KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE: WARANGAL

B.Tech VIII Semester Mechanical Engineering

Renewable Energy Sources
ASSIGNMENT – Unit III & Unit IV

Ocean Energy

1. Classify various forms of Ocean energy.

2. Give the detailed classification of forms of ocean energies.
3. Write short notes on advantages and operating difficulties in OTEC.
4. Explain with neat sketch working of opean cycle OTEC plant.
5. Explain with neat sketch working of closed cycle OTEC plant.
6. Explain OTEC technique with sketch and give its merits and demerits.
7. Write short notes on closed cycle OTEC plant and list the advantages.
8. Write short notes on mini – hydel power plant.
9. Classify various forms of Ocean Tidal energies.
10. Explain the site characteristics of Tidal energy
11. What are the advantages and limitations of Tidal energy?
12. Write short notes on double basin tidal energy conversion technique.
13. With neat sketch explain double basin tidal energy conversion technique
14. With neat sketch explain the working principle of tidal power plant.
15. Explain about ocean wave energy and its conversion techniques.
16. Explain about ocean wave energy conversion techniques and its components.

Fuel Cell
1. Discuss the operation of fuel cells.
2. Discuss about major components and general characteristics of fuel cells.
3. With the help of neat sketch explain the working of portable fuel cell systems.
4. With the help of neat sketch explain the working of methanol fuel cell.

Energy from Biomass

1. Discuss environmental impacts of biogas power plant.

2. Write short notes on various forms of biomass sources.
3. Define the terms hydrolysis.
4. Define the terms pyrolysis and its types.
5. Explain anaerobic fermentation processes.
6. Explain in detail various forms of biomass digestion process
7. Explain in detail various stages involved in biomass digestion process.
8. Explain the working of floating drum type biogas plant with neat sketch.
9. Explain in detail the thermo-chemical digestion process.
10. Explain the working of Janta model type biogas plant with neat sketch.
11. Explain in detail various forms of biomass digestion process.
12. Explain in detail the thermo-chemical digestion process
 13. With the help of neat sketch explain the working of single stage bio gas digester.
14. With the help of neat sketch explain the working of double stage bio gas
digester.
15. Explain with neat sketch the working of Indian type biogas plant
16. Explain the working of floating drum type biogas plant with neat sketch.

MHD Power Plant

1. Define “faradays law” and
2. Explain give the variation between conventional and MHD generator.
3. Explain the open cycle MHD generator.
4. Discuss limitation of MHD power plant over conventional power plant
5. What are the various components of MHD power plant and explain them.
6. With the help of neat sketch explain liquid metal cooled MHD power plant.
7. Write short notes on factors to be considered for site selection of MHD power
plant
8. State the advantages of MHD power plant over conventional power plant.
9. Classify thermo-electric effects.
10. Discuss principal of Thermo-electric generators.
11. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of Thermo-electric power generation
system.
12. Discuss principal of Thermo-ionic power generation.