FME 141 Engineering Shop (0+1)

FME 145 Engineering Drawing (Mechanical) (0+1)

FME 173 Workshop Technology (2+1)

FME 205 Thermodynamics (3+0)

FME 243 Electrical and Electronics Engineering (3+1)

FME 245 Engineering Mechanics (3+0)

FME 271 Computer Aided Design (Mechanical) (0+1)

FME 273 Electrical Machinery (3+1)

FME 311 Heat Engine and Agricultural Power (3+1)

FME 301 Heat and Mass Transfer (2+0)

FME 302 Electronics in Agriculture (1+1)

FME 313 Rural Electrification Engineering (3+1)

FME 335 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering 3+1.

FME 362 Renewable Energy (3+0)

FME 374 Nondestructive Bio-Sensing Technique (0+1)

FME 363 Agricultural Machinery (3+1)

FME 410 Farm Mechanization and Engineering Management (2+0)

FME 413 Precision Agriculture (2+1)

FME 411 Machine Design & Fabrication (3+1)

FME 421 Agricultural Process Engineering (3+1)

FME 443 Autonomous and Intelligent Farming Systems (2+1)

FME 453 Controlled Environment Agriculture (2+0)

 

Course Content Details @ FME

FME 141 Engineering Shop (0+1)

Practical

Carpentry: Identification of machine and hand tools required for carpentry shop. Wood working practices: Making joint and finished product. Surface finish, parallelism and angular measurements.

Black smithy: Identification of machine and hand tools required for blacksmith shop. Shaping metal using heat treatment. Forge welding.

Welding & Brazing: Metal joining processes, electric arc welding for different types joint of mild and stainless steels, specification of welding transformer and electrode, filler metal flux, TIG welding for different types of joint.

Foundry: Method of casting, Pattern and molds, molding bed, making mold of different patterns, casting of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, allowances.

Text Books:

  1. Workshop Technology, Vol-I, II & III. Chapman, W.A.J., Chapman Edward Arnold Publishers.
  2. Manufacturing Processes and Materials for Engineers: Doyle, L.E., Prentice-Hall Latest Edn.
  3. Shop Theory. Henry Ford Trade School, Latest Edn.
  4. Manufacturing Processes Amstend, B.H. & Others: 7th SI version; John Wiley & Sins.

FME 145 Engineering Drawing (Mechanical) (0+1)

Practical

Geometric drawings: Introduction, building a geometry, Geometry techniques for building a straight line, Geometry techniques for building a curved line, Techniques for drawing polygons and normal structures.

Orthographic drawing and sketching: Introduction, Significance and its application, First angle projection and Third angle projection

Sectional drawing: Introduction and application, Symbols and positioning the cutting plane or sections, Types of cross section, Techniques for drawing sections, Conventions used in section drawing,

Isometric drawing: Introduction, Significance, Basic method, True length,

Screw threads and gear: Screw, threads and threaded fasteners, gears,

Assembly drawing: Introduction, significance and method of assembly.

Text Books:

  1. A Manual of Engineering Drawing, Charles J. Vierck and Richard I Hang. McGraw- Hill Book Co.
  2. Prathamic Engineering Drawing. Hemanta Kumar Bhattacharjee. Somnath Book Agency, Calcutta.
  3. Mechanical Engineering Drawing by Dr. Amalesh Chandra Mandal and Dr. Md. Quamrul Islam

FME 173 Workshop Technology (2+1)

Theory

Introduction: Purpose and applications of workshop technology, necessity of engineering workshop in Agricultural Engineering degree, safety precaution in the workshop, definition of metrology, basic measurement and gauging devices and applications, working principle of comparator; Classify fit and tolerance, allowance problems on different types of fit, allowance and tolerance;

NDT: Definition of NDT, classify NDT methods, describe x-ray and four-point probe techniques, limitation of NDT and inspection; Schematic and pictorial views of lathe machine, principal parts and size of lathe: bed, headstock, tailstock, thread cutting mechanism, feed mechanism, compound rest, tool post etc.;

Holding: Work-holding devices, difference between three-jaw and four- jaw chuck, dead center, live center and faceplate, magnetic chuck, collet, lathe attachments; Application of steady rest and follower rest in lathe, facing, centering, turning knurling, drilling, boring operation in lathe machine.

Tapering: Taper turning operation in lathe and problems on taper turning, speed, feed and depth of cut, materials removal rate. Principal parts and difference of shaper and planer machines, size of shaper and planer machines, quick return mechanism;

Milling: Principal parts and classification of milling machine, speed, feed, depth of cut and size of milling machines, dividing head and problems of milling machine, abrasives and grinding wheel, bonding materials, grinding operations and problems;

Welding: Definition and classification of welding, electric arc welding, gas welding, TIG welding, designation of arc-welding electrodes, function of electrode coating;

Threading: Definition of threads, classify and use, features of external and internal threads, form of threads, lead, pitch, tpi, thread measuring devices and problems, Heat treatment, hot and cold working of metal, operation involved in heat treatment, normalizing, annealing, quenching, tempering, hardening etc.;

CNC: Application of CNC metal cutting machines and advantages/disadvantages over conventional machines, major elements/features of CNC machines, coordination system.

Practical

  1. Introduction to machine shop, facilities and purpose of different machines; safety and precautions; prepare a list of machine tools, hand tools, measuring tools and cutting tools;
  2. Identify the different parts of the lathe machine, Facing, centering and step turning operation on lathe machine;
  3. Introduction to tapering operation and method, application of taper attachment, perform taper turning operation on lathe machine;
  4. Perform knurling, drilling and boring operations on lathe machine. Thread cutting on lathe machine, external threads cutting operation; Introduction to CNC metal cutting machines, laser cutting machine;
  5. Calculate cutting speed, feed and cutting time; Prepare specimen and identify specification of tap and die, perform external and internal threads cutting operation with tap and die;
  6. Identify the different parts of the shaper machine, making square bar, V-block on shaper machine;
  7. Identify the different parts of the milling machine, indexing operation., Up milling and down milling operations; indexing procedure for equal spacing teeth of gear; Different parts of milling machine, operating procedure of milling machine, making spur gear on Milling machine;
  8. Different parts of drilling machine and drill bit, Drilling operation on drill machine;
  9. Different parts of grinding machine, Perform surface finishing operation metallic materials on grinding wheel,
  10. Cutting tools shaping on grinding wheel.

