ESL885

ESL885
Solar Industrial process Heating
Credits	3
Structure	3-0-0
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ESL885 : Solar Industrial process Heating

Basics of Solar Radiation, classification of solar thermal energy systems, Non-Concentrating solar collectors: Flat plate and evacuated tubular solar collector, Concentrating solar collectors: Compound parabolic concentrator, parabolic trough collector, linear Fresnel collector, parabolic dish collector, Optics of solar collectors, Tracking systems solar concentrators, receivers for concentrators; Designing thermal storage for industrial application; Applications of solar thermal energy system for various industrial applications such as pulp and paper, textile, oil upstream and downstream, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, leather, automobile industries, etc. Basics of economics. ESN702 Introduction to project Management 0 Credit (1-0-0)/Bridge Audit (for students in ESR programme) Project initiation and planning, Site and technology selection, Regulatory, permitting and environmental compliance, Project feasibility assessment, Identification and mitigation of risks, Planning execution as well as monitoring of projects, Operation and maintenance of projects. ESN703 Technical Writing 0 Credit (1-0-0)/Bridge Audit (for students in ESR programme) Language and Communication skills, Basic ethics and styles of Scientific/Technical document writing, Referencing in proper format, Planning Design and Layout of presentation, Important technical jargon for Energy Engineers. ESN704 Basic Thermal Engineering 0 Credit (1-0-0) Compulsory Audit (for students in ESN programme) / Bridge Audit (for students in ESR programme) (For Non-Mechanical students in ESN programme) First and second law of thermodynamics, Thermal fluid systems, Standard cycles, Mixture of gases, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Practical Examples, Use of steam tables. ESN712 Basic Electrical Engineering 0 Credit (1-0-0) Compulsory Audit (for students in ESN programme) / Bridge Audit (for students in ESR programme) Power circuits and electrical machinery, AC circuit analysis, Three-phase circuits, Power circuits components and energy conservation devices, Variable speed drives, Demand controls. ESN791 Applied Mathematics and Computational Methods 0 Credit (1-0-0) / Bridge Audit (for students in ESR programme) Fourier and Laplace transform, Complex and vector analysis, Matrices, Numerical and computational methods, Finite difference, Numerical methods of integration, Least square curve fitting, Introduction to C++ and MATLAB