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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

SEVENTH SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION(R&S), DECEMBER 2019

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Course Code: ME403
Course Name: ADVANCED ENERGY ENGINEERING

PARTA

Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks.
Sketch the layout of a diesel power plant. Explain the layout.
Discuss the renewable energy potential of India.
Give the schematic layout of a gas turbine power plant and explain it’s working
with the help of Brayton cycle.
Discuss the various types of concentrating collectors
Explain the working of a flat plate collector with a neat sketch.
List out the advantages and disadvantages of photovoltaic cells.
Explain with a neat sketch solar pond electric power plant.

PART B
Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks.

What are advantages and disadvantages of wind energy?
What do you mean by (1) Yaw control (2) Rated wind speed with respect to
wind turbines?
Discuss site selection for wind power plants?
How are wind turbines classified?
What are the advantages of using biomass as an energy source?
Which are the main sources of Biomass?
With a neat sketch explain the working of a fixed dome type biogas plant.
Write a short note on gasification of biomass?
PART C
Answer any four full questions, each carries 10 marks.

Discuss micro hydro power plants.

Explain the components of a Tidal power plants.

With a schematic layout describe hot dry rock system of geothermal energy?

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Duration: 3 Hours

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