Syllabus Copy of Non-conventional Energy Resources
Syllabus Overview (Key Topics):
Week 1:
Scale of quantities, Impact of current energy usage, Conventional sources
Week 2:
Overview of non-conventional energy resources, Sectoral energy consumption
Week 3:
Solar energy on Earth, The solar spectrum
Week 4:
Overview of solar energy technologies, Solar thermal devices
Week 5:
Solar photovoltaic devices, Performance and durability of solar devices
Week 6:
Wind energy, Technical and geographic aspects
Week 7:
Geothermal and Biomass energy
Week 8:
Basics of batteries and fuel cells
Page 1
Syllabus Copy of Non-conventional Energy Resources
Week 9:
Battery testing and performance, Lithium-ion batteries
Week 10:
Types of fuel cells, Fuel processing for PEM fuel cells
Week 11:
Construction and assembly of fuel cells, Supercapacitors
Week 12:
Flywheels, Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation
Page 2