SOLAR DESIGN

PV DESIGN, INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION.

SYLLABUS:

1. Renewable Energy and its prospects various RE sources.
2. Introduction to Solar Energy

• Solar Radiation, its importance, Differentiate solar PV and solar thermal energy.
• Solar Resource Measurement, Instrumentation and its applications.

3. Introduction of Photovoltaic Technology and its applications

•  Basics of Light to Energy Conversion Brief History of Solar/PV cells.
•  Physics of Energy Conversion in Solar Cell (Current and Voltage) Understanding basic terminologies of a PV cell.
•  Solar Cells to Module, Module name plate specifications, Module to Array and Basic Structure of PV module.

4. Classification of PV Modules based upon technology

• Brief on PV Cell/Module manufacturing process.
• STC and NOCT test conditions and Characterization of PV Modules.

5. Factors affecting output of a PV module

• Temperature Irradiance.
• Tilt angle cell area.
• shadowing dust.
• Mismatch.
• PV module configurations, MPPT operation etc.

6. Applications of PV different configurations of PV power system

Stand alone, Grid , hybrid system etc.

PRACTICAL CLASSES:

Experiment No. 1

• To demonstrate the I-V and PV characteristics of series and parallel combination of PV modules.

Experiment No. 2

• To show the effect of variation in tilt angle on PV module power and demonstrate the effect of shading on module output power.

Experiment No.3

• DC – DC Converter Design.
• Inverter Design.

Special Applications:

1. Solar panel specification study (25W, 12V)
2. Basic solar charger implementation
3. Basic led module implementation
4. Solar Emergency Lamp implementation
5. Solar battery bank implementation