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School of Mechanical Engineering: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Deemed To Be University)

This document contains an assignment on renewable energy and technology from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology. It includes 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of renewable resources like wind, tides, and geothermal heat. Topics covered include biofuels, greenhouse gases, solar energy potential, geothermal gradients, tidal energy advantages and disadvantages, solar collectors, and differences between flat and concentrating collectors. Students are asked to provide solutions or elaborations for 3 additional questions.

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School of Mechanical Engineering: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Deemed To Be University)

This document contains an assignment on renewable energy and technology from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology. It includes 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of renewable resources like wind, tides, and geothermal heat. Topics covered include biofuels, greenhouse gases, solar energy potential, geothermal gradients, tidal energy advantages and disadvantages, solar collectors, and differences between flat and concentrating collectors. Students are asked to provide solutions or elaborations for 3 additional questions.

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School of Mechanical Engineering

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology


(Deemed to be University)
Sub.: Renewable Energy and Technology (RET)

Assignment-01

Q.1 Which of the following is (are) renewable resource(s)


(a) Wind (b) Tides (c) Geothermal heat and (d) All of the above

Q.2 The most commonly used bio-fuels are

(a) formaldehyde and acetaldehyde (b) methanol and formaldehyde (c) methanol and
crude oil (d) ethanol and bio-diesel 

Q.3 The angle between the sun’s rays and a line perpendicular to the horizontal
plane through angle the beam of the sun and vertical is called __________

(a) Zenith angle  (b) Altitude angle (c) Declination (d) Solar Azimuth angle

Q.4 Greenhouse gas is a combination of

(a) hydrogen, oxygen and carbon-dioxide (b) methane, oxygen and water vapour (c)
Carbon-dioxide, methane and nitrogen (d) Carbon-dioxide, methane and water
vapour 

Q.5 Bio diesel is produced by the __________ of the vegetable oil.

(a) Fermentation (b) Distillation (c) Transesterification (d) Rectification

Q.6 Which gas is always present in geothermal fields?

(a) H2O (b) CO2 (c) H2S (d) N2O

Q.7 How much is the average temperature at depth of 10 km of earth surface?

(a) 900oC (b) 200oC (c) 500oC (d) 650oC

Q.8 Which of the following energy has the greatest potential among all the
sources of renewable energy?

(a) Solar energy  (b) Wind Energy (c) Hydro-electrical energy (d) Thermal energy
Q. 9 _________ is called as the bio gas.

(a) Bio methane  (b) Bio ethanol (c) Bio butanol (d) Bio diesel

Q.10 The difference, in temperature between the core of the planet and its
surface, is known as

(a) geothermal coefficient (b) geothermal gradient  (c) geothermal constant (d) none
of the above

Q. 11 Mention any five advantages and disadvantages of tidal energy?

Solution:

Q.12 State elaborately the merits and demerits of renewable energy sources.

Solution:

Q.13 What is the main aim of solar collectors?

Solution:

Q.14 Distinguish between flat and concentrating collectors.

Solution:

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