Question Bank on Non-conventional Energy Sources for EE Final Year Students

0. What are the indirect forms of solar energy?
1. How is the energy continuously being produced in the sun?
2. Discuss the principle of solar collector. How can collector coating be used to improve the performance of a collector?
3. Classify different types of solar thermal collectors and show the constructional details of a flat-plate. What are its main advantages?
4. Which is the most expensive component in a solar PV system?
5. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of a solar PV system?
6. What range of wind speed is considered favourable of wind-power generation?
7. Derive an expression of energy available in the wind.
8. Using Betz model of a wind turbine, derive the expression for power extracted from wind. What is the maximum theoretical power that can be extracted and under what condition?
9. Sketch the diagram of a HAWT and explain the functions of its main components.
10. Explain the desirable features of bio-ethanol that makes it suitable as automobile fuel. What grade of bio-ethanol is required for blending with petrol and why?
11. Explain the process of gasification of solid bio-fuels. What is the general composition of the gas produced and what is its heating value? What are its main applications?
12. With the help of a neat diagram explain the working of a gasifier using wood-chip biomass. What further processing is required to use the gas produced in a diesel engine?
13. Explain the process of production of biogas from biomass. What are the main advantages of anaerobic digestion of biomass?
14. What do you understand by geothermal energy? What are the geothermal fields?
15. What are the merits and demerits of geothermal energy?
16. What are the major applications of geothermal energy?
17. Explain various types of geothermal resources.
18. Describe various energy extraction technologies used with hydrothermal resources.
19. What are the main hurdles in the development of tidal energy?
20. What types of sites are considered suitable for wave power development?
21. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of OTEC system
22. Explain the technologies available for OETC.
23. What are the major advantages of mini/micro hydro resources?
24. With the help of a neat diagram explain the layout of a typical micro hydro plant.
25. Explain various types of generating systems and generators considered for use in micro hydro resources.