IAH-01 Small Hydro Power Development
General : Necessity and Importance of harnessing small hydro power, material assessment, national policies, laws and related economics & financial viability; Civil : Site selection, environmental aspect, run-of-the-river and storage schemes; diversion structures, power channels, desilting arrangements, forebay tank and balancing reservoir, penstock and power house; Mechanical : Type of turbines and their selection, gates and valves, governing system (mechanical & electrical); Electrical : Types of generators - synchronous and induction, transformers, protection & control, transmission and distribution system.

IAH-02 Renewable Energy Sources Development Technology
General : Energy sources & demand in different sectors, conventional & non-conventional energy sources, Importance of new and renewable energy sources in the present energy scenario; Small Hydro: Basic components of small and mini hydro energy system;
Biomass : Biomass conversion process : Thermal and biological, thermal and electricity generation, application of bio-fuels; Solar Energy: Solar insolation; solar collectors; solar energy conversion processes Thermal & photovoltaic; wind energy ; Types of wind mills, their basic characteristics and applications; Ocean and Geothermal energies, New technologies, Integrated renewable energy system.

CH-201 Energy Conservation and Management
Introduction : Organisation of an energy Conservation Program, General principles of Energy Auditing and Survey Instruments, Assessment of the technical merits of energy conservation methods and techniques in specific applications, estimation of cost and potential of fuel and electricity savings as technical options. Energy and power supply technology and systems in residential and tertiary sector, transport sector, industrial sector, electrical utilities- technology and operation, total energy systems – CHP, Energy conservation technologies : transport, fuel efficient engines for transport, industry, heat recovery, process monitoring and control, materials conservation and recycling, buildings heat loss, effect of fabric, ventilation and solar gains, heat recovery, lighting, ventilation and cooling, thermal storage and heat pumps and cogeneration : topping Cycles and Bottoming Cycles.

 

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