JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

R18 B.TECH. List of Open Electives

Branch III Yr II Sem Open Elective (OE – I) IV Yr I Sem Open Elective (OE – II) IV Yr II Sem Open Elective (OE – III)
Civil Engineering Disaster Preparedness & Planning Remote Sensing & GIS Environmental Impact Assessment
Management
Computer Science & 1. Entrepreneurship 1. Data Structures 1. Machine Learning
Engineering / Information 2. Fundamentals of Management for 2. Artificial Intelligence 2. Mobile Application Development
Technology Engineers 3. Python Programming 3. Scripting Languages
3. Cyber Law & Ethics 4. Java Programming 4. Database Management Systems
Electronics and Instrumentation Basics of Sensors Technology Fundamentals of Biomedical Basics of Virtual Instrumentation
Engineering Applications
Electronics and Communication Fundamentals of Internet of Things Electronic Sensors Measuring Instruments
Engineering
Electrical and Electronics 1. Reliability Engineering 2. 1. Utilization of Electrical Energy 1. Basics of Power Plant Engineering
Engineering Renewable Energy Sources 2. Electric Drives and Control 2. Energy Sources and Applications
Mechanical Engineering Quantitative Analysis for Business Basic Mechanical Engineering Non-Conventional Sources of energy
Decisions
Aeronautical Engineering Quantitative Analysis for Business Basics of Aeronautical Engineering Elements of Rocket Propulsion
Decisions
Mechatronics 1. Industrial Management 1. Intellectual Property Rights 1. Fundamentals of Robotics 2. Linear
2. Non-Conventional Energy Sources 2. Principles of Entrepreneurship and Non-Linear Optimization
3. Basic Mechanical Engineering Techniques
3. Total Quality Management
Petroleum Engineering General Geology Natural Gas Engineering Green Fuel Technologies
Metallurgical and Materials 1. Testing of Materials 1. Engineering Materials 1. High Temperature Materials
Engineering 2. Alloy Steels 2. Surface Engineering 2. Light Metals and Alloys
Mining Engineering 1. Introduction to Mining Technology 1. Health & Safety in Mines 1. Solid Fuel Technology
2. Coal Gasification, CBM & Shale 2. Material Handling in Mines 2. Remote Sensing and GIS in Mining
Gas

*Note: Students should take Open Electives from the List of Open Electives Offered by Other Departments/Branches Only.
 MT601OE: NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES (Open Elective – I)

Mechatronics III Year II Sem.

UNIT – I
Principles Of Solar Radiation: Role and potential of new and renewable source, the solar energy
option, Environmental impact of solar power, physics of the sun, the solar constant, extraterrestrial and
terrestrial solar radiation, solar radiation on titled surface, instruments for measuring solar radiation
and sun shine, solar radiation data.

UNIT-II
Solar Energy Collection: Flat plate and concentrating collectors, classification of concentrating
collectors, orientation and thermal analysis, advanced collectors.
Direct Energy Conversion: Need for DEC, Carnot cycle, limitations, principles of DEC.
Thermoelectric generators, seebeck, peltier and joul Thomson effects, Figure of merit, materials,
applications, MHD generators, principles, dissociation and ionization, hall effect, magnetic flux, MHD
accelerator, MHD Engine, power generation systems, electron gas dynamic conversion, economic
aspects. Fuel cells, principles, faraday’s law’s, thermodynamic aspects, selection of fuels and
operating conditions.

UNIT-III
Solar Energy Storage And Applications: Different methods, Sensible, latent heat and stratified
storage, solar ponds. Solar Applications- solar heating/cooling technique, solar distillation and drying,
photovoltaic energy conversion.
Ocean Energy: OTEC, Principles utilization, setting of OTEC plants, thermodynamic cycles. Tidal and
wave energy: Potential and conversion techniques, mini-hydel power plants, and their economics.

UNIT-IV
Wind Energy: Sources and potentials, horizontal and vertical axis windmills, performance
characteristics, Betz criteria.

UNIT-V
Bio-Mass: Principles of Bio-Conversion, Anaerobic/aerobic digestion, types of Bio-gas digesters, gas
yield, combustion characteristics of bio-gas, utilization for cooking, I.C. Engine operation and economic
aspects.
Geothermal Energy: Resources, types of wells, methods of harnessing the energy, potential in India.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Non-Conventional Energy Sources /G.D. Rai
2. Renewable Energy Technologies /Ramesh & Kumar/Narosa

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Renewable energy resources/ Tiwari and Ghosal/Narosa.
2. Non-Conventional Energy / Ashok V Desai /Wiley Eastern.
3. Non-Conventional Energy Systems / K Mittal/Wheeler
4. Solar Energy/Sukhame