Renewable Energy and Energy Harvesting (Practical)

Paper Code: 
25SPHY301
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course Objectives: 
This course will enable the students to-
• impart knowledge and hands on learning about various alternate energy sources to teach the ways of harvesting energy using wind, solar, mechanical, ocean, geothermal energy etc.
• review the working of various energy harvesting systems which are installed worldwide.
 
Course Outcomes: 

Course Outcomes (COs): 

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

25SPHY301

 

Renewable Energy and Energy Harvesting 

 (Practical)

CO1: Describe the properties of different renewable sources of energy and technologies for their utilization.

CO2: Apply the knowledge of Solar energy.

CO3: Assess the results of photovoltaic system.

CO4: Determine the results of solar fencing and solar cooker.

CO5: Analyze the effect of irradiation on a photovoltaic array by MATLAB. 

CO6: Contribute effectively in Course specific interaction.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Demonstration, problem Solving in tutorials.

           

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Solving numerical.

Additional learning through online Videos and MOOCs Courses.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems , Assignments, Presentations

 

14.00
Unit I: 
Renewable Energy:
Fossil fuels and Nuclear Energy, their limitation, need of renewable energy, non-conventional energy sources, Wind Energy, Tidal Energy, Wave energy systems, Ocean Energy, Wind Energy, Thermal Energy, biomass & biochemical conversion, biogas generation, geothermal energy, tidal energy, Hydroelectricity.
 
14.00
Unit II: 
Solar Energy Harvesting:

Solar energy, its importance, Solar Radiation, Measurements of Solar Radiation, solar pond, non-convective solar pond, applications of solar pond and solar energy, solar water heater, flat plate collector, solar distillation, solar cooker, solar green houses, solar cell, absorption air conditioning. Need and characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) systems, PV models and sun tracking systems.

Unit III: 
Unit III:
• To study solar photovoltaic system.
• To study I-V Characteristics of Solar Cell under dark and illumination. 
• To study the Effect of Temperature Variation on Photovoltaic Array.
 
Unit IV: 
Unit IV:
• To Study the Production Process of Biodiesel.
• To study about solar fencing.
• To study solar cooker.
 
Unit V: 
Unit V:
• To study solar drying system.
• To study the effect of irradiation on a photovoltaic array by MATLAB.
Essential Readings: 
• Renewable energy resources: Tiwari and ghosal, Narosa publication.
• Non-conventional Energy Sources, Khanna Publication
• Non-conventional energy sources - G.D Rai - Khanna Publishers, New Delhi
• Renewable Energy Sources: Twidell & Weir, CRC Press.
• Solar Energy/ S.P. Sukhatme, Tata McGraw Hill.
• Renewable Energy Technologies: Ramesh & Kumar, Narosa  publication.
 
References: 
SUGGESTED READINGS:
• Non-conventional energy sources - G.D Rai - Kh^nna Publishers, New Delhi 
• Solar energy - M P Agarwal - S Chand and Co. Ltd. 
• Non-Conventional Energy Systems: K M. Mittal, A H Wheeler Publishing Co Ltd. 
• Godfrey Boyle, “Renewable Energy, Power for a feustainable future”,  2004, Oxford University Press, in ssociation with The Open University. 
• Dr. P Jayakumar, Solar Energy: Resource Assesment Handbook, 2009 
• J.Balfour, M.Shaw and S. Jarosek, Photovoltaics, Lawrence J Goodrich (USA).
• Biomass Energy, Oxford & IBH Publication Co. 
E-Content:
 
Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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