NARAYANA ENGINEERIG COLLEGE :: GUDUR

DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

B.TECH III YEAR II SEMESTER (2015 -16)
NON CONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF ENERGY
10 MARKS QUESTIONS
UNIT I
1. a) The extraterrestrial radiation changes for all the days in the days in a year.
Formulate and discuss the reasons and effects?
b) What are the challenges associated in the use of solar energy and give the remedies
and possible solutions.
2. Write short notes on sun earth angles:
i) Latitude ii) Altitude iii) Zenith angle iv) Azimuth angle
b) What are the convention and non conventional sources? Write advantages of non
conventional energy sources
3. a)Distinguish between extraterrestrial and terrestrial solar radiation and state
expression for hour angle and day length
b)Calculate the declination angle for March 31st in leap years?
4. a)With a neat diagram explain the working of sunshine recorder.
b)Classify different solar energy measuring instruments and what is the difference
between a Pyrhliometer and pyranometer?
UNIT II
1. a)Classify concentration collectors and explain its working with neat sketches
b)How is the performance of flat plate collector evaluated?
2. a)Elaborate the orientation and tracking modes for a cylindrical parabolic collector.
b)What are the applications of flat plate collectors?
3. a)Explain the working principle of solar pond with neat sketch
b)Briefly explain about solar water heater and solar cookers?
4. a)Write short notes on solar distillation
b)Enumerate the different types of concentrating type collectors. Describe a collector
used in power plant for generation of electrical energy.
UNIT III
1. a) Why there is a need in solar thermal energy storage?
b) Draw and elaborate the analysis of a thermally stratified sensible heat liquid storage
system.
2. a)Why Oils are used in small capacity sensible storage systems?
b)Draw a diagram of packed bed storage system and explain its construction and
working?
3. a)Classify wind energy conversion systems?
b) What are Betz criteria?
4. a)Give classification and working of wind turbines on the basis of axis of rotation
b) Explain power and velocity duration characteristics of wind?
UNIT IV
1. a)Explain the process of photosynthesis. What are the conditions, which are necessary
for it?
b)Analyze the combustion characteristics of bio-gas?

2. a) How are geothermal sites, earthquakes and volcanoes related?

b) Analyze the combustion characteristics of bio-gas?
3. a)Explain about generation of algae biomass
b) Draw the neat sketch of floating dome type biogas plant and explain its construction
and working
4. a)Write the working principle of vapour dominated geo power plant?
b) What is total flow geo-thermal power plant?
UNIT V
1. a) Why the MHD generators are not popularized commercially?
b) Elaborate the Seeback, Peltier and Joule Thomson effects with the practical
applications?
2. Write short notes on:
a) Thermoelectric effects
b) Selection of Thermoelectric materials
c) Fuel cells.
3. a)What is the basic principle of Ocean thermal energy conversion?
b)What are the advantages of small scale hydroelectric power generation?
4. a) What are the main types of OTEC power plants? Describe their working in brief?
b)Write short notes wave energy conversion machines?