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PERUMAL MANIMEKALAI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, HOSUR

Approved by AICTE & Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai
NAAC B++ Grade Institution, ISO 9001:2015 Certified

Department of Mechanical Engineering

OR0551- RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
QUESTION BANK

UNIT I - PRINCIPLES OF SOLAR RADIATION

2MARK
1. Discuss the role of renewable source.
2. List various energy resources.
3. Compose the Environmental impact of Solar Power.
4. Define Solar Constant.
5. State the principle involved in generating solar power.
6. Summarize the factor influencing solar power extraction.
7. Infer solar azimuth angle and Zenith angle.
8. 8 Summarize the advantage of solar concentrators.
9. Express the Estimation of average Solar Radiation.
10. Justify solar insolation.

13 MARK
1. Write the important differences between renewable and nonrenewable source.
2. Compose the solar energy option in detail.
3. Examine the Environmental impact of solar power generation.
4. Explain and derive expression for beam and diffuse radiation.
5. What are the reasons for variation in the amount of solar energy reaching earth surface.
6. Illustrate the necessity to develop non-conventional method of generating Electrical energy.
7. Tabulate the different types of solar energy measuring instruments.
8. Discuss about the physics of the sun.

UNIT II - SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION

2MARK
1. What are the main components of a flat plate solar collector?
2. List out the various types of flat plate collectors.
3. Describe the classification of solar energy collectors.
4. List out the classification of concentrating collectors.
5. Interpret about Flat plate collector?
6. Differentiate flat plate collectors and concentrating collectors.
7. Define Concentrating Collector and classify it.
8. Discuss about non focusing type concentrating collectors.
9. Express Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC).
10. Highlight the different types of point focusing type concentrating type collectors.
 13 MARK
1. Describe the classification of solar energy collectors.
2. What is flat plate collector? Explain its operation.
3. Examine the working principle of various types of concentrating solar collectors with neat sketch.
4. List the main components of a flat plate solar collector, explain the function of it.
5. Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of concentrating collectors over a flat plate collector?
6. Explain the principle of operation of Fresnel lens collector.
7. Demonstrate about Compound Parabolic Concentrators.
8. Express the principle of conversion of solar energy in to heat.

UNIT III - SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE AND APPLICATIONS

2MARK
1. Express the different types of solar energy storage systems.
2. Define Sensible in solar energy storage.
3. Latent Heat –Discuss.
4. What is a solar pond?
5. Explain in brief about the applications of solar energy.
6. Compose the solar heating/Cooling Techniques.
7. Enumerate about solar water heating.
8. Discover in detail solar space cooling.
9. Infer about solar distillation.
10. Examine the Solar Drying.
13 MARK
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.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of this method?
8. With a neat sketch demonstrate the working principle of standalone and grid Connected solar system.
 UNIT IV - WIND ENERGY
2MARK
1. List two important wind turbine generator installations in India.
2. What is the type of generator used in wind power plant?
3. How the wind mills are classified Power?
4. Explain vertical wind mills with neat sketch. Illustrate some organic materials used in bio-mass
plant.
5. Express the factors affecting biogas generation.
6. Examine about liquefaction?
7. Give the classification of biogas plant. Utilization of biogas plant-Discuss.
8. Illustrate wet processes used for producing biogas.
9. Continuous and batch processes-Discuss.
10. Demonstrate about the operation of I.C.Engine

13 MARK
1. Write and explain wind power equation.
2. Explain Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT).
3. With a neat sketch illustrate about Horizontal axis wind mills.
4. Principle used in the measurement of speed of the wind Discuss?
5. Dry and wet fermentation process-Discuss
6. List out the classification of biogas plants.
7. Examine about the floating drum type biogas plants.
8. Summarize about the operation of IC engine with biogas discuss their performance characteristics.

UNIT V - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

2MARK
1. What is geothermal power?
2. List out the classifications of geo thermal fields.
3. Describe a vapor dominated or dry steam field,
4. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of geothermal plant.
5. Potential of geothermal energy in India-Infer.
6. Explain the working of a vapor-dominated power plant.
7. Discuss the types of liquid dominated hydrothermal convective systems.
8. Give the applications of geothermal energy.
9. Highlight types of energy that can be generated from ocean.
10. Principles of OTEC energy utilization-Discuss.

13 MARK
1. Explain vapour dominated hydrothermal power plant with neat sketch and its representation on
T-S diagram.
2. With the help of neat diagram, explain the working of geo thermal-preheat hybrid.
3. Sketch the working of a liquid dominated single flash steam system and discuss.
4. Principle on which OTEC plants are base done-Analyze
5. Draw and discuss the schematic layout of a tidal powerhouse.
6. generators principle and working-Infer
7. Discuss about various fuel cells and its applications.
8. Compose the working of a thermoelectric generator.