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B.Sc. Engineering Honours Degree

Final Examination
Year 1, Semester I (20 14)

ME 102 - Introduction to Renewable Energy

Duration: 2 Hours

June 2014

Instructions to Candidates:
+ This. paper has 4 questions
+ Answer All Questions
+ All questions carry equal marks
+ Total mark is 100
+ Calculators are allowed
+ This paper contains 3 pages including cover page

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Question 1 (25 marks)

a) Sketch typical daily electricity demand curve of Sri Lanka.

[10 marks]

b) What are the major components of a domestic PV system which can be connected to the
main grid directly?
[10 marks]

c) What are the types of generators used in wind power plants?

[05 marks]

Question 2 (25 marks)

a) Explain two mechanisms used to generate electricity from geothermal energy. You shall use
diagrams to explain the answer.
[10 marks]

b) What are the main components of a hydro power plant?

[10 marks]

c) What characteristics of a hydro power plant make them attractive as peaking power plant?
[05 marks]

Question 3 (25 marks)

a) Identify four environmental impacts of a large scale hydro power project. [5 marks]

b) With the help of clear diagram, identify the main components Df a "run-off river" type small
scale hydropower scheme. [ 10 marks]

c) Briefly explain the pump hydro operations and usage with neat diagrams [5 marks]

d) List four advantages and four disadvantages of solar as a source of energy [5 marks]

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Question 4 (25 marks)

a) Do the rough sketches of the turbine types indicated below and categorize them according to
the operation (impulse or reaction)?
a. Pelton
b. Kaplan
c. Fransis [05 marks]

b)
a. Consider a mountain stream with an effective head of 50 m and a flow rate of
500 lfmin. What is the maximum theoretical power that a hydro plant could
generate from this stream?

Propose a reasonable value for overall efficiency that can be used to estimate the
practically available power from this plant.

b. How much energy will the hydro plant generate each year if the plant efficiency is
the value proposed above?

What is a reasonable value for the energy use per person per year in Sri Lanka.

[10 marks]
c) Briefly explain followings;
1. Greenhouse effect and global warming [05 marks]
n. Kyoto protocol for control of greenhouse gases. [05 marks]

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