Question Bank: ME 353a

1. What are the indirect forms of solar energy? [CO#]

2. At what wavelengths are the radiation emitted from the sun and
that reflected from the Earth centered. [CO#]
3. Define solar irriadnce, solar constant, extra-terrestrial and
Terrestrial radiation. What is the standard value of solar constant?
[CO#]
4. Describe the percentage by distribution of various components in
extraterrestrial radiation. [CO#]
5. Define declination angle, hour angle, zenith angle, solar constant
angle and angle of incidence. Define beam, diffused and global
radiation. [CO#]
6. Drive and expression for total radiation on an inclined surface. So
that a horizontal surface receive no ground reflected radiation.
[CO#]
7. Calculate the number of Daylight hours (Day length) at Bangalore
on 31st June and 31st December in a leap year. The latitude of
Bangalore is 12 degree 58 minute N [CO#]
8. Calculate the monthly average of daily Global radiation on the
horizontal surface at Gulmarg (34 degree 105 minute N, 74.38
degree East during the month of October if the average Sunshine
hour per day is 5 hours. [CO#]
9. What are the basic features required in an ideal Pyranometer. How
does collection of solar energy get affected by tilting a flatbed
collector with respect to the ground? [CO#]
10. Describe the flat plate collector with the help of a suitable
diagram [CO#]
11. Discuss the principal of a solar collector. How can collector
coating be used to improve the performance of a collector [CO#]
12. Classify different types of solar thermal collectors and shows
the construction detail of a flat plate collector. What are their main
advantages? [CO#]
13. Write the advantage and disadvantage of a concentrating
collector over flat plate types of solar collector with the help of
schematic diagram. [CO#]
14. Explain the working of a solar water heating. [CO#]
15. What is solar house? [CO#]
16. What is a solar system? Draw its diagram and explain its
working in detail? [CO#]
17. What is the average output of a solar still during summer in
Indian climate? [CO#]
18. What are the man advantage and disadvantage of a solar
furnace and explain the working principle of solar furnace and
detail with suitable diagram. [CO#]
19. With the help of schematic diagram explain solar process
steam system. [CO#]
20. With the help of schematic diagram explain a solar passive
space cooling system through ventilation. [CO#]
21. How can solar energy be converted into electrical energy
give a diagram showing the element of such a plant. [CO#]
22. What are the major advantage and disadvantage of a solar PV
system? [CO#]
23. What are the advantage and disadvantage of direct energy
conversion system over the conventional power generation
system? [CO#]
24. Describe the principle of a solar photovoltaic energy
conversion. [CO#]
25. A P-type Silicon has effective density of states in the balance
band as 10 ×10
22
Cm3 and imperative from the third group with
convection concentration of 10 ×10
19
per cm is added. if the band
gap for Silicon is 1.1 electron volt, find the closeness of the farmi
level with balance band at the temperature of 27 Kelvin. [CO#]
26. What is the present status of development of biomass energy
resources in India? [CO#]
27. Compare the relative performance of a floating drum and
fixed Dom type biogas plant. [CO#]
28. What are the factors affecting the performance of a biogas
digester? [CO#]
29. What are the different biomass energy resources and what is
the energy yield from each of them? [CO#]
30. What are the main advantages in the use of biogas? What are
it man constitutes and heating value in which country are these
plant most popular? [CO#]
31. What is the fuel cell and write its main advantage? [CO#]
32. What are the potential applications of a fuel cell? What is
main obstacle in way of by desperate use of fuel cell? [CO#]
33. What principles may be used for measurement of wind
speed? [CO#]
34. What is the standard height for measurement of wind speed?
[CO#]
35. What factors lead to accelerate development of wind power?
[CO#]
36. What is the source of tidal energy? [CO#]
37. What is the minimum tidal range required for a practical tidal
plant? How much it is the potential in tidal? [CO#]
38. Explain the present status of development of ocean energy
resources? [CO#]
39. A deep ocean wave of 2.5m peak to pick appears at a period
of 10sec. Find the wavelength, phase velocity and power
 associated with the wave. At this power rate, what is the average
annual wave energy in MWh/m? [CO#]
40. Describe the basic principle of operation of MHD generator.
[CO#]
41. Drive expression for maximum power generation per unit
volume of a generator. [CO#]
42. What are the major advantage and limitation of a MHD
generating system? [CO#]
43. With the help of a schematic diagram? Explain the operation
of a close cycle MHD generating system. [CO#]
44. Explain the heating and cooling application of a
thermoelectric system. Comment on the type of material used for
low and high temperature application. [CO#]
45. What are the potential applications of thermionic converters?
[CO#]
46. Explain the construction of an ultra-capacitor. What features
are provided to increase the amount of energy stored? [CO#]
47. What are the main limitations of compressed air energy
storage? [CO#]
48. Describe thermal energy storage system of solar energy.
[CO#]
49. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of sensible
heat storage with water as storage media? Compare them with that
of solid media storage? [CO#]
50. What types of forces are produced while using SMES? [CO#]
51. Explain the basic principles of superconducting magnetic
energy storage? What are the possible super conducting materials
for the system at present? [CO#]
52. How are electrical and thermal energies converted to
hydrogen. Mention their relative advantages and limitations. [CO#]
53. Which type of energy storage systems are suitable for peak
shaving in electrical utility? [CO#]
54. Compare the performance of lithium ion batteries with other
batteries. What are the major limitations of these batteries? [CO#]
55. What are the main problems associated with the use of salt
hydrate as phase change storage media? [CO#]