OCH 353 Energy Technology question papers

Question papers

• November/December 2024

  Question paper code 41522

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Syllabus

1. Unit 1: Introduction8 hours

   Units of energy · conversion factors · general classification of energy · world energy resources and energy consumption · Indian energy resources and energy consumption · energy crisis · energy alternatives · Renewable and non-renewable energy sources and their availability · Prospects of Renewable energy sources

2. Unit 2: Conventional Energy8 hours

   Conventional energy resources · Thermal, hydel and nuclear reactors · thermal, hydel and nuclear power plants · efficiency, merits and demerits of the above power plants · combustion processes · fluidized bed combustion

3. Unit 3: Non-Conventional Energy10 hours

   Solar energy · solar thermal systems · flat plate collectors · focusing collectors · solar water heating · solar cooling · solar distillation · solar refrigeration · solar dryers · solar pond · solar thermal power generation · solar energy application in India · energy plantations · Wind energy · types of windmills · types of wind rotors · Darrieus rotor and Gravian rotor · wind electric power generation · wind power in India · economics of wind farm · ocean wave energy conversion · ocean thermal energy conversion · tidal energy conversion · geothermal energy

4. Unit 4: Biomass Energy10 hours

   Biomass energy resources · thermo-chemical and biochemical methods of biomass conversion · combustion · gasification · pyrolysis · biogas production · ethanol · fuel cells · alkaline fuel cell · phosphoric acid fuel cell · molten carbonate fuel cell · solid oxide fuel cell · solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell · magneto hydrodynamic power generation · energy storage routes like thermal energy storage, chemical, mechanical storage and electrical storage

5. Unit 5: Energy Conservation9 hours

   Energy conservation in chemical process plants · energy audit · energy saving in heat exchangers, distillation columns, dryers, ovens and furnaces and boilers · steam economy in chemical plants · energy conservation