Design Course For Solar Energy Systems

 What's included?

• Construction of the PV(Photovoltaic) cells, the connection of PV cells including series and parallel and when to use each of them, advantages and disadvantages of PV cells
• Shading and tilt angle.
• Sun tracking to get max output power from PV Cells and techniques of MPPT (Maximum power point Tracking)
• Single line diagram of the PV system and selection of fuses and breakers.
• Effect of insolation, temperature and load resistance on power
• Simulation of PV cell in MATLAB and obtaining V-I characteristics.
• Grid-Tied system, its components, advantages, and disadvantages
• Design of Off-grid PV system using an Excel sheet.
• Off-Grid system, its components, advantages, and disadvantages
• Function, types, and datasheet of inverter
• Hybrid Solar system, its components, advantages, and disadvantages
• PWM and MPPT charge controllers
• Different Types of solar cells and their efficiency, junction box and how to wire it
• Solar wires and cables installation process
• Determination of the PV max voltage and power consumption demands
• PV installation, short circuit and open circuit tests using avometer
• Solar PV System design including design of PV modules, inverter, battery, solar charge controller, and MPPT charge controller.
• Principle of operation of the solar water pumping system
• Iron core which is responsible for the magnetic flux action
• Solar pumping system design
• Off-grid system design by using the PVsyst program.
• Protection of PV system, strings, and protection of arrays.
• Difference between 3 busbars and 5 busbars and how to select AC busbar and DC busbar.
• Protection devices for transformer, inverter protection, and surge protection device.
• Grounding of the PV system and solar kit.
• On-grid system design by hand calculations.
• On-grid system design by PVsyst program.
• Off-grid system design an extra example.
• Solar cells, modules, and arrays.
• Parallel and series connection in PV System.
• Effect of temperature and insolation on V-I Curve.
• Construction and types of batteries.
• Charging of lead-acid batteries and hydrometers.
• Maintenance of batteries and methods of charging.
• The cycle of batteries.
• Importance of the charge controller.
• Selection and datasheet of the panel.
• Inverter selection.
• PV energy according to Area.