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Name:

APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Seventh semester B.Tech degree examinations (S), September 2020

Course Code: ME403
Course Name: ADVANCED ENERGY ENGINEERING

PARTA

Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks.
Elaborate on the current global energy supply scenario.
With a neat sketch explain the layout and working of a diesel engine power
plant.
Explain the working and components of a thermal power plant with the help of a
neat layout.
Explain briefly about the different types of solar collectors with neat sketches.
Explain the working of solar photovoltaic cells.
Distinguish between active and passive solar energy systems.

PART 13

Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks.
List the components of a wind energy conversion system and explain its
working.
List the different methods used to estimate wind speed at a location.
Elaborate on the construction and working of the different types of horizontal
axis wind turbine.
What are the advantages of wind energy conversion systems?
Explain the construction and working of KVIC (floating type) bio gas plant.
“Energy released from biomass, comes from sun’, elaborate on this point.
List out the different types of biomass that are used as fuel.
Explain any one method of thermo-chemical conversion of biomass.
What is the advantage of converting bio mass to other forms over methods,

where it is burnt directly?

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Duration: 3 Hours

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