18EE751 Industrial Motors and Control syllabus for EE

Introduction:

The carbon cycle, Mitigating growth of the atmospheric carbon inventory, The process of technology innovation.

Overview of carbon capture and storage:

Carbon capture, Carbon storage.

Power generation fundamentals:

Physical and chemical fundamentals, Fossil-fueled power plant, Combined cycle power generation, Future developments in power-generation technology.

Carbon capture from power generation:

Introduction, Precombustion capture, Postcombustion capture, Oxyfuel combustion capture, Chemical looping capture systems, Capture-ready and retrofit power plant, Approaches to zero-emission power generation.

Carbon capture from industrial processes:

Cement production, Steel production, Oil refining, Natural gas processing.

Absorption capture systems:

Chemical and physical fundamentals, Absorption applications in postcombustion capture, Absorption technology RD and D status.

Adsorption capture systems:

Physical and chemical fundamentals, Adsorption process applications, Adsorption technology RD and D status.

Membrane separation systems:

Physical and chemical fundamentals, Membrane configuration and preparation and module construction, Membrane technology RD and D status, Membrane applications in pre-combustion capture, Membrane and molecular sieve applications in oxyfuel combustion, Membrane applications in postcombustion CO2 separation, Membrane applications in natural gas processing.

Cryogenic and distillation systems:

Physical Fundamentals, Distillation column configuration and operation, Cryogenic oxygen production for oxyfuel combustion, Ryan–Holmes process for CO2 –CH4 separation, RDand D in cryogenic and distillation technologies.

Mineral carbonation:

Physical and chemical fundamentals, Current state of technology development, Demonstration and deployment outlook.

Geological storage:

Introduction, Geological and engineering fundamentals, Enhanced oil recovery, Saline aquifer storage, Other geological storage options.

Ocean storage:

Introduction, Physical, chemical, and biological fundamentals, Direct CO2 injection, Chemical sequestration, Biological sequestration.

Storage in terrestrial ecosystems:

Introduction, Biological and chemical fundamentals, Terrestrial carbon storage options, Full GHG accounting for terrestrial storage, Current R&D focus in terrestrial storage. Other sequestration and use options: Enhanced industrial usage, Algal biofuel production.

Carbon dioxide transportation:

Pipeline transportation, Marine transportation.

Course outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Discuss the impacts of climate change and the measures that can be taken to reduce emissions.
• Discuss carbon capture and carbon storage.
• Explain the fundamentals of power generation.
• Explain methods of carbon capture from power generation and industrial processes.
• Explain different carbon storage methods: storage in coal seams, depleted gas reservoirs and saline formations.

Question paper pattern:

• The SEE question paper will be set for 100 marks and the marks scored will be proportionately reduced to 60.
• The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
• Each full question is for 20 marks.
• There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub question covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Textbook

1. Carbon Capture and Storage, Stephen A. Rackley, Elsevier, 2010.