NPTEL : NOC:Non-Conventional Energy Resources (General)

Co-ordinators : Dr. Prathap Haridoss


Lecture 1 - Renewable Energy Technologies

Lecture 2 - Energy Usage by Humans - Estimate of Impact on Atmosphere

Lecture 3 - Conventional Sources of Energy

Lecture 4 - Non-Conventional Sources of Energy - An Overview

Lecture 5 - Energy consumption

Lecture 6 - Details of Energy usage in each sector

Lecture 7 - Consequences of Energy consumption

Lecture 8 - Solar Energy incident on Earth, Solar Spectrum

Lecture 9 - The Solar Energy Budget

Lecture 10 - Electromagnetic Radiation - The Solar Spectrum

Lecture 11 - Solar flat plate collector

Lecture 12 - Solar Radiator

Lecture 13 - Solar Energy - The Semiconductor

Lecture 14 - Solar energy - The p-n junction

Lecture 15 - Solar Cell - Growing the single crystal and making the p-n junction

Lecture 16 - Solar Energy - Interaction of p-n junction with radiation

Lecture 17 - Solar Energy - Solar cell characteristics and usage

Lecture 18 - Solar Energy - Solar cell construction

Lecture 19 - Solar Energy - Solar Photocatalysis

Lecture 20 - Wind Energy - Overview

Lecture 21 - Wind Energy - Energy Considerations

Lecture 22 - Wind Energy - Efficiency

Lecture 23 - Wind Energy - Parts and Materials

Lecture 24 - Wind Energy - Design Considerations

Lecture 25 - Ocean Thermal Energy - Conversion (OTEC)

Lecture 26 - Geothermal Energy

Lecture 27 - Geothermal Energy Technological aspects

Lecture 28 - Biomass Usage and Issues

Lecture 29 - Battery Basics

Lecture 30 - Battery Testing and Performance

Lecture 31 - Lithium ion Batteries

Lecture 32 - Common Battery Structures and Types

Lecture 33 - Types of Fuel Cells

Lecture 34 - Fuel Processing for PEM Fuel Cells

Lecture 35 - Fuel Cells : Concept to Product

Lecture 36 - Characterization of Electrochemical Devices

Lecture 37 - Fuel Cells : Parts and Assembly

Lecture 38 - Supercapacitors

Lecture 39 - Flywheels

Lecture 40 - Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation