Professor: Prof. Sagar Mitra
Motivation behind the course:
To learn in brief about the various renewable energy sources available. To study the major instruments and machines used in each of the renewable technology from economic and design perspective. A major part of the course focuses on solar energy and its applications and energy economics which is interesting.
Pre-requisites:
None
Feedback on lectures and exams:
The first half of the course is very interesting which deals with solar positions. Later on the topics are heavily formula oriented and take time to learn the back calculations. Still, the prof is interested in the learning of the students and adjusts his teaching accordingly. The last part which deals with energy economics will provide you with basic business economics knowledge which is highly useful anywhere.
There was an attendance policy of 80%.
Surprise quizzes were frequent, in which you can refer to notes in and in the exams prof. allowed us to have a cheat sheet for the formulas, and most of the paper was just to implement the formulas with a basic understanding of them.
Weightage:
Midsem: 30%
Endsem: 40%
Quizzes: 30%
Grading statistics:
Grading is relative and pretty chill in general.
Difficulty level: 3/5
Study Material and References:
Lecture slides and class notes are sufficient, but you can look at the following books for reference:
- S. P. Sukhatme, and J K Nayak Solar energy: principles of thermal collection and storage, third edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2008
- Godfrey Boyle Renewable energy power for a sustainable future
- Twidell, John W.Weir, Anthony D. Renewable energy resources, E & FN Spon Ltd, London, 1986.
We thank “Divyansh Chand Bansal” for sharing the course reviews
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