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Dept     : MECH
Sem      : 7
Regul    : 2019
Faculty : Mr.K.Prakash(sr)
phone  : NIL
E-mail  : prakasktg@gmail.com
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Syllabus

UNIT
1
INTRODUCTION TO SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS

Structure and working of Solar Cells - Types, Electrical properties and Behaviour of Solar Cells – Cell properties and design - PV Cell Interconnection and Module Fabrication - Electrical characteristics of the solar cell - equivalent circuit - Effects of temperature, irradiation and series/shunt resistances on the open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current - PV generators.

UNIT
2
STAND ALONE PV SYSTEMS

Schematics and Components - Balance of system components for DC and/or AC Applications - Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms - Interfacing PV modules to loads – Direct connection of loads to PV modules - Connection of PV modules to a battery and load together.

UNIT
3
GRID CONNECTED PV SYSTEMS

Schematics and Components - Balance of system Components - Interface Components – Net metering - Feasible operating region of inverter at different power factor - Active power filtering with real power injection.

UNIT
4
HYBRID SYSTEMS

Need for Hybrid Systems - Range and type of Hybrid systems - Case studies of Diesel-PV, Wind-PV, Microhydel-PV, Biomass-Diesel systems, Electric and hybrid electric vehicles - Comparison and selection criteria for a given application

UNIT
5
DESIGN OF PV SYSTEMS

Design of System Components for different PV Applications - Sizing and Reliability - Modeling and simulation of stand-alone and grid-connected PV systems – Case Studies

Reference Book:

1. J.A Duffie and W.A Beckman, Solar Engineering of Thermal processes, John Wiley And Sons,New York 2. Rai G.D., "Solar energy Utilization", Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2002. 3. T. Bhattachariya , Terrestrial Solar Photovoltaic, Narosa Publishers, New Delhi, 2008. 4. Jenny Nelson, The Physics of Solar Cells. Imperial College Press, 2003. 5. A. Goetzberger, V. U. Hoffmann, Volker Uwe, Photovoltaic Solar Energy Generation (2005), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-540-23676-4, pp.234.

Text Book:

1. Garg H P., Prakash J., Solar Energy: Fundamentals & Applications, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1997 2. K.Sukhatme, S.P. Sukhatme ., Solar Energy principles of thermal collection and storage , Tata McGraw Hill education, New Delhi, 1996