Text Books

  1. Manufacturing processes – Amstead, Oswald and Begeman
  2. Manufacturing processes and Materials for Engineers-Doyle L.E

Reference Books

  1. Workshop Technology- Chapman W.A.J
  2. Shop Theory- Henry Ford Trade School

FME 205 Thermodynamics (3+0)

Introduction to Thermodynamics system, boundary, properties and process: Introduction to Thermodynamics, Thermodynamic properties of working substance, pure substance, phase, state point, definition of process. Polytropic process, Hyperbolic process, Adiabatic Process, constant volume/pressure/temperature processes, derivation of work done of polytropic process, problems. Introduction to thermodynamic system, Energy forms in thermodynamic system, Closed system, Open system and isolated system with examples, derivation of non-flow energy equation, steady-flow energy equation.

Laws of Thermodynamics: Statement, description and examples/applications of Zeroth law, First law, Second law and Third law with corollaries. Principle of thermodynamic engine, thermal efficiency of thermodynamic engine, calorific value of fuel, problems

Enthalpy and Entropy: Definition of entropy and enthalpy, Difference between entropy and enthalpy, Entropy of evaporation, Entropy of superheated vapors, Temperature entropy chart for vapors, Enthalpy- Entropy chart, Pressure-Enthalpy chart. Changes of entropy on different conditions, problems on change of entropy using different forms of equation;

Single- and Two-Phase Systems, Energy Equations: Gases and single phase Systems: Characteristics equation of gases, derivation of specific heat capacities of gases, Constant volume/pressure heating of a gas, problems on the systems. Combination of polytropic law/process and characteristics equation of gases, Combination of adiabatic process and characteristics equation of gases, Problems on derived equations. Derivation of non flow energy equation and the polytropic law, problems. Formation of steam, saturation temperature and pressure, triple point, liquid-vapor equilibrium line, steam tables, problems. Enthalpy of superheat vapor, wet vapor and dryness fraction, complete T-h diagram of vapor, P-V phase diagram, Reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot principle.

Thermodynamic Cycles: Introduction to gas turbine, simplified working principle with P-V diagram, thermal efficiency improvement in gas turbine. Definition of nozzle, classify and applications of nozzle, nozzle shapes, general Flow analysis, thermodynamic properties of fluid flow through the nozzle. Introduction to air and gas compressors, working principles of air and gas compressors, thermodynamic processes involved in the compressor with P-V diagram. Introduction to ideal gas and power cycle, classification, processes in different cycle, cut-off-ratio, P-V and T-S diagrams, thermal efficiency of Otto cycle, problems. P-V, T-S diagrams and thermal efficiency of Carnot cycle and vapor compression refrigeration cycle, problems. P-V, T-S diagrams and thermal efficiency of constant pressure cycle, diesel cycle, Dual combustion cycle, nozzle and calorimetry.

Problems: Solving problems using thermodynamic tables, equations, and charts

Text Books

  1. Basic Engineering Thermodynamics by Rayner Joel
  2. Thermodynamics – VM Fairies.
  3. A Textbook of Thermal Engineering: [SI Units]- J.K Gupta.

FME 206 Heat Engines

Theory

Introduction: Engine, application of engine in agricultural productions, engine classification, engine components, basic terminology, working of two/four stroke – petrol/diesel engine, comparison of SI and CI engine and engine performance parameters.

Fuels and its supply system for SI and CI engine: Definition of fuel, classification of fuels, characteristics of fuels – SI engine and CI engine, carburation, mixture requirements for different loads and speeds, different carburetors and its working principles, fuel injection systems – SI and CI engines, fuel pumps and injectors, types of nozzles, spray information and electronic fuel injection system.

Combustion in SI and CI engines: Combustion of fuel – normal, abnormal and uncontrol combustion, factors affecting combustion in SI and CI engine and methods of controlling knocking and pre-ignition.

Ignition system: Ignition system requirement, ignition systems – battery, magneto and electronic, firing order, Dwell angle, factors affecting spark advance and spark advance mechanism.

Engine cooling system: Necessity of cooling system, engine temperature distribution, heat transfer in intake and exhaust system and combustion chamber, cooling systems – air cooling and water-cooling, water-cooling system methods – direct, thermosyphon and forced circulation, water cooling systems components – radiator, thermostat and coolant pump, intelligent cooling system and cooling system trouble shooting.

Engine friction, lubrication and lubricants: Meaning of engine friction, lubrication and lubricants, component of engine friction, mechanical friction, effect of engine variables on friction, properties of lubricants, additives in lubricants, SAE viscosity rating, lubrication principles, lubrication systems – petrol system, splash system, pressure system and dry-sump system and engine performance and lubrication.

Supercharger and Turbocharger: Need for supercharging, methods of supercharging, supercharging of SI and CI engine, effect of supercharging, supercharging limits, different supercharger and turbochargers.

Practical

  1. Study of thermodynamics systems in IC engine, and in air-compressor,
  2. Determination of calorific value of fuel and exhaust gas,
  3. Study of two and four-stroke cycle SI and CI engine models,
  4. Study of major components of IC engine,
  5. Study of fuel supply and injection system of CI and SI engine,
  6. Study of lubrication system of IC engine and its maintenance,
  7. Study of cooling system of IC engine and its maintenance,
  8. Study of ignition system of IC engine (spark and compression ignition) and its maintenance,
  9. Dismantling and assembling of petrol and diesel engines, Troubleshooting of IC engine.

Text Books

  1. Internal combustion engines- M. L. Mathur and R. P. Sharma.
  2. Internal combustion engines – Shyam K. Agrawal.
  3. Internal Combustion Engine- Edward F. Obert
  4. Internal-combustion engines : theory and design – V. L. Maleev.

FME 243 Electrical and Electronics Engineering (3+1)

Theory

DC Circuit: Fundamental of Current, voltages and their units, ohm’s law, Kirchoff’s current law, Kirchoff’s voltage law, Wye-delta transformation, delta-wye transformation.

