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Renewable Energy Engineering: Solar, Wind and Biomass Energy Systems

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Renewable Energy Engineering: Solar, Wind and Biomass Energy Systems

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1770 min
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Team EveryEngMechanical Engineering
AgricultureEnergy & Utilities
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Participants join this course to learn about clean and renewable energy. They want to understand how solar, wind, and biomass energy work. Many join to gain skills in designing and using energy systems. Some want to help the environment by promoting sustainable energy. Others join to improve their career opportunities in the growing field of renewable energy. Overall, participants join to learn practical knowledge, solve real-world energy problems, and make a positive impact on the planet.

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Is this course for you?

You should take this if

  • You work in Agriculture or Energy & Utilities
  • You're a Geoscience / Mechanical Engineering professional
  • You prefer self-paced learning you can revisit

You should skip if

  • You need a different specialisation outside Geoscience
  • You need live interaction with an instructor

Course details

This course explains the basics of renewable energy, which comes from natural sources. It mainly focuses on solar, wind, and biomass energy. Students will learn how solar energy is produced from sunlight, how wind energy is generated using turbines, and how biomass energy is made from plants and organic waste. The course also teaches how energy is converted into usable power and the basic principles behind different energy systems. Students will explore simple ideas of system design and learn how these energy systems are planned and built. Additionally, the course discusses ways to use renewable energy in real life, helping students understand clean and sustainable energy sources.

Source : NPTEL IIT Guwahati (Youtube Channel)

Prof. R. Anandalakshmi & Prof. Vaibhav Vasant Goud, Department of Chemical engineering, IIT Guwahati

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Key topics covered

  • Renewable Energy Engineering: Solar, Wind and Biomass Energy

  • Solar Energy: An overview of thermal applications

  • Solar radiation

  • Thermal energy storage systems: Part I

  • Solar energy utilization methods

  • Properties and structural components of biomass

  • Turbine terms, types and theories: Part I

  • Characteristics and Power Generation from Wind Energy: Part I

  • Characteristics and Power Generation from Wind Energy: Part II

Course content

The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.

39 lectures29 hr 30 min
  1. Renewable Energy Engineering: Solar, Wind and Biomass Energy
    13 min
  2. Solar Energy: An overview of thermal applications
    69 min
  3. Solar radiation
    64 min
  4. Practice problems: Part I
    55 min
  5. Practice problems: Part II
    28 min
  6. Non-concentrating solar collectors: Part I
    63 min
  7. Non-concentrating solar collectors: Part II
    28 min
  8. Non-concentrating solar collectors: Part III
    51 min
  9. Practice problems: Part I
    34 min
  10. Practice problems: Part II
    50 min
  11. Practice problems: Part III
    22 min
  12. Parabolic solar collectors
    60 min
  13. Practice problems
    57 min
  14. Thermal energy storage systems: Part I
    44 min
  15. Thermal energy storage systems: Part II
    22 min
  16. Solar energy utilization methods
    57 min
  17. Classification of energy resources
    33 min
  18. Broad classification and compositional analysis
    48 min
  19. Characteristics and properties of biomass
    41 min
  20. Properties and structural components of biomass
    39 min
  21. Biomass residues and energy conversion routes
    47 min
  22. Utilisation of biomass through bio-chemical and thermo-chemical routes
    38 min
  23. Conversion mechanism of biomass to biogas and its properties
    41 min
  24. Classification of biogas plants
    46 min
  25. Practice problems - I
    37 min
  26. Practice problems - II
    41 min
  27. Practice problems - III
    23 min
  28. Bioconversion of substrates into alcohol
    54 min
  29. Thermo-chemical conversion, torrefaction and combustion processes
    53 min
  30. Thermo-chemical conversion of biomass to solid, liquid and gaseous fuels
    56 min
  31. Gasification process
    48 min
  32. Thermo-chemical conversion processes: pyrolysis, liquefaction and conversion processes
    47 min
  33. Practice problems - I
    34 min
  34. Practice problems - II
    41 min
  35. Turbine terms, types and theories: Part I
    70 min
  36. Turbine terms, types and theories: Part II
    67 min
  37. Characteristics and Power Generation from Wind Energy: Part I
    71 min
  38. Characteristics and Power Generation from Wind Energy: Part II
    49 min
  39. Practice problems
    29 min

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