ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES - Renewable energy

Energy Scenario: Classification of Energy Sources, Energy resources (Conventional and nonconventional), Energy needs of India, and energy consumption patterns. Worldwide Potentials of these sources. Energy efficiency and energy security. Energy and its environmental impacts, Distributed generation. Solar Energy: Solar thermal Systems: Types of collectors, Collection systems, efficiency calculations, applications. Photo voltaic (PV) technology: Present status, solar cells, cell technologies, characteristics of PV systems, equivalent circuit, array design , building integrated PV system, its components , sizing and economics. Peak power operation. Standalone and grid interactive systems. Wind Energy: Wind speed and power relation, power extracted from wind, wind distribution and wind speed predictions. Wind power systems: system components, Types of Turbine, Turbine rating. Choice of generators, turbine rating, electrical load matching, Variable speed operation, maximum power operation, control systems, system design features, stand alone and grid connected operation. Small Hydro Systems

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I am Dr.E.N.Ganesh did my Post graduate M.Tech in Microelectronics from IIT Madras and PhD in Nanoelectronics from JNTU (Hyderabad). I am having 21 years of Teaching Experience and 7 years served as Principal in leading Engineering colleges in chennai. My PhD Thesis selected as Best thesis and awarded gold medalist. I am having 130 Publications