AC Circuit: Instantaneous Current, voltage, power, cycles, frequency; phase difference and power factor; R-branch, L-brach, C-branch, RL-brtanch, RC-branch, RLC-branch; RMS value, Average value, vector diagram of ac circuit, mesh analysis theory, problem solving by applying mesh analysis.

Network Analysis: Nodal analysis, Thevnin’s theorem, superposition theorem related theory and problem solving.

Magnetic Circuits: Magnetic concepts and units, Magnetic flux lines, flux density, permeability and reluctance. Magnetic circuit in electrical apparatus.

Phasor Algebra: Cartesian, exponential and polar forms of representation. Operators, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Single Phase Circuit Analysis: Solving dc series circuits, solving dc parallel circuits, ac series circuits, ac parallel circuits.

Electronics Atomic Structure and Energy Bands in Solids. Transport phenomenon in semiconductor, junction diode characteristics and diode circuits, P-n-p and n-p-n transistors circuits, signal power amplifiers, filtering.

Integrated Circuits: Switching control and control circuits. Control applications in instrumentation and agriculture.

Practical

  1. Elementary circuit and wiring,
  2. Use of voltmeter, ammeter and multi meter,
  3. Series and parallel circuits,
  4. Electric power distribution,
  5. Use of wattmeter and energy meter,
  6. Verification of superposition theorem,
  7. Verification of Thevenin’s theorem,
  8. Study of RLC circuit.

Text Books

  1. Introduction to Electrical Engineering Ward, R.P. Prentice Hall.
  2. Alternating Current Circuits Kerchner, Russel M. and Corcoran, George F. John Wiley.
  3. Millman, Jacob and Halkias, Christos C. Electronic Devices and Circuits. Tata Mcgraw Hill.

FME 245 Engineering Mechanics (3+0)

Force systems: Basic concepts, two-dimensional force systems, resultants of forces, moment, couple, three-dimensional force systems.

Equilibrium: Equilibrium of two dimensions, free body diagram, mechanical system isolation, equilibrium conditions.

Structures: Simple trusses, frames and machine, beams with concentrated and distributed loads.

Distributed forces and moments of inertia: Centroids, center of mass, area and mass moment of inertia, product of inertia.

Friction: Frictional phenomena, types of friction, wedges, screws, flexible belts, rolling resistance.

Work and energy: Work, equilibrium, potential energy and stability.

Kinematics of particles: rectilinear motion, plane curvilinear motion, rectangular coordinates, normal and tangential coordinates, polar coordinates, relative motion.

Kinetics of particles: Force, mass, acceleration, Newton’s second law, rectilinear motion, curvilinear motion, work and energy, impulse and momentum, impact, steady and variable mass flow.

Kinematics of rigid bodies: Combined sliding and rolling, Mechanism- slider crank, quick return, Link; 3-bar and 4-bar linkage.

Kinetics of rigid bodies: Gyroscopic motion and precision.

Text Books

Meriam J L and Kraige L G, “Engineering Mechanics-Statics & Dynamics”, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1967.

Beer F P and Johnston E R., “Vector Mechanics for Engineers- Statics & Dynamics”, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill , 1988

H. Shames, Engineering Mechanics: Statics and dynamics, 4th Ed, PHI, 2002.

FME 271 Computer Aided Design (Mechanical) (0+1)

Practical

Common CAD software, 2-D construction, advanced commands and sketching: Introduction, Toolbars, command, drawing units, line, circle, polylines, polygon, chamfer, array, fillet, center, scale etc. curves, isometric sketches.

Draw orthographic, sectional and auxiliary views: Introduction, visualization, projection, rounded surface, holes, cylinder, castings, cutting plane, hatch, offset section, breaks, auxiliary views.

Dimensioning, tolerancing, working drawings, threads & fastening and gears: Linear dimensions, styles, angular dimension, fillet, rounds, chamfers, tolerance expressions, circularity, cylindricity, parallelism, runouts etc.

3D drawing, surface and solid modeling, and descriptive geometry: User coordinate system, viewpoint, 3D face, gear terminology, spur gear drawing, assembly drawing, draw screw, nuts etc.

Text Books

  1. James D. Bethune. (2002). Engineering Graphics with AutoCAD. Boston University, Pearson Education Pte. Ltd., First Indian Reprint, 2003.

FME 273 Electrical Machinery (3+1)

Theory

Transformers: Working principles, its construction, application, measure the losses and calculate efficiency. Types of rotating machines and their working principles.

DC machines: Working principles, construction, identify parts, difference between different types of DC machines.

Synchronous machine: Working principles, construction, identify parts, application, design.

Induction machine: Working principles, construction, identify parts, application, design. Working principles of single-phase induction machine, construction, identify parts, application, design.

Practical

  1. Short circuit and open circuit tests of transformer,
  2. Experimental determination of voltage regulation and efficiency of a transformer,
  3. Construction of a three-phase transformer using three single phase transformers,
  4. Building up of a shunt generator, Study of speed control of D.C. shunt motors,
  5. Study of three phase squirrel cage motor,
  6. Study of three phase wound rotor motor, No load & blocked rotor test of 3 phase induction motor,
  7. Study of single-phase induction motor,
  8. Starting and operation of universal and capacitor motors,
  9. A study tour to industry to gain field experience of electrical machinery application.

Text Books

  1. Electrical Machinery. Bala, B.K., Standard Publishers, India.
  2. Electrical Machinery – P.S. Bimbhra, Khanna Publishers, India.
  3. Electrical Machinery – Fitzarald and Kingsley, McGrawhill.

FME 311 Heat Engine and Agricultural Power (3+1)

Theory

Introduction: Engine, application of engine in agricultural productions, engine classification, engine components, basic terminology, working of two/four stroke – petrol/diesel engine, comparison of SI and CI engine and engine performance parameters.

Fuels and its supply system for SI and CI engine: Definition of fuel, classification of fuels, characteristics of fuels – SI engine and CI engine, carburation, mixture requirements for different loads and speeds, different carburetors and its working principles, fuel injection systems – SI and CI engines, fuel pumps and injectors, types of nozzles, spray information and electronic fuel injection system.

