MEE 1038

Solar Photovoltaic System Design

Course Introduction

Dr. RAJA SEKHAR Y

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Sr.), SMEC
 Syllabus Content
• Credits: 2 0 0 4 3
• Version: 2.10
• Course Prerequisites: MEE230/MEE 1011
• Course Type: CBL
• Expected Outcome:
➢At the end of the course, the student will be able to
▪ Design PV systems to meet economic and functional
requirements of any application
▪ Plan and carry out PV system installation
▪ Analyse the performance of PV systems and components
• This course helps you to design a PV system based on
industry standard engineering practices
 Broad Contents
1. Revision of solar radiation estimation using
Page-Angstrong method
2. Basics of photovoltaics
➢Physics of solar cells
➢Characteristics of cells and modules
➢Performance parameters
➢Output estimation under field conditions
➢Production processes
3. PV system components
➢Battery, charge controller, inverter, BoS
➢Installation, safety and codes
4. System sizing
➢Stand-alone with battery storage
➢Grid connected
5. Economics
➢Estimating unit cost of electricity generated
➢Payback analysis
➢Detailed Project Report (DPR preparation)
6. Case studies
➢Group presentations based on student projects
 Evaluation (CBL) with
Component Weightage Due Date
Name %]
CAT – I 15 As per Academic
Calendar
CAT – II 15 As per Academic
Calendar
TEE 50 As per Academic
Calendar
Individual 5 Choose a topic from a list of
Term Paper topics provided in the area of
(Assignments) solar photovoltaics
Design project 10 • Designing a stand-alone
work (Max. of PV power plant
2/3 members) • Validating the design
using a standard design
software
• Economics using
“Retscreen” software
SET paper 5 As per Academic Paper based on the above
(Same team Calendar project work
doing the
 Course Material
• Hour-wise lecture materials in the form of PPTs
and PDFs will be uploaded into student login
• Additional reference material relevant to a specific
topic will also be uploaded for most topics
• eBooks will be uploaded for general reference
• Necessary software will be provided
 Points to remember
• Exams shall carry questions that check your understanding (HOT)
– Not memory
• Questions will be asked from the course material also
• About 20% of questions will be directly from the class lectures –
Hence attendance will be mandatory to gain marks
• One design problem carrying 25 to 30 marks may be asked
during the TEE
• Dates of submissions will be strictly followed – Late submissions
may be refused for evaluation
➢ Assignments may be submitted in a soft format through eMails (mail
to: rajasekhar.y@vit.ac.in)
• Extra efforts beyond the class room study is necessary to master
the course
• Periodic reading of all course material is essential to understand
the course – They are voluminous and last minute reading may
not help you