Although, major equipments are made available by NCPRE to the remote centers, some of the equipments like measuring meters, wires, location for performing the experiments etc. which the remote centre need to arrange are mentioned in the list. Other than equipments, some appropriate spaces are also required to conduct the experiments. 11 User Manual – SOLAR SIMULATOR (Solar Cell Characterization Unit) . 15 Measurement of Global Solar Irradiation using a solar cell . 26 Exp 1 – Identifying and measuring the parameters of a solar PV Module in the field . 33 Exp 2 – Series and Parallel connection of PV Modules . 43 Exp 3 – Estimating the effect of Sun tracking on energy generation by solar PV modules . 54 Exp 4 – Efficiency measurement of standalone solar PV system . 64 Exp 5 – Dark and Illuminated Current‐Voltage characteristics of solar cell………………………………………….78 Exp 6 – Solar cells connected in series and in parallel . 87 Exp 7 – Dependence of Solar cell I‐V characteristics on light intensity and temperature . 92 Exp 8 – Carrier Lifetime measurements for a solar cell . 100 Exp 9 – Solar cell simulation using PC1D simulator . 109 Exp 10 – SEQUEL: Using the GUIĬheck list for performing the experiments Before performing the experiments, it is must to have a number of equipments available with the remote center so that the experiments could be performed without any distraction. Table of Contents Check list for performing the experiments .2 User Manual ‐ PV Module Characterization Kit .6 User Manual ‐ PV System Characterization Kit. Best Wishes, Chetan S. Solanki Brij M. Arora Juzer Vasi Mahesh B. Patil We would like to thank MNRE for supporting this initiative for the Lab Training. We have also received significant support from colleagues within IITB for the Lab Training Manual and Kit. We would also like to thank many of our project staff who have contributed in the making of this Manual and Kit, particularly Gaurav Tare, Sanchit Khatavkar, Shashwata Chattopadhyay and Seema Periwal. We request you to go through this training programme with dedication so that after learning, you can train several other people, and thus contribute to the growth of the PV sector in the country. In particular, the Lab Training Kit was designed to be relatively low‐cost, so that it could be easily replicated and widely distributed.
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Significant effort has gone into preparing the PV Lab Training Manual and PV Lab Training Kit. For each experiment, the details, like its objective, expected outcome, theory, the equipments used, measurement methodology, results and discussion, are given. The simulation experiments enable you to simulate solar cells and circuits containing solar cells. The characterization experiments are planned to allow you to measure various data on solar cells, modules and PV systems.
The planned experiments are in the areas of ‘characterization’ and ‘simulation’. The PV Lab Training Manual contains detailed information on several carefully planned experiments on solar PV cells and modules. It is our pleasure to present this “PV Lab Training Manual” as part of the “Teach a 1000 Teachers” Training Programme on Photovoltaics. This Lab Training Manual is to be used with the PV Lab Training Kit provided to you. This activity is part of the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE, established at IIT Bombay by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). We hope that this training initiative taken by NCPRE will be useful in fulfilling the manpower needs of JNNSM. Project Supported by Ministry of New and Renewable Energyĭear PV Lab Kit Users 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 a large number of trained people in the Solar Photovoltaics area. National Center for Photovoltaic Research & Education (NCPRE)