Combustion in SI and CI engines: Combustion of fuel – normal, abnormal and uncontrolled combustion, factors affecting combustion in SI and CI engine and methods of controlling knocking and pre-ignition.

Ignition system: Ignition system requirement, ignition systems – battery, magneto and electronic, firing order, Dwell angle, factors affecting spark advance and spark advance mechanism.

Engine cooling system: Necessity of cooling system, engine temperature distribution, heat transfer in intake and exhaust system and combustion chamber, cooling systems – air cooling and water-cooling, water-cooling system methods – direct, thermosiphon and forced circulation, water cooling systems components – radiator, thermostat and coolant pump, intelligent cooling system and cooling system trouble shooting.

Engine friction, lubrication and lubricants: Meaning of engine friction, lubrication and lubricants, component of engine friction, mechanical friction, effect of engine variables on friction, properties of lubricants, additives in lubricants, SAE viscosity rating, lubrication principles, lubrication systems – petrol system, splash system, pressure system and dry-sump system and engine performance and lubrication.

Supercharger and Turbocharger: Need for supercharging, methods of supercharging, supercharging of SI and CI engine, effect of supercharging, supercharging limits, different supercharger and turbochargers.

Classification of tractors: Selection for proper utilization in field operation, measurement of engine power and their performance

Power transmission: Power transmission elements, shafting and universal joints; gear and pinion, belt- pulleys tractor power transmission & final drive, PTO.

Clutches, brakes and steering systems: Purposes, types of clutches and working principles, Type of tractor steering and operations, Type of brakes and their principle.

Hydraulic system: Hydraulic system and their controls, hydraulic pumps and their operations, hydraulic system valves and their operations

Stability of Tractor: Stability of tractors on plain and inclined surface & weight transfer.

Traction theory: Traction and traction efficiency, rolling resistance, wheel slip, draft-speed relationship of tractor for different soil conditions, ballasting.

Preventive maintenance: Preventive maintenance of tractor and power tiller

Practical

  1. Study of thermodynamics systems in IC engine, and in air-compressor,
  2. Study of two and four-stroke cycle SI and CI engine models,
  3. Study of major components of IC engine,
  4. Study of fuel supply and injection system of CI and SI engine,
  5. Study of lubrication and cooling system of IC engine and its maintenance,
  6. Study of ignition system of IC engine (spark and compression ignition) and its maintenance,
  7. Dismantling and assembling of petrol and diesel engines, Troubleshooting of IC engine.
  8. Drawbar & PTO shaft, clutch & their operating mechanisms
  9. Adjustment of hitch systems for position and draft control during field operations
  10. Study of tractor brakes and steering systems and measurement of engine power

Text Books

  1. Obert, E. F. 1968. Internal Combustion Engines, Third edition. International Textbook Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
  2. Srivastava, A. K. Goering, C. E., Rohrbach, R. P. and Buckmaster, D. R. 2006. Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines. ASABE Publishers, 2nd edition, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA
  3. Farm Engine and Tractors-by Gulvin, H.E. (McGraw Hill).

FME 301 Heat and Mass Transfer (2+0)

Mode of Heat Transfer: Basic Concepts – Mechanism of Heat Transfer – Conduction, Convection and Radiation, Fourier Law of Conduction; General Differential equation of Heat Conduction in Cartesian and Cylindrical coordinates; One Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction – Conduction through plane, spherical and cylindrical walls, solving related problems.

Conduction Heat Transfer: Composite Systems both plane wall and cylindrical systems, solving related problems, thermal contact resistance, critical thickness of insulation, Extended Surfaces – Temperature distribution through fins, fin efficiency, solving problems, Two dimensional steady state conduction-numerical method of analysis and electrical analogy, Unsteady Heat Conduction – Lumped Analysis – Use of Heislers Chart, solving related problems. Heat Exchangers: Definition of heat exchanger, examples of heat exchanger, classify exchanger on the basis of different conditions, Basic flow arrangement of parallel and counter flow heat exchanger with temperature profile, derivation LMTD equation for parallel/counter flow heat exchanger, Definition of effectives and NTU method, derive effectives and NTU equation for parallel/counter flow heat exchanger, Definition of fouling factor, problems on different types of heat exchangers, practice to use chart for solving problems, Problems on effectiveness and NTU for parallel and counter flow heat exchangers, practice to use chart for solving problems.

Convection Heat Transfer: Principles of convection -boundary layer principles, Reynolds analogy and dimensional analysis, Natural convection – Dimensional Analysis, Forced convection – Dimensional Analysis, External Flow – Flow over Plates, Cylinders, Spheres, solving related problems, Internal Flow – Laminar and Turbulent Flow – Combined Laminar and Turbulent, Natural convection: Flow over Vertical Plate, Horizontal Plate, Inclined Plate, solving related problems, Natural convection: Flow over Cylinders and Spheres, solving related problems.

Radiation Heat Transfer: Definition radiation energy transfer, Physical mechanism of radiation heat transfer, radiation properties, Black body/surfaces radiation, Radiation shape factor, derivation of radiation exchanges between two black surfaces, solar radiation, properties of solar radiation, Problems on radiation shape factor, practice to use different chart to solve problems.

Mass Transfer: Mass Transfer phenomena, example of mass transfer, thermal diffusion in mass transfer, fick’s law of diffusion, mass flux, diffusion in gases, Simultaneous heat and mass transfer phenomena, empirical equation derivation, problems on simultaneous heat and mass transfer phenomena.

Text Books:

  1. Simonson, J. R. (1988). Engineering Heat Transfer. Macmillan Education Ltd. Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire RG 21 2 x S and London.
  2. Rogers, G. F. C and Mayhew, Y. R. (1969). Engineering Thermodynamics Work and Heat Ttransfer. Great Britain at the pitman press, Bath.
  3. Arora, C. P. (1991). Heat and Mass Transfer. Khanna Publishers, 2-B, Nath Market, Nail Sarak, Delhi.

