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Details of the Solar PV Laboratory Kits
Introduction India has launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in 2009 with the ambitious target of installing 20,000 MW of solar power in the country by the year 2022. In order to achieve such a target, there is a need for trained manpower in the Solar Photovoltaic. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set up National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE, www.ncpre.iitb.ac.in) at IIT Bombay. This center is working towards the research and development, as well as education and training in the field of solar PV. As a part of education and activity, NCPRE conducted ‘Teach 1000 teachers Training Program.’ The laboratory kit was developed for this workshop as experiments are helpful to enforce the concepts taught during the lecture hours. The Laboratory kit was found very useful for training manpower and therefore, MNRE has funded NCPRE’s effort to provide complementary laboratory kits to colleges running courses in Solar PV or Renewable Energy.
Contents of Solar PV Lab Kits The kit is designed using the easily available components. A total of five numbers of solar PV Lab Kits are provided, out of these five; two kits have I.P registration as mentioned below:
1. PV Module Characterization Kit 2. PV Cell Characterization Kit (IP application 3719/MUM/2011 dated 30/12/2011) 3. PV System Characterization Kit 4. Lifetime Measurement Kit 5. Spectral Response Measurement Kit
The detailed description of each of the Solar PV Lab kits is provided in the later section of this document. Using these five PV Lab Kits, several experiments can be performed which are listed below.
Experiments that can be performed using the lab kit: The details of the experiments that can be performed on a single Solar PV Lab Kit is given in Table 1. Table 1: Details of the experiments that can be performed on Solar PV Lab Kit
Kit No. Lab Kit Experiments that can be performed
1 PV Module Characterization Kit
1. Identifying and measuring the parameters of a solar PV module in the field
2. Series and Parallel Connection of PV modules 3. Estimating the effect of sun tracking on
energy generation by solar PV modules
2 PV System Characterization Kit
4. Efficiency measurement of Standalone Solar PV System
3 PV Cell Characterization Kit
5. Measurement of current – voltage characteristics of crystalline silicon solar cell
a) Measurement by using 4 quadrant power supply and solar cell as load i) in dark and ii) under illumination. b) Measurement by using solar cell as power source under illumination 6. Measurement of current‐voltage
characteristics of two solar cells connected
a) in series and b) in parallel. 7. Dependence of current‐ voltage
characteristics of crystalline silicon solar cell on
a) light intensity and b) temperature of solar cell
4 Lifetime Measurement Kit 8. Carrier lifetime in a solar cell
5 Spectral Response Meter 9. Spectral response measurement and quantum efficiency measurements
6 Simulation Experiments: 10. PC1D for solar cell simulation (freeware) 11. Sequel for circuit simulation (freeware)
The details of the solar PV Lab Kits developed at NCPRE, IIT Bombay:
1. PV Module Characterization Kit Developer:
Prof Chetan S. Solanki
Associate Professor
Dept of Energy Science and Engineering
IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai‐ 400 076
2. PV System Characterization Kit Developer:
Prof Chetan S. Solanki
Associate Professor
Dept of Energy Science and Engineering
IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai‐ 400 076
3. Carrier Lifetime Measurement Kit Developer:
Prof Juzer Vasi
Professor
Dept of Electrical Engineering
IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai‐ 400 076
4. SEQUEL Developer:
Prof Mahesh B. Patil
Professor
Dept of Electrical Engineering
IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai‐ 400 076
The details of the solar PV Lab Kits developed jointly with WRIC and NCPRE, IIT Bombay and the IP application is also mentioned:
1. PV Cell Characterization Kit
Name of the tool: Integrated apparatus for education of Solar Cells: IP application 3719/MUM/2011 dated 30/12/2011 Inventors' Names: Arora Brij Mohan, IIT-Bombay
Narsale Arun Mahadev, WRIC Oak Anand haradchandra, WRIC Shah Hema Hitesh, WRIC; Chitte Govind Devram, WRIC Kadanga Ramankutty
2. Spectral Response Measurement Kit Inventors' Names: Arora Brij Mohan, IIT-Bombay
Narsale Arun Mahadev, WRIC Oak Anand haradchandra, WRIC Shah Hema Hitesh, WRIC; Chitte Govind Devram, WRIC Kadanga Ramankutty
Table 2: Components in the Solar PV Lab Kits Item No. PV Lab Training Kit Components Quantity
PV Module Characterization Kit 1 PV module kit 1 2 Sliding Rheostat (200 ohms, 2.5 Amps) 1 3 Pouch (Extra accessories like cables, pins) 1 4 Solar cell for radiation measurement 1
PV Cell Characterization Kit 5 solar simulator kit 1 6 Glass sheets (Clear and Frosted) 2 7 Light Attenuators (Wire Mesh filters ) 4 8 4 quadrant power supply 1 9 Black cloth piece 1
PV System 10 Battery (12 volts, 7.2Ah) 1 11 Inverter (100 Watts) 1 12 Wires for DC ‐ 4 mm2 1 13 Wires for AC ‐ 2.5 mm2 1
Lifetime Tester 14 Lifetime testing kit 1
15 CD 1 Video 11 number 2 software PC1D Sequel
Soft Copy of PV Lab Manual 16 PV Lab Manual
Figure 1: PV module characterization kit and its components
Figure 2: Solar cell simulator and its components
Figure 3: Solar cell as radiation measurement unit.
Figure 4: Set up for measuring the efficiency of standalone solar
PV system.
Figure 5: Carrier Lifetime Measurement Kit and its components Figure 6: Spectral Response measurement kit