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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology M.Sc - Physics SPHA7403 Energy Materials Syllabus

SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES

SPHA7403 ENERGY MATERIALS
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 Indian Energy Scenario: Role of energy in economic development and social transformation, Various types
of energy sources: Energy sources and overall energy demand, Availability of energy sources. Non
Renewable Energy sources: Coal, Oil, Natural gas, Nuclear power, Hydroelectricity, Renewable Energy
sources: Solar, Wind, Biomass, Tidal, Ocean wave, Ocean thermal, Geothermal and other. Energy
consumption and its impact on environmental climatic change. Future Energy Option: Sustainable
development, Energy crisis, Transition from carbon free technologies, Parameters of transition, Carbon
credits.


UNIT 2 Solar Photovoltaics (SPV) Solar Photovoltaics (SPV) Conversion: Basic principles, Types of solar cell
materials, Fabrication of solar photovoltaic cells, solar cell parameters and characteristics, Modules. Block
diagram of general SPV conversion system and their characteristics, Different configurations, Application
(such as street light, water pumps, Radio/TV,Small capacity power generation ) Solar Photovoltaic (SPV)
Systems Designing : Load estimation, selection of inverters, battery sizing, array sizing.


UNIT 3 Hydrogen Energy : Hydrogen Fuel : Imortance of Hydrogen as a future fuel, Sources of Hydrogen, Fuel of
vehicles. Hydrogen production : Production of Hydrogen by various methods, Direct electrolysis of water,
Direct thermal decomposition of water, Biological and biochemical methods of hydrogen production.
Hydrogen storage : Gaseous, Cryogenic and Metal hydride. Utilization of hydrogen : Fuel cell – Principle,
construction and applications.


UNIT 4 Wind Energy : Wind Energy : Introduction, Basic principle of wind energy conversion, Extraction of maximum
power from wind and its dependence on various parameters. Wind Mills : Types of wind mills, Vertical axis
and Horizontal axis wind mills their performance, Merits and Demerits, Limitations of wind energy
conversions.


UNIT 5 Bio Energy : Biomass, Generation and utilization, Property of biomass, Agriculture crop and Forestry
residues used as fields. Physical, Chemical and biological conversion of biomass into useful form of energy.
Gasification, Biomass gasifiers and types. Biogas : Introduction , Generation of biogas, Aerobic and
anaerobic bioconversion process. Substances used to produce biogas (Cow dung, Human and other
agricultural waste, Municipal waste etc.), Digesters and their designs, Pyrolysis and gasification,
Fermentation process. Biofuels : Types of biofuels,, Production processes, Biofuel applications.

COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1: Understanding of Indian Energy Scenario.They know about the energy sources in india.
CO2: construct the solar photovaoltaincs cell
CO3: understanding about the production and applications of hydrogen energy
CO4: Design and implement systems of wind energy and wind mills.
CO5: Understand and utilization of Bio energy and bio fuel applications.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Climatological and Solar data for India, Seshadri. (Sarita Prakashan), 1969.
2. Solar Energy Utilization, G.D.Rai, 9Khanna Publishers), 1995.
3. Energy technology, S.Rao and B.B. Parulekar (Khanna Publishers), 1995
4. Terrestrial Solar Photovoltaics, Tapan Bhattacharya, (Namsa : Publication House, New Delhi)
5. Solar Cells-operating Principles, technology and System Applications, Martin A. Green (Prentice Inc.
USA).
6. Solar Thermal Engineering, J.A. Duffie (Academic Press)
7. Renewable Energy Sources and Conversion Technology, N.K. Bansal, M. Kleeman and S.N. Sreinivas
Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi), 1996.

END SEMESTER EXAM QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 5 Questions of 6 mark each - No choice. 30 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice, each carrying 14 marks. 70 Marks