» CG BRaKAS doro| ap Reg. No. : | Question Paper Code : 10154 B.E/B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY/JUNE 2012. Sixth Semester Automobile Engineering _ AT 2022/ AU 602/ AT 1002 — ALTERNATE FUELS AND ENERGY SYSTEMS (Regulation 2008) ‘ime : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks Answer ALL quessions. PART A — (10 x 2= 20 marks) How alternative fuel is selected to use in diesel engines. Write down the demerits of alternative fuels? How the performance in an S.I engine can be found out? i is DEE? Mention its formulae?15. (b) (b) (a) (b) (b) Define DEE and explain their properties, performance characteristic with their merits and demerits Or | (i) What are all the essential properties of engine fuel? @| (i) Discuss about emission and combustion characteristics of a C. | engine. (6 Define CNG and explain the working of a CNG engine with a neal sketch. (6, Or Explain how an LPG engine works and what are all the safety, | precautions to be taken. (16), | What are all the types of vegetable oils used for engines? Explain briefly 7 mentioning their merits and demerits. (16) Or How Bio-diesel can be used as an alternative fucl and give performance characteristics of the same? as) Draw the layout and explain the working of an Blectrical vehicle with its advantages and disadvantages. as) 4] | Or a Write short notes about (i) Solar vehicles (@, 3 (i) Hybrid vehicles. (8) o 4 ceQuestion Paper Code : 21080 B.E/B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY/JUNE 2013. Sixth Semester Automobile Engineering AT 2022/AU 602/AT 1002/10177 AUE 13 — ALTERNATE FUELS AND ENERGY Time : Three hours © PARA wa wo YH s 11. SYSTEMS (Regulation 2008/2010) Maximum : 100 marks Answer ALL questions. PART A — (10 x 2 = 20 marks) What is the need for an alternate fuel? What is a fuel cell? What is DEE? Write its chemical formula. What is the problem of using aleohol in CI engines? What is the major constituent of natural gas? What are the advantages of biomass fuels? What are the various vegetable oils? What are the problems of vegetable oils being used as a fuel in CI engines? What are the major types of rechargeable batteries considered for EV and HEV applications. What is a hybrid vehicle? PART B— (5 x 16 = 80 marks) (a) Discuss the properties of hydrogen relevant to its use of IC engines and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of hydrogen as an IC engine fuel. : Or (b) Discuss the properties of alcohol relevant to its use in Ic i s engines and write the advantages and disadvantages of alcohol as an IC anaes fuel.