Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd
Upload
4 views

Solar Energy Engineering

The document outlines the M.Tech course in Renewable Energy, specifically focusing on Solar Energy Engineering. It details course outcomes, including understanding solar radiation, evaluating solar technologies, and explaining solar cell technologies. The curriculum is divided into modules covering solar radiation, collector types, photovoltaic principles, and emerging technologies, supported by recommended textbooks and references.

Uploaded by

mohamed dahmane
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
4 views

Solar Energy Engineering

The document outlines the M.Tech course in Renewable Energy, specifically focusing on Solar Energy Engineering. It details course outcomes, including understanding solar radiation, evaluating solar technologies, and explaining solar cell technologies. The curriculum is divided into modules covering solar radiation, collector types, photovoltaic principles, and emerging technologies, supported by recommended textbooks and references.

Uploaded by

mohamed dahmane
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

M.TECH.

IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

Subject Name: Solar Energy Engineering


Paper Code: REEN5201
Contact Hours L T P Total Credit Points
Per Week 3 0 0 3 3

Course outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. characterize different modes of heat transfer with emphasis on solar radiation.
2. identify different technologies used for solar collectors.
3. evaluate the performance and efficiency of different devices that extract power from solar energy.
4. explain the basics of solar PV cells and relevant parameters for its characterization.
5. explain the important features of first to third generation solar cell technology.

Module 1:[10L]
Solar radiation: sun earth geometric relationship, solar angles, sun’s trajectories in different seasons, zenith
solar time, air mass, solar beam, total solar radiation & diffuse radiation, solar radiation on different surfaces at
different angles, extraterrestrial radiation. Attenuation of solar radiation by the atmosphere, beam and diffuse
components of hourly and daily radiation, clearness index.
Solar water heating; active and passive. Forced and natural circulation system. Solar process loads. Solar
system thermal calculations; component models, collector heat exchanger factor and duct and pipe loss factors.
System models. Collector models.

Module 2: [10L]
Flat plate collector, Liu & Jordan relation. Unglazed, Single and double glazed solar collectors, Optical losses
and thermal losses, thermal analysis and performance characteristics.
Water and air heating collectors: their specific features. Evacuated tube collectors: characteristics, materials,
thermal analysis.
Concentrating solar collectors: General description; concentrators, receivers, Orienting/tracking
requirements, Materials General characteristics Optical features of solar concentrators. Optical and thermal
losses, Thermal performance characteristics parabolic trough collectors (PTC), Parabolloid dish collectors,
Scheffler dish, Linear Fresnnel Reflector Collector.

Module 3:[10L]
Introduction to Solar PV: Crystal structure, band theory, energy band diagrams, Fermi level, intrinsic and
extrinsic semiconductor, doping, n-type and p-type silicon, p-n junctions, drift and diffusion current, absorption
of radiation and excess minority carriers, generation, recombination and carrier separation Standard solar cell
structure, I-V characteristics, FF, Voc, Isc, Pmax, conversion efficiency, losses in solar cell, Rs, Rsh, impact of
radiation and temperature, PC1D simulation of industrial solar cell structure Concepts of heterojunctions, multi
junction and concentrated solar cell.

Module 4: [10L]
First generation: Silicon wafer based technology: Materials and process requirements for solar cell fabrication,
process flow, Single and poly crystalline silicon solar cells,
Second generation: Thin film technologies: Merits and demerits of thin film technologies, amorphous - Si,
CdTe and CIGS solar cell module, manufacturing steps .

34|Page
M.TECH. IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

Third generation/emerging PV technologies: Organic PV, Dye sensitized PV, Materials and process
requirements for module assembly, routine and type tests, qualification test standards, types of degradation

Text Books:
1. Sukhatme S. & Nayak J.: Solar Energy: Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage, Third Edition
(Tata McGraw Hill, 2008).
2. Solanki C.S., Solar Photovotaics – Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications, (PHI Learning).

Reference Books:
1. Sukhatme S.P., A Textbook on Heat Transfer, Fourth Edition, University Press India Ltd., 2005.
2. Goswami D.Y., Kreith F. & Kreider J.F., Principles of solar Engineering, Tyalor and Francis,
Philadelphia, 2000.
3. Duffie J. A. & Beckman W.A., Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Third Edition, John Wiley &
Sons, 1974.
4. Kalogirou S.A., Solar Energy Engineering: Process and Systems, Academic Press, 2 nd Edition, 2014.
5. Würfel P., Physics of Solar Cells: From Basic Principles to Advanced Concepts, Wiley VCH, 2009.

35|Page

You might also like