Advanced Solar Photovoltaic Lab detailed syllabus for Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EE) for 2021 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs official website and presented for the Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EE) students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
- To Identify the components of solar panel power system installations
- To know about sizing of solar systems
- To familiarize with design of solar PV system for electrical energy requirements, sizing of PV modules, battery, electronics, etc
- To get acquainted with solar simulation software.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to:
- Identify the operation of major components in a solar PV system.
- Apply standard testing procedures to obtain the best operating conditions of a solar cell.
- Identify the procedures to size an Off Grid Solar PV System for the given load and backup time
- Experiment with simulation softwares for the analysis of solar PV systems
Module 1:
- Identify the electrical components associated with a PV system. (a)DC Combiner box (b)DC Energy meters (c)Array junction Boxes( AC & DC Distribution Boxes) (d)Battery (e)Inverter (f)AC disconnect switch (g)AC combiner box
- Study the colour conventions and ratings for AC and DC cables used in a PV module.
- Practice various protection schemes employed against surges (a) Running positive and negative cables close to each other (b) Earthing connections (c) Surge Protection Devices( both in dc and ac sides ) (d) Lightning arrestor
- Familiarize the operation of different solar energy charge controllers and compare the output power with and without following charge controllers . (a)Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) Controller (b)Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Controller 6
- Familiarize the operation of solar inverters 3
Module 2:
- Develop a circuit to plot the V-I characteristics of a single solar panel and draw the equivalent circuit of a solar cell. 3
- Measurement of V-I characteristics of a single solar panel at various levels of insolation 3
- Identify the best operating conditions of a single solar panel by observing the following effects on cell current (a)Effect of Color (Wavelength) (b)Effect of Shading (c)Effect of Tilt Angle (d)Effect of Distance 3
Module 3:
- Apply suitable methods to calculate the energy demand of a given electrical installation and compare it with the electricity bill
- Apply suitable methods for finding the ratings of a given off grid PV system (a)Converter and Charge Controller Sizing (b)Inverter Sizing (c)Sizing of the Batteries (d)Sizing of the PV Array (e)Sizing of the Cables
- Prepare Bill Of Materials for solar installations
Module 4:
- Familiarize with any solar simulation software and design a solar system PV syst PVSOL or similar
Text Books:
- C. S. Solanki, Solar Photovoltaic Technology and Systems: A Manual for Technicians, Trainers and Engineers, Prentice Hall of India, 2013
Reference Books:
- The Complete Lab Manual For Renewable Energy – Cutter , Ammond – Delmar Cengage Learning
- Christopher Kitcher ,A Practical Guide to Renewable Energy: Power Systems and their Installation: Microgeneration systems and their Installation
- Solanki, Chetan Singh,Renewable Energy Technologies: A Practical Guide for Beginners ,PHI Learning
- Michael Boxwell,Solar Electricity Handbook – 2021 Edition: A simple, practical guide to solar energy – designing and installing solar photovoltaic systems.
Online Resources
- https://www.electricaltechnology.org/2020/07/design-and-installation-of-solar-pv-system.html
- https://www.electricalengineeringtoolbox.com/2021/10/how-to-size-off-grid-solar-pv-system.html
- https://vlab.amrita.edu/index.php?sub=77&brch=298
- https://renewablelab.niu.edu/experiments/seriesParallelSolarCells
- https://web.iitd.ac.in/~pmvs/courses/mcl241/laboratory-manual-RES.pdf
- https://www.coursera.org/lecture/photovoltaic-systems/module-components-skzP1
- https://electrical-engineering-portal.com/photovoltaic-module-interconnections
- https://www.bbau.ac.in/dept/Physics/TM/LabExperiments%20_SOLAR%20CELL% 20CHARACTERISTICS-2-6.pdf
- http://solardat.uoregon.edu/download/Lessons/Experiments_with_PV_Cells.pdf
- https://www.old.iitr.ac.in/departments/PH/uploads/Teaching%20Laboratory/Thermal/ 2.%20solar%20cell.pdf
- https://naturalscience.ku.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/Efficiency-of-a-Solar-Cell.pdf
- PV system design Software https://www.pvsyst.com/ https://www.homerenergy.com/homer/software 30 | P a g e Minor Degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) https://solargis.com/
- Solar radiation data of any place across the world https://globalsolaratlas.info/map
- Knowledge Centre, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy – Government of India https://mnre.gov.in/
- http://www.nitttrchd.ac.in/sitenew1/app_sc/list/Solar%20Cell%20Characteristics.pdf
- solar cell experiment : https://youtu.be/pYlDJ3a8x6E
- http://www.ee.iitkgp.ac.in/assets/file/es1.pdf
- https://youtu.be/xQopheOsIpc
- https://youtu.be/w8Tw2BYSER0
- http://www.nabcep.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NABCEP-PV-Resource-Guide-10-4-16-W.pdf
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