BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEEERING

Assignment-2
Subject: Energy Engineering

1) Explain with neat sketch solar pond

2) With block diagram briefly explain Solar water heater

3) Define briefly beam radiation and diffuse radiation.

4) With a neat diagram explain working of sunshine recorder

5) Explain briefly with sketch terrestrial and extraterrestrial radiation

6) Explain with neat sketch Pyrheliometer.

7) With a neat sketch explain the working of parabolic concentrator

8) With a neat sketch explain the working of Helliostat.

9) Define the following:

a) Angle of Latitude b) Declination c)Hour angle

d) Inclination angle e) Angle of incidence

10) With a neat sketch explain medium power temperature generation cycle.

11) Discuss the problems associted with wind energy.

12) Prove that maximum power developed in horizontal axis wind turbine is equal to 0.593 time the total power.

13) With a neat diagram explain the working of Darrieus type rotor - Vertical Axis Wind Turbine