Thiqar University Collage of Engineering

Petroleum and Gas Engineering Department

Fourth stage/ Renewable Energy
Online quiz
Briefly answer the following questions:
1- Classify energy resources.?
2- Classify the following resources of energy as commercial or renewable:
tidal, wind, gases, coal, sun light, tar sand, oil shales, coal tar, biomass,
geothermal.
3- What are the basic types of solar collectors.?
4- How does the transparent cover reduce convection losses from the absorber
plate?
5- How does the transparent cover reduce radiation losses from the collector?
6- What does the FPC generally consists of?
7- Why does the glass widely used to glaze solar collectors?
8- What do typical selective surfaces of collector absorbing plate consist of?
9- For which temperature applications do FPC usually employed?
10- In compound parabolic collector, what is acceptance angle?