy. Solar Energy in the Past. Solar Thermal Energy Solar Photovoltaic.
UNIT III
Bio energy & Geothermal energy: Conversion. Bio degradation. Biogas generation. Fuel properties. Biomass gasifier. Geothermal Resources, Geothermal Technologies.
UNIT IV
Wind energy: Wind Resources. Wind Turbines. Environmental Impact. Data and energy estimation. Conversion. Wind mill Performance and applications.
UNIT V
Tidal energy; Ocean Energy Potential against Wind and Solar. Wave Characteristics and Statistics. Wave Energy Devices. Tide Energy Technologies. Ocean Thermal Energy. Osmotic Power.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1- understand the fundamental knowledge on history, consumption of energy
CO2- learn the production of solar energy
CO3- gather knowledge on the geothermal and bio energy
CO4- understand the production of wind energy and their utilization
CO5- knowledge on the production and utilization of tidal energy
TEXT BOOKS
1. Mukherjee, D., and S. Chakrabarti. Fundamentals of renewable energy systems. New Age International, 2004.
2. Jenkins, Nicholas, and Janaka Ekanayake. Renewable energy engineering. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kishore, V. V. N., ed. Renewable energy engineering and technology: principles and practice. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), 2010.
2. Tiwari, Gopal Nath, and Rajeev Kumar Mishra. Advanced renewable energy sources. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012.