Gujarat Technological University: W.E.F. AY 2018-19

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3170116
Semester –VII
Solar and Wind energy
Type of course: Open Elective
Pre requisite: Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics
Rationale: The course is designed to give knowledge of various renewable energy sources, systems and
applications in the present context and need.
Teaching and Examination Scheme:
Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total

L T P C Theory Marks Practical Marks Marks
ESE (E) PA (M) ESE (V) PA (I)
2 0 2 3 70 30 30 20 150
Content:
Sr. Content Total

No. Hrs
1 Scenario of Renewable Energy (RE) Sources: Need of RE, advantages and 2
limitations of RE, present energy scenario of conventional and RE sources.
2 Solar Energy: Energy available from the sun, spectral distribution, solar radiation outside 15
the earth’s atmosphere and at the earth’s surface, solar radiation geometry, Instruments for
solar radiation measurements, empirical equations for prediction of availability of solar
radiation on horizontal, radiation on and tilted surface.
Solar energy conversion into heat, types and working of solar collectors, evacuated and non-
evacuated solar air heater, concentrated collectors, losses in liquid flat plate collector, thermal
analysis of liquid flat plate collector, air heater and cylindrical parabolic concentrating
collector, solar energy thermal storage, Solar space heating and cooling of buildings, solar
pumping, solar cooker, solar still, solar drier, solar refrigeration and air-conditioning, solar
pond, heliostat, solar furnace, photovoltaic system for power generation, solar cell
modules and arrays, solar cell types,
material, applications, advantages and disadvantages.
3 Wind Energy: Energy available from wind, basics of lift and drag, basics of wind energy 7
conversion system, Betz limit theory, effect of density, angle of attack and wind speed, wind
mill rotors, horizontal and vertical axes rotors, drag, lift, torque
and power coefficients, tip speed ratio, solidity of turbine, wind turbine performance
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curves, wind energy potential and site selection, basics of wind farm, Safety and
environmental aspects, wind energy potential and installation in India.
4 Economic Analysis: Initial and annual cost, Basic definitions Fundamentals of economic 6
analysis, time value of money, payback period, present worth calculations, repayment of
loan in equal annual installments, annual solar savings, cumulative saving and life cycle
cost analysis, economic analysis of solar system,
clean development mechanism
Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory):

Distribution of Theory Marks
R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level
10 14 20 10 10 6
Legends: R: Remembrance; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C: Create
and above Levels (Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)
Note: This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students and teachers. The actual
distribution of marks in the question paper may vary slightly from above table.
Reference Books:
1. Solar Energy: Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage, S. P. Sukhatme and J. K. Nayak, McGrawHill
Education
2. Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, John A. Duffie, William A. Beckman, John Wiley, New York
3. Non-conventional Energy Resources, B. H. Khan, Tata McGraw Hill
4. Non-Conventional Resources of Energy, G. S. Sawhney, PHI
5. Non-conventional energy resources, Shobh Nath Singh, Pearson India
6. Solar Energy Engineering, Soteris Kalogirou, Elsevier/Academic Press.
7. Principles of Solar Energy, Frank Krieth & John F Kreider, John Wiley, New York
Course Outcomes:
Sr. CO statement Marks %

No. weightage
CO-1 To design and develop solar systems for various applications
To estimate solar radiation on the various surfaces and its applications for thermal 25
and photovoltaic system.
CO-2 To analyze the performance of various solar collectors. 30
CO-3 To evaluate the potential of wind energy conversion systems. 25
CO-4 To evaluate the life cycle cost and carry out economic analysis of renewable energy 20
Sources.
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List of Experiment:
1) To study and measure the solar radiation on horizontal and tilted surface using solar radiation measuring
instruments.
2) To evaluate the performance of solar liquid flat plate collector.
3) To evaluate the performance of solar air heater.
4) To evaluate the performance of concentrating collectors.
5) To evaluate the performance of solar still.
6) To evaluate the performance of box type solar cooker.
7) To study the various types of wind mill and evaluate the performance parameter of wind. mill.
8) To estimate the economics of the solar energy conversion equipment.
Major Equipment:
Pyranometer, Sunshine recorder, Solar power meter, Solar liquid flat plate collector, Solar air heater, Cylindrical
Parabolic Collector, Compound parabolic collector, Box type solar cooker, Solar drier, Solar still, wind mill.
Requirement: The paper setter is required to ensure that empirical correlations and relevant data for analysis of
problems be provided in question paper. No separate Energy data book is required to be provided in examination.
List of Open Source Software/learning website:

1) http://vlab.amrita.edu/
2) https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112/105/112105051/
5) http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/energy-courses/
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Pre requisite: Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics

Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total

Sr. Content Total

Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory):

Sr. CO statement Marks %

List of Open Source Software/learning website:

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