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Patel Institute of Technology QUESTION BANK NON-CONVENCTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES Energy from Biomass
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What is difference between biomass and biogas? Explain biogas generation process. Explain the process photo synthesis. What are the conditions which are necessary for it? What are the factors affecting the production of biogas? Define biomass and biomass energy. Discuss various biomass resources with examples. Describe with neat sketch construction and working of fixed dome type biogas plant. Describe with neat sketch construction and working of floating drum type biogas plant. Enlist biomass conversion technologies & explain any one in details. Write about selection of site for biogas plant.

Geothermal energy
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Explain typical geothermal field. Types of geothermal field. Types of geothermal source. Describe vapour dominated power system. Describe liquid dominated flash steam system. Describe liquid dominated binary cycle system. Describe total flow concept. Write advantage, disadvantage & application of geothermal energy. Explain petrothermal resources in details.

Wind energy
1. Prove that in case of horizontal axis wind turbine maximum power can be obtained when Exit velocity = (1/3)*wind velocity Also get the equation of maximum power,
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Describe the main consideration in selecting a site for wind turbine. Classification of WECS. Explain savonious rotor. Write advantages and disadvantages. Explain darrius rotor. Write advantages and disadvantages. Write advantages and disadvantages of HAWT and VAWT. Wind at 1 standard atmospheric pressure and 150C temperature has a velocity of 10 m/s. the turbine has diameter of 120 m and its operating speed is 40 r.p.m. at maximum efficiency. Actual efficiency is 40%. Calculate:

1. total power density in wind stream, 2. maximum obtainable power density, 3. total power produced, 4. the torque and axial thrust, 8. Wind is blowing at the rate of 10 m/s having the atmospheric condition at 1 bar,300 k. the wind is harnessed by a wind turbine having its efficiency of 42%. Find the total power and actual power per square meter of rotor area, which can be developed by the turbine. Assume R=287 N.m/kg.k

SOLAR ENERGY
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What is solar zenith angle. Explain meaning of local apparent time. Explain sunrise, sunset and day length. With a neat sketch explain the working of flat plate collector. Calculate the angle if incidence of beam radiation on a flat plate collector for the following situation : Location: Nagapur (210 06 n,79003E) Slope of collector: 310 Surface azimuth angle: 150 Date: December 1, 1979 Time: 0900 h(IST) 6. Calculate the angle of incidence of beam radiation on photovoltaic array located in Mumbai (19007 N, 72051 E). The surface is tilted at an angle of 100 Date: August 18, 2005 Time : 1010 h (LAT) Slope of PV array: 280 Surface azimuth angle: 200 7. Calculate the day length on May 1 and December 1 for a south facing surface tilted at an angle of 400 and located at New Delhi (28035 N, 77012 E). 8. Calculate the hour angle at sunrise and sunset on a plane surface tilted at an angle of 40 0. Given = 280 N, =-210 and =480. 9. Explain with neat sketch working of solar box type cooker.