Reference Books:

  1. McAdams, W.H. (1954). Heat Transmission, McGraw-Hill Kogakusha Ltd. Tokyo.
  2. J. P. (2000) Heat Transfer. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York.
  3. Transport Phenomena – R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart and Edwin N. light foot. Wiley International.
  4. Transport Phenomena – W. J. Beek and K.M.R. Muttzall, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

FME 302 Electronics in Agriculture (1+1)

Theory

Fundamental: Properties of insulators, semiconductors and metals; conduction in solids, conventional current and electron flow, drift and diffusion current, mobility and conductivity; potential barrier; work function

Intrinsic semiconductors:  Crystal and energy band diagram, electrons and holes, conduction in semiconductors, electron and hole concentration, fermi level.  Extrinsic semiconductors:  n-type doping, p-type doping, Qualitative and quantitative theory of the p-n junction as a diode; Ideal pn junction, pn junction band diagram, current components   in p-n diode, reverse   breakdown; avalanche   and     zener breakdown; zener diode, Full and half wave rectifiers.

Transistors: Transistor and its current components, BJT characteristics and different regions of operation, transistor as a switch and amplifier, transistor biasing, Field effect transistors (FET)- MOSFET, JFET and their operation.

Op-Amp Basics and Controllers: Op-Amp as a integrator, differentiator, active filters, and op-Amp based practical circuits, Basics on integrated circuit, Understanding the operation of different microprocessors/microcontrollers (Arduino, 8085 etc.

Sensors: Working principles of sensors, material design for sensors, property based classification of sensors-, Bio sensors, temperature sensors, Image sensors, gas and chemical, moisture, humidity etc., sensor calibration, Application of Sensors-Industrial process control, measurements, automation, automobiles etc.

Applications: Overview on PSPice, Circuit design and simulation in PsPice, Basics on Matlab software, Applications of Matlabin diverse field of study and it’s importance in conducting future agricultural research.

Practical

  1. Identification, specifications, testing of R, L, C components (Color Codes), potentiometers, relays, bread boards, PCBs,
  2. Identification, specifications and testing of active devices, diodes, BJTs, Low power JFETs, MOSFETs, power transistors, LEDs, LCDs, optoelectronic devices, SCR, UJT,DIACs.
  3. PN Junction diode characteristics A. Forward bias B. Reverse bias.
  4. Study on Half-wave and full-wave rectifiers, with and without load.
  5. Study on Zener diode characteristics and voltage regulator.
  6. Measuring the characteristics of bipolar junction Transistors and field-effect transisitor.
  7. Familiarization with Matlab and PSpice for simulating electronic circuits.

Text Books

  1. Electronic devices and circuit theory-Robert Boylestad.
  2. Millman, Jacob and Halkias, Christos C. Electronic Devices and Circuits. Tata Mcgraw Hill.
  3. Electronics: Principles and Techniques. S. Ramabhadran.

FME 313 Rural Electrification Engineering (3+1)

Theory

Transmission and distribution systems. Poly phase systems. Delta-Wye connected systems. Balanced and unbalanced loads. Overhead and cable systems. Economic size of conductor. Kelvin’s Law, line supports and sag calculation;

Insulators: Types of insulators, potential distribution over a string of suspension insulators and methods of increasing potential. Line constants, short and medium length line calculations;

Operation, construction and principle of different types of: Tap changing transformer, automatic voltage regulator; Symmetrical components of unsymmetrical phasors;

Faults: Unsymmetrical faults. Line to ground fault, line to line and double line to ground fault.;

Introduction to circuit breakers and its function: Different types of; circuit breakers, advantages and disadvantages; General requirements and logical design of relays.

Relays: Construction, operating principles and applications of over current relays, directional relays, impedance relays and differential relays;

OCR and Arresters: Oil circuit reclosure & different types of lighting arrester.

Organizations: Pally Bidyut Samity (PBS), DESCO, DPDC, Kaptai hydroelectric power plant and socioeconomic impacts of rural electrification;

Practical

  1. Electric wiring practices: Wiring code, procedures and safety rules.
  2. Design of outlets, branch circuits and service entrance switch for residences, farms, office and factory buildings,
  3. Locating load center and finding wire sizes for feeder lines,
  4. Design of rural distribution systems,
  5. Electrical design of overhead lines,
  6. Mechanical design of overhead lines,
  7. Study of circuit breakers and automatic circuit reclosure.,
  8. Study of lighting arresters,
  9. A study tour to REB substation and electrified farms.

Text Books

  1. Bala, B.K. Electrical Energy: Transmission and Distribution (Revised Second Edition), Kanna
  2. Publishers, India.
  3. Cotton, H. and Barber, H. Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Energy. B. I. Publications.
  4. Power System Engineering – I.J. Nagrath and D.P. Kothari, Tata McGraw Hill.
  5. Electrical Power System – C.L. Wadhwa Urley Eastern Ltd.

FME 335 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering 3+1

Theory

Applications of Refrigeration: Reversed Carnot cycle; Gas cycle refrigeration; simple vapor-compression refrigeration; absorption refrigeration; properties of refrigerants; Equipments– multi-stage compression; cascade system;

Applications of Air Conditioning: Psychrometric processes and Advanced Psychrometry, Air conditioning Systems and Applications.

Load calculation: Heat pumps, Cooling and Heating Load Estimation.

Human Comfort: Factors affecting human comfort.

Study of sound and acoustic: Acoustics and Noise Control, Study of sound and acoustics; room characteristics; acoustic design in buildings, Cold Storage and Preservation Chambers.

Practical

  1. Applications of Refrigeration: Practice on problem solving on heat transfer and
  2. Practice on refrigeration building survey.
  3. Applications of Air Conditioning: Practical problems on different psychrometric process
  4. Load calculation: Occupancy, storage and heat load estimation;
  5. Designing of cold storage: Cold storage visit, equipment selection and control measures,
  6. Layout of cold storages

Text books

1.Textbook of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning- J.K Gupta.

  1. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning- Ahmadul Ameen.
  2. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning- P.L Ballaney, Khanna publisher,10th Edition.

FME 362 Renewable Energy (3+0)

Introduction: Energy – generation and consumption, conventional energy – emission of carbon dioxide and environmental impacts, renewable energy sources – review, technologies and statistics and economic and environmental impacts.

