8EE4.1 NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES

Unit-1 (i) Introduction: World energy situation, conventional and non-conventional energy sources,

Indian energy scene.

(ii) Tidal Energy: Introduction to tidal power. Components of tidal power plants, double basin

arrangement. Power generation. Advantages and limitations of tidal power generation.

Prospects of tidal energy in India.

Unit-2

Solar Energy:

Solar radiation, solar radiation geometry, solar radiation on tilted surface.

Solar energy collector. Flat- plate collector, concentrating collector – parabolidal and heliostat.

Solar pond. Basic solar power plant. Solar cell, solar cell array, basic photo-voltaic power

generating system.

Unit-3

(i) Wind Energy:

Basic principle of wind energy conversion, efficiency of conversion, site

selection. Electric power generation-basic components, horizontal axis and vertical axis wind

turbines, towers, generators, control and monitoring components. Basic electric generation

schemes- constant speed constant frequency, variable speed constant frequency and variable

speed variable   frequency schemes. Applications of wind energy.

(ii) Geothermal Energy:

Geothermal fields, estimates of geothermal power. Basic

geothermal steam power plant, binary fluid geothermal power plant and geothermal preheat

hybrid power plant. Advantages and disadvantages of geothermal energy. Applications of

geothermal energy. Geothermal energy in India.

Unit-4

Nuclear Fusion Energy:

Introduction, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Requirements for

nuclear fusion. Plasma confinement - magnetic confinement and inertial confinement. Basic

Tokamak reactor, laser fusion reactor.  Advantages of nuclear fusion. Fusion hybrid and cold

fusion.

Unit-5

Biomass Energy:

Introduction, biomass categories, bio-fuels. Introduction to biomass

conversion technologies. Biogas generation, basic biogas plants-fixed dome type, floating

gasholder type, Deen Bandhu biogas plant, Pragati design biogas plant. Utilization of bio gas.

Energy plantation. Pyrolysis scheme. Alternative liquid fuels –ethanol and methanol. Ethanol

production.