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Solar Energy Engineering and Technology

Solar Energy Engineering and Technology (Prof. Pankaj Kalita, IIT Guwahati). Instructor: Prof. Pankaj Kalita, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati. The course content is designed to provide comprehensive knowledge on solar radiation, analysis of solar radiation data, fundamentals of the solar thermal and photovoltaic system along with storage of energy required for effective design of efficient solar energy conversion devices. The concepts will be illustrated with practical examples, schematics and block diagrams wherever required. A sufficient number of numerical problems with solutions will be discussed in the course. This course is specifically designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Energy Engineering and Technology. Further, the course will be very much useful for students and researchers from varied academic backgrounds for the synthesis of novel energy conversion devices and processes. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 04 - Solar Radiation and Sunshine Measuring Instruments


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Introduction to Solar Energy
Lecture 01 - Energy Scenarios
Lecture 02 - Overview of Solar Energy Conversion Devices and Applications
Lecture 03 - Physics of Propagation of Solar Radiation from the Sun to the Earth
Solar Radiation Geometry
Lecture 04 - Solar Radiation and Sunshine Measuring Instruments
Lecture 05 - Geometry, Angles and Measurement I
Lecture 06 - Geometry, Angles and Measurement II
Solar Radiation Estimation
Lecture 07 - Estimation of Radiation under Different Climatic Conditions
Lecture 08 - Estimation of Radiation in Horizontal and Inclined Surface
Fundamentals of Photovoltaic Conversion
Lecture 09 - Fundamentals of PV Cells
Lecture 10 - Semiconductor Physics
Lecture 11 - Performance Characterization of PV Cells
Lecture 12 - Photovoltaic Modules and Arrays
Standalone Photovoltaic System
Lecture 13 - Components of Standalone PV System
Lecture 14 - Design of Standalone PV System
Grid Connected PV System
Lecture 15 - Functioning and Components of PV System
Lecture 16 - Design of a Grid Connected PV System
Lecture 17 - Performance Analysis of a Grid Connected PV System
Fundamentals of Flat Plate Collectors
Lecture 18 - Basics of Thermal Collectors
Lecture 19 - Basics of Heat Transfer
Flat Plate Collectors
Lecture 20 - Solar Collector Losses and Loss Estimation
Lecture 21 - Analysis of Flat Plate Collector
Lecture 22 - Influence of Various Parameters on the Performance of LFPC
Lecture 23 - Testing and Application of LFPC
Solar Air Heaters
Lecture 24 - Basics and Performance Analysis of Solar Air Heaters
Lecture 25 - Testing and Application of Solar Air Heaters
Solar Concentrating Collectors
Lecture 26 - Fundamentals of Concentrating Collectors
Lecture 27 - Concentrating Collector Technologies and Working Principle
Lecture 28 - Tutorial: Concentrating Collector
Thermal Energy Storage
Lecture 29 - Sensible Heat, Latent Heat and Thermochemical Energy Storage
Lecture 30 - Solar Pond
Lecture 31 - Tutorial: Solar Pond Power Plant Design
Applications of Solar Energy
Lecture 32 - Emerging Technologies
Lecture 33 - Solar Energy Applications in Cooking, Desalination, Refrigeration and Electricity Generation
Lecture 34 - Tutorial: COP of VARS and Performance Analysis of PVT Collector