Solar Energy: Basic properties of solar energy, solar thermal system – solar collectors, solar collector characteristics and classification, solar energy storage, application of solar thermal energy, solar photovoltaic system – photovoltaic cell fundamentals, characteristics and classification, solar photovoltaic power plant, application of photovoltaic system and analysis of economic and environmental aspects.

Wind Energy: Basic properties of wind energy, application of wind energy, wind energy conversion – wind mills, types of wind mills, wind mill components, wind electric generator – principles and classification, environmental impact assessment and wind energy potential in Bangladesh.

Hydro Energy: Basic properties ofhydro energy, hydro energy resources – water fall, tide and wave, hydropower generation – estimation of power and structure and devices, techno-economic analysis of hydro energy system and social and environmental impact assessment.

Geothermal Energy: Geothermal energy concept, physics of geothermal energy, geothermal energy resources, geothermal energy uses, geothermal power plants, advantages and disadvantages of geothermal energy, environmental problems from geothermal energy and potential of geothermal energy in Bangladesh.

Bioenergy:  Biomass resource assessment, properties of biomass, different biomass to bioenergy conversion methods – biorefinery concept, biochemical and thermochemical conversion, bioenergy systems and process integration, techno-economic analysis of bioenergy system and environmental impacts.

Text Books

  1. G. S. Sawhney (2012). Non-conventional Energy Resources, PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi
  2. V. Nelson (2011). Introduction to Renewable Energy, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
  3. D. O. Hall and R. P. Overend. Biomass: Renewable Energy, John Wiley & Sons, New York
  4. J. A. Duffie and W. A. Beckman. Solar Engineering of Thermal Process (4th Edition), John Wiley & Sons, New York

FME 374 Nondestructive Bio-Sensing Technique (0+1)

Quality attributes of fresh fruits and vegetables: Definition of quality, quality and safety aspects of fruits and vegetables, maintenance of quality during postharvest processing, importance of nondestructive sensing technique and measuring points in the processing line.

Spectroscopic system: Historical development of spectroscopy, perception of wavelength, basic principles of vibrational spectroscopy – UV-VIS-NIR, FT-NIR, Raman, basic principles of other’s spectroscopy – nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy and spectroscopic principles – absorption, transmission and reflectance.

Spectrum data processing and multivariate analysis: Spectral data pre-processing, linear and non-linear regression and classification methods

Computer vision techniques and image processing:  Benefits and drawbacks of computer vision system, images acquisition system – lighting system, camera, lens and filter, and image processing – color image processing and image segmentation (morphological image processing and feature extraction).

Hyperspectral imaging techniques: Relationship between spectroscopy, imaging and hyperspectral imaging, fundamentals of hyperspectral imaging, configuration of hyperspectral imaging system, calibration of hyperspectral imaging system, hyperspectral images acquisition, image pre-process, hyperspectral data analysis and chemometrics.

Other nondestructive measurement technologies: X-ray imaging and tomography, terahertz spectroscopy and imaging, Raman spectroscopic and imaging, NMR imaging, electronic nose and acoustic measurement.

Text Books

  1. Optical Monitoring of Fresh and Processed Agricultural Crops by Munuela Zude
  2. Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis by Donald A. Burns and Emil W. Ciurczak
  3. Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB by Rafael C. Gonzalez and Richard E. Woods
  4. Machine Vision Handbook edited by Bruce G. Batchelor
  5. Hyperspectral Imaging for Food Quality Analysis and Control by Da-Wen Sun

FME 363 Agricultural Machinery (3+1)

Theory

Introduction: Agricultural Tools, Implement, equipment’s, and machines.

Machine Performance: Field capacities, field efficiency, factors affecting machine capacity and efficiency, machine maneuverability, field shape and headland patterns.

Mechanics of tillage: Soil failure mechanism, soil cutting performance, tillage tools design factors, forces acting on tillage implement, drafts and drawbar pulls. Hitch Systems and Hitching of tillage implements, load transfer and balancing.

Soil Tillage: Objectives of tillage, tillage method, minimum and stubble-mulch tillage, zero (no) tillage.

Primary Tillage Implements: General description, operation, maintenance, functions, attachment, accessories and adjustments of Moldboard plough, Disc ploughs, Chisel ploughs and Subs oilers.

Secondary Tillage Implements: All types of harrows, cultivators, rotary tillers, their functions, uses and maintenance.

Crop Planting: Methods of planting, plant population requirements, factors affecting plant population, planting surface profile, mechanical function of a seeding machine; seed metering devices and factors affecting their operations; furrow openers, their types and uses; covering devices; precision planting; factors affecting cell fill; calibration of seed drills and their maintenance; potato planters.

Intercultural operations: Intercultural (Weed control and crop thinning) equipment, their types, uses and maintenance.

Fertilizer application: Type of fertilizer applicator, metering devices for fertilizer applicator, factors affecting fertilizer application; fertilizer broadcasters; principles of centrifugal broadcaster and their performance. Introduction to seed-cum-fertilizer distribution.

Spraying and Dusting: Types of sprayers and dusters; effective particle size and drift, factors affecting drift; types of atomizing devices, principles of atomization, factors affecting droplet size; Hydraulic sprayers. Granular pesticide applicators.

Crop Harvesting: Auxiliary powered and Self-propelled reapers; their operation, performance and maintenance; functional component of a combine, grain losses and adjustment to reduce loss, calibration of a combine; Corn combines, its operation, losses and adjustment; Potato harvester, its operation, adjustments and maintenance.

Threshing: Principles and types of threshing mechanism, functional components of threshers, their construction, performance and maintenance.

