Energy Engineering License Exam Preparation (AEnE)
Prepare for the NEC Energy Engineering (AEnE) license exam: Solar, Bio, Wind and Nuclear Energy, Micro Hydro, Energy Storage and Energy Audit, chapter by chapter. Free on LicenseNepal.
Energy Engineering syllabus (AEnE)
Energy and its Uses
- Defining of energy
- Mechanical energy and transport
- Quantum mechanics and energy quantization
- Types of energy resources
- Classification of traditional fuels
- Conversion of energy
Solar Energy
- Solar radiation and its characteristics
- Solar radiation fundamentals and solar angles
- Solar thermal systems
- Application of thermal systems
- Solar Photovoltaic systems
- Application of photovoltaic systems (modules and arrays)
Bio Energy
- Biomass energy resources
- Biogas plants
- Biomass and biochemical conversion to fuels
- Thermo-chemical, physio-chemical and bio-chemical conversion
- Bio-fuel cells
- Different application of bio-energy
Wind Energy
- Fluid dynamics and power in the wind
- Historical evolution of wind energy
- Principles of wind energy conversion
- Types of machine characteristics of wind turbines
- Wind Energy System Design
- Wind energy applications systems
Micro and Small Hydro Power Systems
- Micro/Mini hydropower (MHP) systems
- Site investigation
- Construction and operation
- Characteristics of turbines used for micro and small hydro power plants
- National and international plan and policies on MHP
- Grid connection of MHP
Non-conventional and other forms of Energy
- Properties of hydrogen and brief history of hydrogen fuel
- Hydrogen storage for stationary and mobile applications
- Introduction to fuel cells and hydrogen fuel system
- Geological structure of earth, geophysics, geothermal resources
- Wave Energy
- Tidal Energy
Nuclear Energy
- Introduction of nuclear forces
- Nuclear fusion and reactions
- Nuclear fission and fission reactor physics
- Health hazards, safety, radiation protection & shielding
- Nuclear radiation, fuel cycles, waste and proliferation
- Application of nuclear energy for power and other uses
Energy Storage
- Need and forms of energy storage systems
- Batteries
- Storage technologies
- Hybrid energy storage devices and their applications
- Applications of energy storage devices
- Energy storage in power plant
Energy Audit
- Energy audit concepts
- Types of energy audit
- Instruments for Audit and Monitoring Energy and Energy Savings
- Energy Audit of Thermal Components
- Energy Audit of Electrical and Electro-Mechanical Components
- Building Energy Audit
Project Planning, Design and Implementation
- Engineering drawings and its concepts
- Engineering Economics
- Project planning and scheduling
- Project management
- Engineering professional practice
- Engineering Regulatory Body