Ecosense installed Solar Thermal Training System at College of Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University. Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (SDAU) embarked on a noteworthy endeavor by founding the College of Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering within the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology during the 2009-10 academic year. With a modest yet profound vision of fostering excellence and nurturing skilled professionals dedicated to serving their communities and nation, this initiative underscores SDAU's commitment to addressing pressing challenges such as sustainability and environmental conservation. By integrating renewable energy and environmental engineering into its academic offerings, SDAU aims to cultivate a cadre of professionals poised to contribute significantly to agricultural innovation and environmental stewardship, thus laying the groundwork for a more sustainable future.
Aligned with its vision, the university welcomed the Solar Thermal Training system provided by Ecosense.
Solar Thermal Training System
Solar Thermal Training System is a small model of real time water heating system and can be used for the characterization and different heat transfer analysis. Different aspects like efficiency, overall heat loss coefficient and heat removal factor and their corresponding calculations can be demonstrated with the help of this system. Special feature of this system is to perform experiments with different wind speeds, different fluid temperatures and different flow speeds.
This system can be divided in three parts viz. main collector system, measuring unit and artificial light unit. Main Collector system consists of a Flat Plate collector with temperature and flow sensors to measure temperature and flow of fluid. Measuring unit consists of a measurement panel displaying different parameters and Artificial light unit/ heat generating unit is a Halogen lamp panel to uniformly illuminate the flat plate collector inside a Lab.
Artificial Light facilitates a user to do his/her work without depending on climatic changes in the environment.
Modular and scalable design of the system allows user to move the system in and out of lab easily and conduct experiment with artificial lights as well as actual sunlight. Using the system, a user will be able to study and understand working and operation of a flat plate collector water heating system and its two modes of operation.
The system helps students in practical understanding of various technical parameters such as Overall heat loss coefficient, heat removal factor and efficiency at different varying input parameters like radiation, wind speed, inclination angle etc. The system has inbuilt sensors which measure parameters like pressure, temperature and flowrate placed at different locations in the system. The system has a datalogging device which automatically records and saves all the readings.
Ecosense installed Solar Thermal Training System at SDAU, Dantiwada
Demonstration of Equipment Conducted
Engineers of Ecosense conducted a detailed demonstration of the systems. The demonstration and training session was joined by faculty members and students of the department focusing on how to get the best results from the system.
The Way Forward
The faculty members and students loved to work on our lab equipment. Professors will conduct experiments on the system to understand it more deeply and incorporate this lab set up as part of their regular curriculum.