 Practical

  1. Study on the Agricultural Machinery and implements
  2. Hitching of tillage implements and machines, field operation of primary and secondary tillage implements
  3. Measurement of draft, specific draft, drawbar powers, slips and field capacity of tillage implements
  4. Study of seed drills, fertilizer distributor, sprayers, reapers, combine harvester and threshers
  5. Calibration of seed drills, fertilizer distributor, and sprayer
  6. Seedling raising techniques for transplanting and field performance of a Transplanter
  7. Field performance and field operation of reaper and combine harvester
  8. Determination of capacity, losses and material efficiency of a thresher

Text books

  1. Principle of Farm Machinery- Kepner, R.A.; Bainer, R. and Barger, E.L.
  2. Farm Power and Machinery Management- Donnell Hunt
  3. Srivastava, A. K. Goering, C. E., Rohrbach, R. P. and Buckmaster, D. R. 2006. Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines. ASABE Publishers, 2nd edition, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA

FME 410 Farm Mechanization and Engineering Management (2+0)

Agricultural mechanization: Necessity of agricultural mechanization, meaningful mechanization, productivity, technology vs. productivity, stages of mechanization, factors influencing mechanization-natural factors and man-made factors, mechanization and poverty alleviation, mechanization and national economy and negative factors associated with mechanization.

Mechanization management: Machine performance, machinery selection, power selection and machine replacement, ssystems approach to farm mechanization and management and training.

Organization and management: Meaning of organization and management, elements of management, function of a good manager, organization for management, company organization structure, process of delegation, responsibility and authority, personnel selection and recruitment of employee and SWOT (Organizational strength, weakness, opportunity and thread) analysis;

Economic and financial analysis: Net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), break-even analysis, payback period, cost-benefit ratio, economic of farm machinery operation andeconomic comparison between investment alternatives;

Linear programming: Formulation of linear programing models, graphical solution, simplex method, duality theory, sensitivity analysis and application in resource optimization in farm machinery management.

Network analysis: Meaning of network analysis, network constructing convention (Fulkerson’s rule), shortest-route problems, minimal spanning tree problems, maximal flow, PERT and CPM and application of network analysis in project scheduling.

Transportation and distribution problem: Transportation matrix, formulation and solution of transportation and assignment problem and application of transportation models in farm management.

Inventory and risk management: Inventory, inventory models and problem solution

Queuing theory: Queue and waiting line, queuing characteristics, different queuing models and application in custom hire service business.

Purchasing function: Aim and objectives of purchase, methods of purchase, interactions between supplier/contractor and the purchasing department, tender and quotation and introduction to PPR 2008.

Text books

  1. Introduction to operational research (7th)- Hiller and Lieberman, Macgraw hill Book C.
  2. Farm Power and Machinery Management- Donnell Hunt.

FME 413 Precision Agriculture (2+1)

General Introduction: Precision agriculture concepts, principles and guidelines, potential benefits of precision agriculture and standardization.

Management of information and database creation: Crop characteristics, soil properties, fertilizer requirement, weed and insect records, plant growth response to inputs and harvest and post-harvest activities.

Advanced technologies in precision agriculture: Computerized databases and management, GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing applications, management of meteorological information and management of information on crops and their environment.

Instruments, sensors and control technology in precision agriculture: Types of sensors and working principles, calibration and use in farm activities.

Site specific management techniques: Site-specific management of soil and nutrient, area-wide management of soil and nutrient, Variable Rate Technology (VRT) and mapping of information on soil, crop yield and profit.

Decision support systems: Interpretation of the available information and appropriate decisions making related to agricultural production systems.

Practical

  1. Introduction to sensors use in agriculture; Arduino – programing and configuration;
  2. Requisition of sensor data and its calibration;
  3. Determination of latitude/longitude, UTM or state plane position;
  4. Configuring a GPS System, navigation and building mapped database with GIS;
  5. Map presentation/layout preparation, and geo-processing;
  6. Measurement of plant growth indicator LAI/NDVI;
  7. Remote sensing and camera vision system use in agriculture;
  8. Analysis of soil, crop and water spatial variability;
  9. Visit to Industry/ institute.

Text books

  1. Precision Agriculture by Terry A. Brase
  2. Precision Agriculture Technology for Crop Farming by Qin Zhang
  3. Precision Agriculture for Grain Production Systems by Brett Whelan and James Taylor
  4. Getting to Know ArcGIS by Law & Collins. 2015, 4th edition. ESRI Press

FME 411 Machine Design & Fabrication (3+1)

Introduction: Philosophy of design, concept of machine design, design consideration, design review and reliability engineering.

Selection of materials for designing machine elements: Different materials used in engineering elements. Applications like CI, Steels, Alloy steels – Mechanical properties – how to select a material for a given application- explaining with examples, problems.

Design of machine members: Design of machine membersunder simple and combined stresses and variable loads including stress concentration.

Design of flexible drives: Flat and V-belts, wire ropes, roller chain and conveyors

Design of gears: Introduction to different gears, definitions, stresses in gear tooth, Lewis equation and form factor, design for strength, dynamic load and wear load.

Journal and plane surface bearing: Definitions, thick-film lubrication, hydrodynamic lubrication, optimum hydrodynamic bearing, full bearing, partial bearing, lubrication flow through bearing, lubrication temperature, dimensionless parameters, chart, tables for designing bearing design journal bearing and selection of lubrication oil.

Design equations for ball and roller bearings: Nomenclature used in bearings–bearing series, stresses during rolling contact, bearing life, static load capacity, dynamic load capacity, factors influencing the selection of bearings- defining terms, selecting bearings from tables.

Design of agricultural machinery: Basic consideration of designing agricultural machinery, linkage on farm machinery – common linkage types, linkages applicable to agricultural and other off-road equipment, design of tillage tools – types of forces acting on a tillage tool and their determination, design of seeding and planting machinery, seed and fertilizer applicator, harvesting machinery, winnower and thresher.

Practical

  1. Introduction to 2D and 3D drawing, drawing software, tools of drawing software
  2. Introduction to fabrication machines like laser cut, CNC lathe machine, CNC milling, 3-D printer, etc.
  3. Machines operation, simulation of design with machines.
  4. Design and fabrication machine elements like spur gear, seed metering device, etc.
  5. Introduction to 3-D modeling software, tools of 3D modeling software, 3D modeling software to printer
  6. Design, simulation, slicing and fabrication of machinery elements using 3D modeling
  7. Visit to machine tools factory.

