EMTRONIK Technology PVT. LTD.

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Course overview:-
• Review of basic electricity
• Overview of PV Systems
• Sunshine basics
• How PV works
• Components of a PV system
• Setup, configuration and sizing
• Wiring and controls
• Relevant sections of NEC
• Zoning laws and building codes pertaining to PV systems
• Interconnection requirements in New York State
• Specific parameters of concern to utilities in grid connected systems
• Practical experiments and demonstrations of different aspects of PV
• Safety issues when working with PV
• Site visit with detailed explanation of maintenance and troubleshooting
• Actual hands on set-up of a small scale grid connected system

Course Details:-
1. Introduction to photovoltaic (PV) systems. Historical development of PV
systems. Overview of PV usage in the world,
2. Solar energy potential for PV, irradiance, solar radiation and spectrum of sun,
geometric and atmospheric effects on sunlight,
3. Photovoltaic effect, conversion of solar energy into electrical energy, behavior
of solar cells,
4. Solar cells, basic structure and characteristics: Single-crystalline,
multicrystalline, thin film silicon solar cells, emerging new technologies,
5. Electrical characteristics of the solar cell, equivalent circuit, modeling of solar
cells including the effects of temperature, irradiation and series/shunt resistances
on the open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current,
6. Solar cell arrays, PV modules, PV generators, shadow effects and bypass diodes,
hot spot problem in a PV module and safe operating area.
Terrestrial PV module modeling,
7. Interfacing PV modules to loads, direct connection of loads to PV modules,
connection of PV modules to a battery and load together,
8. Energy storage alternatives for PV systems. Storage batteries, lead-acid, nickel-
cadmium, nickel-metal-hydride and lithium type batteries. Small storage systems
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employing ultracapacitors, charging and discharging properties and modeling of

batteries,
9. Power conditioning and maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms
based on buck- and boost-converter topologies,
10.Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms,
11.Inverter control topologies for stand-alone and grid-connected operation.
Analysis of inverter at fundamental frequency and at switching frequency.
Feasible operating region of inverter at different power factor values for grid-
connected systems,
12.Stand-alone PV systems. Consumer applications, residential systems, PV water
pumping, PV powered lighting, rural electrification, etc.,
13.Grid-connected (utility interactive) PV systems. Active power filtering with real
power injection.
14.Modeling and simulation of stand-alone and grid-connected PV systems.

Course Duration: - 45hours

Course Fees: - 3000/-

Website: www.emtronik.in Email : info@emtronik.in Contact : 9853111023/9853200835

Address: MIG-19,2nd Floor, Near FIRE station, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar-03