Energy Engineering (BME515D)

Energy Engineering

Course Code BME515D 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P: S) 3:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 hours 
Total Marks 100
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 03
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module ­1

Steam Generators: Coal and ash handling, Generation of steam using forced circulation, high and

supercritical pressures, LaMount, Benson, Velox, Loeffer, Schmidt steam generators, Cooling towers

and Ponds, Accessories such as Super heaters, De­super heater, Economizers, Air pre heaters.

Diesel Engine Power System: Applications of Diesel Engines in Power field. Method of starting

Diesel engines. Auxiliaries like cooling and lubrication system, filters, centrifuges, Oil heaters,

intake and exhaust system, Layout of diesel power plant.

Module ­2

Solar Energy: Introduction, Solar radiation at the earth’s surface, Solar radiation measurements,

Flat plate collectors, Focussing collectors, Solar Pond, Solar electric power generation­Solar photo

voltaic.

Biomass Energy: Photosynthesis, photosynthetic oxygen production, energy plantation.

Biochemical Route: Biogas production from organic wastes by anaerobic fermentation, Biogas

plants­KVIC, Janta, Deenbhandu models, factors affecting bio gas generation. Thermal gasification of

biomass, updraft and downdraft

Module ­3

Geothermal Energy: Forms of geothermal energy, Dry steam, wet steam, hot dry rock and

magmatic chamber systems.

Tidal Energy: Tidal power, Site selection, Single basin and double basin systems, Advantages and

disadvantages of tidal energy.

Wind Energy: Wind energy­Advantages and limitations, wind velocity and wind power, Basic

components of wind energy conversion systems, horizontal and vertical axis wind mills, coefficient

of performance of a wind mill rotor, Applications of wind energy.

Module ­4

Hydroelectric plants: Advantages & disadvantages of water power, Hydrographs and flow

duration curves numerical, Storage and pondage, General layout of hydel power plantscomponents such as Penstock, surge tanks, spill way and draft tube and their applications, pumped

storage plants, Detailed classification of hydroelectric plants, water hammer.

Ocean Thermal Energy: Ocean thermal energy conversion, Principle and working of Rankine cycle,

Problems associated with OTEC.

Module­ 5

Nuclear Energy: Principles of release of nuclear energy­Fusion and fission reactions. Nuclear fuels

used in the reactors, Chain reaction, Moderation, breeding, Multiplication and thermal utilization

factors. General components of a nuclear reactor and materials, Brief description­Pressurized water

reactor, Boiling water reactor, Sodium graphite reactor, Fast Breeder reactor, Homogeneous

graphite reactor and gas cooled reactor, Radiation hazards, Shielding, Nuclear waste, Radioactive

waste disposal.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Test Books:

1. G.D. Rai, Non conventional energy resources, 5th Edition, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi

2. B H Khan, Non conventional energy resources, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill Education

3. Principles of Energy conversion, A. W. Culp Jr., McGraw Hill. 1996

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. S.P. Sukhatme, Solar Energy: principles of Thermal Collection and Storage, Tata McGraw­Hill

(1984).

2. L.L. Freris, Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Prentice Hall, 1990.