II Semester M.E. (PE/PES) Degree Examination, July 2014 (2K8 Scheme) PE–211 : NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks : 100
Instructions : 1) Answer any five full questions. 2) Missing data may suitably be assumed. 1. a) Define : i) Day length ii) Slope iii) Solar constant iv) Local solar time .
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b) Calculate the angle made by beam radiation with the normal to a slab surface on December 1, at 9.00 A.M., solar time for a location at 28° 3 5′ N. The collector is tilted at an angle of latitude plus 10° with the horizontal and is pointing the south. c) Explain a method to estimate average solar radiation.
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2. a) Calculate the sunset hour angle and day-length at a location latitude of 35° N on February 14.
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b) Explain Flat-plate collector and the materials used for increasing the collector temperature. 10 c) Explain with a block diagram, a stand alone PV conversion system.
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3. a) Explain maximum power point tracker used in P.V. conversion systems.
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b) What is charge controller ? Explain different types of charge controllers.
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4. a) What are the different types of wind energy conversion systems and mention their advantages and disadvantages ? 10 b) Show that in case of Horizontal axis wind turbine systems, the maximum power can be obtained when exit velocity =
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JEP – 986 5. a) Explain i) Pitch angle ii) Pitch control iii) Tip-speed ratio iv) Solidity.
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b) Explain design of wind turbine rotor.
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c) Explain Darreus rotor and mention its advantages and disadvantages.
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d) Find the required diameter of a wind turbine to generate 4 KW at a wind speed of 8 m/s and a rotor speed of 120 rpm, Cp = 0.4, η mech = 0.9, η elect = 0.95.
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6. a) Discuss the characteristics of a good wind power site.
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b) Explain two blade wind energy conversion system and discuss the different control to be provided. 10 c) Discuss the merits and limitations of W.E.C.S. 7. Write brief notes on the following. i) PV-Fuel cell Hybrid system ii) Photo-voltaic cell iii) Power vs swept area characteristics of a WECS.
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