Design of photovoltaic systems

By Prof. L Umanand | IISc Bangalore

Learners enrolled: 5849

This course is a design oriented course aimed at photovoltaic system design. The course begins by discussing about the PV cell electrical characteristics and interconnections. Estimation of insolation and PV sizing is addressed in some detail. Maximum power point tracking and circuits related to it are discussed. Later, applications related to peltier refrigeration, water pumping, grid connection and micro grids are discussed in detail. Lastly a brief discussion on life cycle costing is also discussed in order to bring in a measure of completeness to the course.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : BE, ME

PREREQUISITES : Electric Circuits

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	14 Sep 2020
End Date :	04 Dec 2020
Enrollment Ends :	25 Sep 2020
Exam Date :	20 Dec 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

WEEK-01 - THE PV CELL

WEEK-02 - SERIES AND PARALLEL INTERCONNECTION

WEEK-03 - ENERGY FROM SUN

WEEK-04 - INCIDENT ENERGY ESTIMATION

WEEK-05 - SIZING PV

WEEK-06 - MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING

WEEK-07 - MPPT ALGORITHMS

WEEK-08 - PV-BATTERY INTERFACES

WEEK-09 - PELTIER COOLING

WEEK-10 - PV AND WATER PUMPING

WEEK-11 - PV-GRID INTERFACE-I

WEEK-12 - PV-GRID INTERFACE-II and LIFE CYCLE COSTING

Books and references

Chenming, H. and White, R.M., Solar Cells from B to Advanced Systems, McGraw Hill Book Co, 1983
Ruschenbach, HS, Solar Cell Array Design Hand Varmostrand, Reinhold, NY, 1980
Proceedings of IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conferences, Solar Energy Journal.

Instructor bio

Prof. L Umanand

IISc Bangalore

L. Umanand is a faculty at the Department of Electronics System Engineering (DESE) of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has been teaching, guiding and consulting in power electronic converters for more than two decades. His area of research are in power conversion, renewable energy systems and modelling.

Course certificate

• The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

• The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

• Date and Time of Exams: 20 December 2020, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

• Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

• The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

• Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE:

• Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.

• Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

• Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

• If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

• Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IISc Bangalore. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc

• Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.