Course Code: ORO551 Course Title: Renewable Energy Sources

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Degree/Branch: B. E.- Mechanical Engineering Year/Semester: III/V
Subject Code & Title : ORO551 & Renewable Energy sources

UNIT III – SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE AND APPLICATIONS

PART-B
1. Describe in detail about the different methods of solar storage systems.
2. Discuss latent heat and stratified storage.
3. Express the mechanical solar energy storage systems.
4. What are the applications of solar ponds?
5. Analyze about mechanism of solar heating/cooling technique.
6. Explain in detail solar distillation and drying.
7. With the help of a neat sketch describe a solar heating system using water heating solar collectors.
8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this method?
9. With a neat sketch demonstrate the working principle of standalone and grid Connected solar
system.
10. Working of a solar power plant-Investigate.
11. Compare solar PV system with solar thermal system.
12. Tabulate different types of solar energy storage systems.
13. Examine in detail about solar pumping.
14. Demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of PV solar energy conversion system?
15. Examine in detail about the photovoltaic energy conversion.
PART-C
1. Investigate about non convective solar ponds and applications of solar ponds.
2. Summarize the latent heat and stratified storage in solar energy.
3. Compose the Different application of Solar Energy.
4. Analyze about PV effect and state the advantage and disadvantage of PV Solar Energy.

FACULTY INCHARGE DEAN/ MECH

S.Saravana Kumar AP/ Mech Mr.K.S.Sathish Kumar

Department of Mechanical Engineering