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Solar Photovoltaics Systems Design

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Overview

Design and Understanding SPV Cell, Module, Array, and Battery

What you'll learn:
  • Understand How Photovoltaic System Work
  • Estimate Daily, Monthly, and Annual Energy Consumption for Client
  • Estimate Number of Cells in Photovoltaic Module
  • Estimate Number of Required Strings in Photovoltaic System
  • Understand How Battery Work
  • Understand the Difference between Photovoltaic Systems
  • Understand the Main Parameters of Photovoltaic Module

This is the first part of the solar photovoltaic systems design course series.

You will understand the fundamentals of how the photovoltaic system work, its design, components, and selection

We start with the meaning of PV energy, the difference between dc power and ac power, the difference between power and energy then the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges of solar PV system

How to estimate the energy requirements for a client

How to calculate the electricity bill

Understanding the difference between different PV systems

How solar cells generate electricity

Understanding the main parameters of solar cell

Understanding the difference between SPV technologies

Understanding the factors that affect generating electricity from SPV module

Procedure to design the number of cells in the PV module

Designing wattage of PV module

Effect of conversion efficiency, amount of light, angle of light falling of SPV module

How to measure solar photovoltaic module parameters

Bypass diode, blocking diode, and diode rating

The difference between PV string and array

Estimating the required number of modules to be connected in series and parallel

Connecting modules in series-parallel combinations

Mismatch in voltage in series modules

Mismatch in the current in series modules

Estimating the power generated by parallel PV modules

Understanding the parameters of the battery

battery depth of discharge

battery state of charge

how temperature affects battery capacity

battery c rating

battery life cycle

battery self-discharge

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to Energy
  • 2. Solar Cell
  • 3. Solar PV Modules
  • 4. Solar PV Module Arrays
  • 5. Batteries
  • 6. Applications of Batteries in Solar PV Systems
  • 7. Charge Controller, MPPT, and Inverter
  • 8. Wires
  • 9. Standalone SPV Systems Design
  • 1o. Grid-Connected SPV Systems Design

Taught by

Mohamed Ezat

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