ChE424(A) RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

UNIT-I
Rural Energy requirements: Community Bio-gas plants, design and operation, economics of community bio-gas plants, water pumps based on bio-gas.

UNIT-II
Renewable energy technology and rural development, rural applications of solar energy, solar cookers, solar drying and distillation, design of photo voltaic systems for water pumping, lighting, integrated rural energy planning.

UNIT-III
Aquaculture: Principles of aquaculture systems, aquaculture engineering, location, layout, design and construction of aquaculture farms, water intake systems, aeration and aerators, water quality management in aquaculture, aquaculture in India.

UNIT-IV
Technology of food: Introduction, constituents of food, nutritive aspects, unit operations for food processing.
Food preservation, dehydration and concentration, food fermentations, food additives, milk and milk products.


Text Books

1. National Energy: Policy, Crisis and Growth, V.S.Mahajan, Ashish Publishing House.
2. Advance in Bio-gas technology, O.P.Chawla, Indian Council of agriculture and research.

1. Renewable Energy sources and conversion technology, N.K.Bansal, et.al., Tata McGraw- Hill.
2. Aquaculture management, James W.Meade, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
3. Aquaculture, Vol. 1 &2, edited, Gilbert Bernabe, Ellis harwood New York, English edition.
4. Food Science, Norman potter, The AVI Publishing co.