Energy Engineering Laboratory

ME6492D - Energy Engineering Laboratory

CO1 Knowledge to develop rectifying solutions of existing energy systems or solutions to new problems.
CO2 Design and fabricate energy systems as per the requirement based on the theory and principles learnt.
CO3 Analyze the performance of existing energy systems and modernize the designs using the various tools learned.

List of Experiments

  1. Determination of I-V and P-V characteristics of PV module
  2. Evaluating the I-V and P-V characteristics of PV modules in series and parallel
  3. Effect of variation in the tilt angle of PV module
  4. Effect of shading on module output power
  5. Thermal performance of indoor natural convection solar water heater
  6. Thermal performance of indoor forced convection solar water heater
  7. Determination of cut-in speed, cut-out speed and the tip speed ratio of wind turbine
  8. Determination of power generated and power coefficient of wind turbine
  9. Determination of tip speed ratio and power coefficient of wind turbine
  10. Performance test on indoor solar air heater with dryer
  11. 1Performance test on vapour compression refrigeration system
  12. Performance of shell and tube heat exchanger
  13. Performance test on Fluidized bed combustor
  14. Evaluating the drag and lift coefficients
  15. Operating characteristics of dual fuel-operated CI engine
  16. Performance test on exhaust gas recirculation system

Images of experimental setups

Indoor solar thermal test rig

Fluidized bed combustor

Shell and tube heat exchanger

VCRS Test Rig

Drag force apparatus

Wind turbine test rig

Stand-alone PV training system

Exhaust gas recirculation setup

Downdraft gasifier