NARAYANA ENGINEERIG COLLEGE :: GUDUR

DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

B.TECH III YEAR II SEMESTER (2015 -16)
NON CONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF ENERGY
2 MARKS QUESTIONS
UNIT I
1. What are the primary energy sources and explain briefly?
2. What are the secondary energy sources explain briefly?
3. What are supplementary energy sources explain briefly?
4. Differences between conventional and non conventional energy sources?
5. What are the fossil fuels and explain them?
6. Write the different types of coals?
7. Define the direct radiation?
8. Define the diffused radiation?
9. What is the meaning of solar constant?
10. What is the meaning of scattering?
11. Define solar attitude angle.
12. Define incident angle
13. Write a note on total solar energy received in India.
14. Mention any two applications of solar energy.
15. Define solar insulation.
16. What are instruments used to measure solar radiation? Brief them?
17. What is meant by sunshine recorder?
18. Write about solar radiation data?
19. Define Zenieth angle, Latitude angle and hour angle?
20. Define solar azimuth angle and Declination angle?
UNIT II
1. Classify the types of solar collectors?
2. What are the differences between flat and concentrating plate collectors?
3. What is meant by Green house effect?
4. State the Weins law of radiation?
5. What are the components in flat plate collectors?
6. What are the heat losses in flat plate collectors?
7. What is the necessity of insulating material in flat plate collectors?
8. What is the necessity of baffle plates in flat plate collectors?
9. What is the need of porus absorbers in flat plate collectors?
10. Define the transmittivity of cover system?
11. What are the applications solar air heaters?
12. What are the advantages of flat plate collectors?
13. Define the energy balance equation and collector efficiency?
14. What are different types of concentrating type of collectors?
15. What is the need of receiver pipe in concentrating collectors?
16. Define compound parabolic concentrator?
17. What are the advantages of concentrating collectors over the flat plate collectors?
18. What are disadvantages of concentrating collectors over the flat plate collectors?
19. Define optical efficiency?
20. Differences between line focusing and point focussing collectors?

UNIT III
1. What is the necessity of solar energy storage?
2. What are the types of solar energy storage systems?
3. Define sensible heat storage?
4. Define latent heat storage?
5. What is the use of Glaubers salt?
6. Define the electrical storage system?
7. Write about the battery storage system?
8. What are the different methods to store mechanical energy?
9. Write principle of solar pond?
10. Define the extraction of thermal energy?
11. What is wind power?
12. Mention two important wind turbine generator installations in India.
13. Write and explain wind power equation.
14. What is the type of generator used in wind power plant?
15. Define Tip speed ratio.
16. What are wind farms?
17. How the wind mills are classified?
18. What are the advantages of wind power?
19. What are the disadvantages of wind power?
20. Define Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT).
UNIT IV
1. Define the biogas and how can we produce it?
2. What are different types of bio fuels?
3. What are the raw materials required to produce the bio fuels?
4. Define fermentation?
5.How biomass conversion takes place?
6. What is the difference between biomass and biogas?
7. Define the process of photosynthesis?
8. Define anaerobic digestion?
9. write main applications of biogas?
10. define energy plantation?
11. Define a geothermal source?
12. Classify geo thermal sources?
13. What are the main applications of Geothermal energy?
14. Breif the Geothermal energy potential in India?
15. What are the sources of Geothermal pollution?
16. What are the merits and demerits of Geothermal energy forms?
17. What is meant by total flow concept?
18. What are the limitations of a flashed steam system?
19. Define wet fermentation
20. Define dry fermentation

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UNIT V
State Lambert's law?
Write various methods of OTEC power generation?
What are the types of OTEC power plants?
Write differences between open cycle and closed cycle OTEC systems?

5. Write merits of closed cycle OTEC system?

6. What are the difficulties in tidal power developements?
7. What are the merits and demerits of wave energy conversion?
8. Write merits and demerits of small scale hydel power generation?
9. State faradays law?
10. Write the principle of MHD generation
11. Define seeding
12. Write the materials used for MHD generator
13. What is meant by super conductivity
14. Write the classification of MHD systems
15. Write the advantages of MHD power generation
16. What are the factors do we need to consider to select the material for MHD power
generation?
17. What is meant by seebeck effect?
18. Write about the hall effect?
19. Define Thermal Ionization
20. What is the Peltier effect?