Program Offers
Many Departments in IITM have come together to offer this programme. The Departments of Aeronautical, Applied Mechanics, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Ocean Engineering, along with the Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Humanities and Social Sciences, have all come together to enable a grasp of the multidimensional aspect of energy, technology and society.
Enrollment
Any BTech student of the Institute with certain minimum norms of academic performance would be able to apply for this programme in their fifth semester.
Curriculum
The curriculum consists of eight courses. These are done in the seventh to tenth semesters of the dual degree programme. There are four core courses which will be taken by all entrants: Principles of Thermal Energy Conversion, Renewable Energy Technology, Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, and Energy Economics. These subjects enable the student to get an exposure to the vast and multidimensional impact that the energy domain has.
The courses on Thermal Energy Conversion and Materials are to be done in the seventh semester. The former enables an understanding of various gas and vapour cycles and focusses for a large part on Thermal power plants and coal combustion. Nuclear Reactor principles are also included in this. The latter course enables the student to get a good understanding of materials and technologies for material synthesis. Materials for batteries, fuel cell technologies and supercapacitors are also part of this course.
The course on Renewable Energy Technology which the student will take, deals with various types of renewable energy sources and their usage, ranging from solar, wind to geothermal and bio-fuels. The Energy economics course, which is again in the eighth semester deals with pricing, taxation, energy markets, economics of various types of sources, climate change and policy aspects.
While the core courses are designed to give a complete overview of the entire domain, the students are free to choose electives that will enable them to chalk out a further path of their choice. A large set of carefully selected electives are provided which will enable the student to explore a particular aspect of the energy domain in greater detail. The curriculum also stipulates that one elective be done from a basket of courses dealing with the final utilization of energy.
As an example, a student interested in wind power may choose the following electives: Wind Turbines, Power Electronics, Power Quality and Distributed Generation. On the other hand, doing all electives in Stream C (Wind and Ocean Energy Systems) together with Powering and Propulsion of Marine Vehicles would prepare the student for more details of possible energy activities off-shore. A set of electives such as Principles of Fuel Cells, Chemical and Electrochemical Energy Systems, Power Electronics and Intelligent Transportation may ready a student more towards the automotive uses of energy. It is also of course possible to take electives from a specific stream as listed (see below in List of Courses) to take advantage of a homogenous and planned set of courses. The possibilities are many. The courses may require pre-requisites which the student has to plan ahead and take through the free credits that are available in the overall programme. Two of these electives are to be taken in the seventh semester and two in the eighth semester.
The ninth and tenth semesters of the programme are devoted to doing a project in an area of energy.
Total Credits required
157
Interdisciplinary DD in Energy Systems -course curriculum
|
Sl.No |
Course No |
Course Name |
L |
T |
E |
P |
O |
C |
|
Semester 7 |
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|
1 |
|
Principles of Thermal Energy Conversion |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
|
Science and Technology of Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
|
Elective |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
|
Elective |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
|
Total credits |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
36 |
|
|
Semester 8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Renewable Energy Technology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
|
Energy Economics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
|
Elective |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
|
Elective |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
|
Total Credits |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
36 |
|
|
Semester 9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Project (summer) |
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
2 |
|
Project II (during semester) |
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
Total Credits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semester 10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
ID 5792 |
Project III |
|
|
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
Total Credits |
|
|
|
|
|
157 |
ELECTIVE COURSES
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LIST OF COURSES |
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Sl.No |
|
CORE COURSES |
L |
T |
E |
P |
O |
C |
|
1 |
New |
Principles of Thermal Energy Conversion |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
ME6148 |
Renewable Energy Technology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
New |
Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
New |
Energy Economics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Stream A |
Energy Storage Systems |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
CH5013 |
Principles of Fuel Cells |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
CY6114 |
Chemical and Electrochemical Energy Systems |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
CH5022 |
Solar Photoelectrochemistry |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
ID5550 |
Battery Technology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
5 |
CY6015 |
Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Stream B |
Materials |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
PH 6013 |
Functional Materials, Sensors and Transducers |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
ID6050 |
Chemical Physics of Modern Technical Ceramics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
MM3180 |
Advanced Materials and Processes |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
MM 5030 |
Materials in Renewable Energy Technologies |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
5 |
MM5460 |
Physical Ceramics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Stream C |
Solar Energy Systems |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
ME6005 |
Solar Energy for Process Heat & Power Generation |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
EE5343 |
Solar Cell Device Physics and Materials Technology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
ME6580 |
Utilization of Solar Energy |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Stream D |
Wind and Ocean Energy Systems |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
AS5450 |
Wind Turbines |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
OE4340 |
Ocean Energy |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
OE5030 |
Wave Hydrodynamics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stream E |
Combustion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
ME6110 |
Combustion Technology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
ME6020 |
IC Engine Combustion and Pollution |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
ME6440 |
Alternative Fuels for IC Engines |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Stream F |
Thermal Energy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
ME6570 |
Thermal Energy Conservation |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
ME6004 |
Micro and Nanoscale Energy Transport |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
ME6030 |
Refrigeration and Cryogenics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
ME5134 |
Process Simulation |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
5 |
ME6280 |
Design and Optimization of Energy Systems |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
6 |
AM5061 |
Design of Thermal and Fluid Systems |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
7 |
New |
Geothermal Energy |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Stream G |
Fuels |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
AM5114 / PE6030 |
Flow Through Porous Media / Reservoir Engineering |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
PE6320 |
Subsea Engg for Oil and Gas fields |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
PE6060 |
Off shore Oil and Gas Production Systems |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
PE6080 |
Petroleum Refining Technology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
5 |
PE6312 |
Enhanced Oil Recovery |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
6 |
CH5018 |
Biomass Conversion Processes and Analysis |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Stream H |
Electrical Power |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
EE3203 |
Power Electronics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
EE5257 |
Energy Management Systems and SCADA |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
EE5260 |
Power Quality |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
EE5204 |
Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
Stream I |
Energy utilization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
ME6530 |
HVAC Systems and Applications |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
2 |
CE6011 |
Smart Buildings and Automation |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
3 |
CE5900 |
Intelligent Transportation Systems |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
OE6310 |
Powering and Propulsion of Marine Vehicles |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
5 |
EE6261 |
Restructured Power Systems |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
|
6 |
EE5262 |
Distributed Generation and Microgrid Systems |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
The potential recruiters from such a programme are:
- ABB
- Amat Engineering
- Abener
- Abengoa
- Altius Consulting
- Applied Materials
- Ather
- Bharat Petroleum
- Bosch
- Cummins
- EESL
- Forbes Marshall
- GE
- ICICI Lombard
- Indianoil
- KIE Solatherm
- Larsen and Toubro
- NPCIL
- NTPC
- ONGC
- Powergrid
- Reliance Industries
- Schlumberger
- Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
- Siemens
- Suzlon
- Tata BP Solar
- Tata Motors
- Thermax
- TCE
Several renowned universities offer research programmes in energy, some of whom collaborate with IIT Madras. A few of the Universities are:
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia, USA
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
- RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA
- TU Munich, Munich, Germany
- University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
- University of Melbourne, Australia
- University of Queensland, Australia
- University of Western Australia