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UNIT III BIO - ENERGY 9
Bio resources – Biomass direct combustion – Biomass gasifier - Types of biomass gasifiers - 4Cogeneration
–- Carbonisation – Pyrolysis - Biogas plants – Digesters –Biodiesel production – Ethanol production -
Applications.

UNIT IV OCEAN AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 9
Small hydro - Tidal energy – Wave energy – Open and closed OTEC Cycles – Limitations – Geothermal
energy – Geothermal energy sources - Types of geothermal power plants – Applications - Environmental
impact.

UNIT V NEW ENERGY SOURCES 9
Fuel cell – Principle - Types of fuel cells – Hydrogen energy – Properties – Hydrogen production – Storage –
Transport and utilisation - Safety issues.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
 Understand and analyze the pattern of renewable energy resources.
 Understand the working principle of Wind energy technologies
 Appreciate the need of Bio Energy technologies
 Gain knowledge on Ocean and Geothermal energy technologies
 Economics of the utilization and environmental merits

TEXT BOOKS:
1. G.D. Rai, “Non Conventional Energy Sources”, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2014.
2. Twidell, J.W. & Weir, A., “Renewable Energy Resources”, EFN Spon Ltd., UK, 3 rd Edison
2005

REFERENCES:
1. Godfrey Boyle, “Renewable Energy, Power for a Sustainable Future”, Oxford University Press,
U.K., 2012.
2. S.P. Sukhatme, “Solar Energy: Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage”, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, 2009.
3. G.N. Tiwari, “Solar Energy – Fundamentals Design, Modelling and applications”, Alpha Science
Intl Ltd, 2015.
4. B.H. Khan, “Non-Conventional Energy Resources”, The McGraw Hill companies, 2009
5. D.S. Chauhan, " Non-Conventional Energy Resources " New Age Publications 2012.

QUALITY CONTROL AND RELIABILITY L T P C
ME17E64 ENGINEERING 3 0 0 3

OBJECTIVES:

 To introduce the concept of SQC and control charts
 To understand process control charts and their application .
 To understand acceptance sampling procedure and their application.
 To learn the concept of reliability , maintainability and availability
 To understand the quality and reliability in Product design and analysis

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