1. ENERGY SOURCES AND THEIR AVAILABILITY
2. BIOGAS TECHNOLOGY AND GENERATION OF POWER FROM BIOGAS
3. POWER GENERATION FROM URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
4. DESIGN & USE OF DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL BIOGAS PLANT
5. SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES
6. SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRIC CONVERSION
7. SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC POWER GENERATION
8. OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
9. HYDROGEN ENERGY
10. WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
11. BIOMASS GASIFICATION
12. FUEL CELL
13. SMALL SCALE HYDROELECTRIC (SHP)
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
Exercise No. 1: STUDY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLAR COOKERS
Exercise No. 2: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SOLAR COOKER
Exercise No. 3: STUDY OF SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM
Exercise No. 4: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SOLAR WATER HEATER (FPC/ETC)
Exercise No. 5: STUDY OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM
Exercise No. 6: VI-POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL
Exercise No. 7: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SOLAR-WIND HYBRID SYSTEM
Exercise No. 8: STUDY OF NATURAL CONVECTION DRYERS
Exercise No. 9: TESTING OF NATURAL CONVECTION SOLAR DRYER
Exercise No. 10: STUDY OF FORCED CONVECTION SOLAR DRYER
Exercise No. 11: TESTING OF FORCED CONVECTION TYPE SOLAR DRYER
Exercise No. 12: STUDY OF SOLAR DISTILLATION SYSTEM
Exercise No. 13: STUDY OF BIOGAS PLANTS
Exercise No. 14: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BIOGAS PLANTS
Chapter: 15: ESTIMATION OF CALORIFIC VALUE OF BIOGAS
Chapter: 16: STUDY OF BIOMASS GASIFIERS
Chapter: 17: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BIOMASS GASIFIER SYSTEM (DOWNDRAFT)
Chapter: 18: ESTIMATION OF CALORIFIC VALUE OF PRODUCER GAS
Chapter: 19: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BIOMASS COOKSTOVE
GLOSSARY
UNIT CONVERSIONS