NPTEL : NOC:Design of Photovoltaic Systems (Electronics and Communication Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. L. Umanand


Lecture 1 - A historical perspective

Lecture 2 - PV cell characteristics and equivalent circuit

Lecture 3 - Model of PV cell

Lecture 4 - Short Circuit, Open Circuit and peak power parameters

Lecture 5 - Datasheet study

Lecture 6 - Cell efficiency

Lecture 7 - Effect of temperature

Lecture 8 - Temperature effect calculation example

Lecture 9 - Fill factor

Lecture 10 - PV cell simulation

Lecture 11 - Identical cells in series

Lecture 12 - Load line

Lecture 13 - Non-identical cells in series

Lecture 14 - Protecting cells in series

Lecture 15 - Interconnecting modules in series

Lecture 16 - Simulation of cells in series

Lecture 17 - Identical cells in parallel

Lecture 18 - Non-identical cells in parallel

Lecture 19 - Protecting cells in parallel

Lecture 20 - Interconnecting modules

Lecture 21 - Simulation of cells in parallel

Lecture 22 - Practicals - Measuring i-v characteristics

Lecture 23 - Practicals - PV source emulation

Lecture 24 - Introduction

Lecture 25 - Insolation and irradiance

Lecture 26 - Insolation variation with time of day

Lecture 27 - Earth centric viewpoint and declination

Lecture 28 - Solar geometry

Lecture 29 - Insolation on a horizontal flat plate

Lecture 30 - Energy on a horizontal flat plate

Lecture 31 - Sunrise and sunset hour angles

Lecture 32 - Examples

Lecture 33 - Energy on a tilted flat plate

Lecture 34 - Energy plots in octave

Lecture 35 - Atmospheric effects

Lecture 36 - Airmass

Lecture 37 - Energy with atmospheric effects

Lecture 38 - Clearness index

Lecture 39 - Clearness index and energy scripts in Octave

Lecture 40 - Sizing PV for applications without batteries

Lecture 41 - Sizing PV Examples

Lecture 42 - Batteries - intro

Lecture 43 - Batteries - Capacity

Lecture 44 - Batteries - C-rate

Lecture 45 - Batteries - Efficiency

Lecture 46 - Batteries - Energy and power densities

Lecture 47 - Batteries - Comparison

Lecture 48 - Battery selection

Lecture 49 - Other energy storage methods

Lecture 50 - PV system design - Load profile

Lecture 51 - PV system design - Days of autonomy and recharge

Lecture 52 - PV system design - Battery size

Lecture 53 - PV system design - PV array size

Lecture 54 - Design toolbox in octave

Lecture 55 - MPPT concept>

Lecture 56 - Input impedance of DC-DC converters - Boost converter

Lecture 57 - Input impedance of DC-DC converters - Buck converter

Lecture 58 - Input impedance of DC-DC converters - Buck-Boost converter

Lecture 59 - Input impedance of DC-DC converters - PV module in SPICE

Lecture 60 - Input impedance of DC-DC converters -Simulation - PV and DC-DC interface

Lecture 61 - Impedance control methods

Lecture 62 - Impedance control methods- Reference cell - voltage scaling

Lecture 63 - Impedance control methods- Reference cell - current scaling

Lecture 64 - Impedance control methods- Reference cell - Sampling method

Lecture 65 - Impedance control methods- Reference cell - Power slope method 1

Lecture 66 - Impedance control methods- Reference cell - Power slope method 2

Lecture 67 - Impedance control methods- Reference cell - Hill climbing method

Lecture 68 - Practical points - Housekeeping power supply

Lecture 69 - Practical points - Gate driver

Lecture 70 - Practical points - MPPT for non-resistive loads

Lecture 71 - Simulation - MPPT

Lecture 72 - Direct PV-battery connection

Lecture 73 - Charge controller

Lecture 74 - Battery charger - Understanding current control

Lecture 75 - Battery charger - slope compensation

Lecture 76 - Battery charger - simulation of current control

Lecture 77 - Batteries in series - charge equalisation

Lecture 78 - Batteries in parallel

Lecture 79 - Peltier device - principle

Lecture 80 - Peltier element - datasheet

Lecture 81 - Peltier cooling

Lecture 82 - Thermal aspects

Lecture 83 - Thermal aspects - Conduction

Lecture 84 - Thermal aspects - Convection

Lecture 85 - Thermal aspects - A peltier refrigeration example

Lecture 86 - Thermal aspects - Radiation and mass transport

Lecture 87 - Demo of Peltier cooling

Lecture 88 - Water pumping principle

Lecture 89 - Hydraulic energy and power

Lecture 90 - Total dynamic head

Lecture 91 - Numerical solution - Colebrook formula

Lecture 92 - Octave script for head calculation

Lecture 93 - PV and Water Pumping Examples

Lecture 94 - Octave script for hydraulic power

Lecture 95 - Centrifugal pump

Lecture 96 - Reciprocating pump

Lecture 97 - PV power

Lecture 98 - Pumped hydro application

Lecture 99 - Grid connection principle

Lecture 100 - PV to grid topologies Part-I

Lecture 101 - PV to grid topologies Part-II

Lecture 102 - PV to grid topologies Part-III

Lecture 103 - 3ph d-q controlled grid connection intro

Lecture 104 - 3ph d-q controlled grid connection dq-axis theory

Lecture 105 - 3ph d-q controlled grid connection AC to DC transformations

Lecture 106 - 3ph d-q controlled grid connection DC to AC transformations

Lecture 107 - 3ph d-q controlled grid connection Complete 3ph grid connection

Lecture 108 - 1ph d-q controlled grid connection

Lecture 109 - 3ph PV-Grid interface example

Lecture 110 - SVPWM - discrete implementation

Lecture 111 - SVPWM - analog implementation

Lecture 112 - Application of integrated magnetics

Lecture 113 - Life cycle Costing Growth models

Lecture 114 - Life cycle Costing Growth model examples

Lecture 115 - Life cycle Costing Annual payment and present worth factor

Lecture 116 - Life cycle Costing LCC with example - 1

Lecture 117 - Life cycle Costing LCC example - 2

Lecture 118 - Life cycle Costing LCC example - 3