Text Books

  1. Shigley J.E and Mischke C. R., “Mechanical Engineering Design”, Sixth Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2003
  2. Bhandari V.B, “Design of Machine Elements”, Second Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Book Co, 2007.
  3. Sundararajamoorthy T. V, Shanmugam.N, “Machine Design”, Anuradha Publications, Chennai, 2003.
  4. James D. Bethune. (2002). Engineering Graphics with AutoCAD. Boston University, Pearson Education Pte. Ltd., First Indian Reprint, 2003.

FME 421 Agricultural Process Engineering (3+1)

Theory

Introduction: Post-harvest processing of agricultural products, post-harvest losses of different crops and impotence of post-harvest processing – status and potential.

Moisture content: Moisture content representation, and methods for determination. EMC and its importance, methods of EMC determination, EMC curve, EMC models and interaction of moisture and materials.

Drying theory and systems: Principles and importance of drying, mechanism of drying, drying air properties, thin layer and deep bed drying – principles, drying models, drying periods (falling rate and constant rate) and estimation of drying air temperature, air flow rate and air pressure within the bed and study on different types of dryers (solar drier and mechanical drier) – performance, energy utilization pattern and efficiency.

Processing technology: Processing of rice, wheat and maize – parboiling, drying, milling and packaging.

Size reduction: Principles of size reduction, size characteristics, size reduction methods, fineness modulus and uniformity index, size reduction machines (crusher, grinder and cutting) – operations, efficiency and power requirement (Ratzinger’s law, Kick’s law and Bond’s equation).

Cleaning, sorting and grading: Meaning of cleaning, sorting, and grading, grading factors and standard, aerodynamics of small particles, and different types of cleaner, sorter and separators for grain, seed, nuts, fruits and vegetables.

Material handling: Material handling – concept and its importance and different material handling equipment – principle of operation, selection and deign methods.

Grain storage and systems: Purpose of grain storage, temperature and moisture changes during storage, safe grain storage condition and grain storage systems.

Practical

  1. Determination of moisture content of cereal grains: wet basis and dry basis;
  2. Practice on set-up of indicating, recording and process control instrumentation of solar tunnel drier and BAU-STR drier; Practice on drying of fruits and vegetables using solar tunnel drier;
  3. Determination of pressure drops in grain bins;
  4. Practice on set-up of indicating, recording and process control instrumentation of thin layer drier;
  5. Study of parboiling process of paddy and de-husking process of paddy;
  6. Study of milling and whitening process of paddy;
  7. Study of mixing separation of solids and conveying;
  8. Study of grain storage system (silo, hermetic bag and others);
  9. Visit to seed processing plant; Visit to automatic rice processing center.

Text Books

  1. M. Henderson, R. L. Perry and J. H. Young. (1997). Principles of Process Engineering. ASAE, USA.
  2. B. Brooker, F. W. Bakker-Arkesuce and C. W. Hall. (1992). Drying and Storage of Grains and Oilseeds. Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
  3. Pabis, D. S. Jayas and S. Cenkowski. (1998). Grain drying (Theory and Practice). John Wiley & Sons. Inc.

FME 443 Autonomous and Intelligent Farming Systems (2+1)

Theory

Introduction: Definition and Classification of Robots, Laws of Robotics, Applications of Robots, Basic Components of Robot Systems.

Work objects of agriculture robots, Characteristics of biological objects: Features of agriculture robotics, Expectations for agricultural robots, Multi-purpose robot for agriculture, Agriculture  robots – an integration of engineering, biology and social science.

Fundamentals and Basic Components Of Robots: Fundamentals of robots, Basic components of robots, Traveling device, Control device.

Design and Control of Manipulators: Mechanism of manipulator, Redundant manipulator, Evaluation of mechanism, Control of manipulator

Sensors for Agriculture Robots: External sensors for perception other than vision, Range sensors ( Ultrasonic sensor, Position sensitive device (PSD)); Proximity sensors (Photo sensing type,Pneumatic type); Tactile sensors, Internal sensors for mechanism control

Traveling Devices Within Agriculture Environments:  Wheel type, Rail type, Crawler type, Gantry system, Legged robot

Robot Intelligence:  Knowledge Based Decision Support, Fuzzy control for dealing with uncertainty, Artificial neural network applications for robotics systems and examples of Agriculture Robots

Practical

  1. Sensor: Recognition, identification, localization, depth measurement and 3-D vision, Sensors for mechanism control
  2. Manipulator: Design, mechanism, and control of manipulator
  3. End-effector:Design, mechanism, and control of end-effector
  4. Traveling devices: Design, mechanism, and control of wheel, rail and crawler type traveling devices within agriculture environments
  5. Harvesting Robot: Design and develop the manipulator, end-effector, sensor, traveling device
  6. Weeding Robot: Design and develop the manipulator, end-effector, sensor, traveling device

Text Books

  1. Robotics for Bio Production Systems (ASAE Publication) by Naoshi Kondo (Editor), K. C. Ting (Editor)
  2. Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control -John J. Craig, Pearson Prentice Hall.
  3. Robot Analysis -Lung-Wen Tsai, Wiley & Sons Inc.
  4. Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in MATLAB- Peter Corke, Springer

FME 453 Controlled Environment Agriculture (2+0)

Introduction to CEA: Definition and key concepts; socioeconomic and environmental importance; global trends; types of CEA; and issues, challenges, and opportunities;

Crop growing systems and maintenance: Crop layout, plant lighting, pollination; Irrigation systems; Plant nutrition;

Pest Control: Insect pests and diseases and their management;

Production Systems: Greenhouse, hydroponic and vertical farming: Structure and design including different types of environmental control systems, their construction, and maintenance and operational costs; Environmental control and energy conservation;

Quality: Food quality and safety (e.g., GAP, GHP);

Marketing: Marketing of controlled environment agriculture produce.

Text books

  1. Controlled Environment Agriculture: Production of Specialty Crops Providing Human Health Benefits Through Hydroponics – M. Asaduzzaman, Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2016.
  2. Controlled Environment Horticulture (Improving Quality of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants) – Christoph-Martin Geilfus, Springer.
  3. Greenhouse horticulture: Technology for optimal crop production- Cecilia Stanghellini, Bert Van’t Oosterand Ep Heuvelink