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ME461 PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3-0-0) 3
Introduction, Economic Analysis, Process Analysis, Work Study, Productivity, Value Analysis, Break
Even Analysis, Layout and Location of Facilities, Balancing, Forecasting, Inventory Control, MRP,
Aggregate Planning, Scheduling.
R. Panneerselvam, Production and Planning Management.
Samuel Eilson, Elements of Production Planning and Control
Joseph G. Monks, Operations Management.
E.S. Buffa, Modern Production / Operations Management.
ME462 DESIGN OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS (2-1-0) 3
Introduction, Solar geometry , Measurement of Solar Radiation, Solar collectors design - flat plate &
focusing type, storage of solar energy, solar heating, cooling, passive and active systems, green buildings,
applications of solar energy in various fields, water heating, air heating, drying, pumping etc. Economic
viability of solar systems. Thermal modeling of solar devices � Case study based assignment.
Duffie and Beckman, "Solar Thermal Processes” , McGraw Hill.
Garg H.P., J. Prakash, "Solar Energy” , TMC, 1997.
Sukhatme S.P., "Solar Energy Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage” , 2nd ed., TMC New Delhi.
C. S. Solanki, “ Renewable Energy Technology” , Prentice Hall, New Delhi 2008
ME463 CRYOGENICS (3-0-0) 3
Liquefication of permanent gases, Methods of air liquefication, separation, storage and transport,
applications. Properties of solids and liquids at cryogenic temperatures. Cryogenic Insulation. Vacuum
technology cryopumping. Cryogenic heat pipes. Applications of cryogenic engineering in various fields,
Food preservation process. Cryogenic Instruments.
R.B. Scott, "Cryogenics Engineering” , Van Nostrand.
R.F. Barron, "Cryogenic Systems, McGraw Hill, New York.
Arora C. P., " Refrigeration and Air Conditioning", Tata McGraw Hill Company Limited, New Delhi.
Refrigeration/Thermodynamics/Heat transfer/Air conditioning data hand book.
ME464 ENERGY AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT (3-0-0) 3
General energy problems, Energy use patterns, Energy management program, Energy auditing,
Instruments used, case studies, Types of energy audits, Financial approval methods, Thermodynamics of
energy conservation, Energy conservation in boilers, furnaces, in steam and condensate system.
Cogeneration
concepts, Performance evaluation, Waste heat recovery. Electrical energy conservation: Industrial uses of
electric power, analysis and improvement methods.
Larry. C. Witte, Schmidt & Brown, Industrial energy management and utilization. Hemisphere publishing
Co. New York 1988.
Wayne. C Turner, Energy management handbook, Wiley interscience publications. New York 1982.
D. A. Reay, Industrial Energy Conservation – Programor Press 1980.
T.L. Boten, Thermal energy recovery Wiley 1980.
ME465 EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS (2-1-0) 3
Review of Elementary Elasticity and Fracture Mechanics, Strain measurement methods and related
instrumentation, Optical methods of stress analysis, Coating methods, Applications of statistics.
J.W. Dally and W.F. Riley, Experimental Stress Analysis, Mc Hill International Editions, New York, 1991.
L.S. Srinath et al. , Experimental Stress Analysis, Tata Mc Hill, NewDelhi,1984.
A.W. Hendry , Elememts of Experimental Stress Analysis, Pergamon Press, New York, 1977.
A. J. Durelli, Applied Stress Analysis, Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey, 1967.
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