R&D Department-III at Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy welcomes, Ecosense’s PV Lab
SSS-NIRE has three R&D Laboratories.
Ecosense established Solar PV Lab at SSS-NIRE’s R&D Lab-III.
R&D Department-III at Sardar Swaran Singh NIRE welcomes, Ecosense’s PV Lab
Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of
Renewable Energy (SSS-NIRE), Kapurthala (Punjab) is an autonomous Institution
of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. The objective
of the Institute is to carry out and facilitate research, design, development,
testing, standardisation and technology demonstration eventually leading to
commercialization of R&D output.
SSS-NIRE has three R&D Laboratories.
Ecosense established Solar PV Lab at SSS-NIRE’s R&D Lab-III.
Under Solar PV Lab, Ecosense installed the
following equipments:
1. Solar PV Training and Research System
2. Solar PV Emulator System
Solar PV Training and Research System
Solar PV Training and Research System enables user to learn about Solar PV
standalone technology. Using this system, a user gains knowledge in three
different fields of Solar PV standalone system:
a) Physical Characteristics of Solar PV
Panels: I-V, P-V characteristics, series and parallel connections of solar
panels, effect of irradiation, effect of temperature, effect of shadow, effect
of tilting panels, effect of geographical locations etc.
b) Components and Assembly of standalone
system: Use of blocking diode, use of bypass diode, use of charge controller, use of
solar inverter, difference between MPPT and PWM charge controllers, AC load, DC
load, battery charging/ discharging characteristics, assembly of several
components and power flow calculations in each branch.
c) Research in PV systems: Ecosense
separately provides a research unit along with standalone experimental system.
User can initiate research in the area of maximum power point tracking using
this unit. It has provision of providing automatic as well as manual gate
signals to charge controller. User can use his/ her own MPPT algorithm with any
of the controller to provide manual gate signals.
Ecosense’s Solar PV Emulator
Ecosense’s Solar PV Emulator is a
programmable power supply designed to emulate solar panels. With fast transient
response, the emulator responds to change in load conditions and maintains the
output IV characteristics of the user defined panel for a given ambient
condition. It is a flexible instrument designed to emulate the output of solar
panels, with adjustable parameters such as Voc, Isc, shading, coefficient of
temperature etc.
The PV
Emulator uses an internal algorithm to adjust Voc (Open circuit voltage) and
Isc (short-circuit current) so as to match the solar panel selected by the user
based on user defined parameters such as Irradiation, temperature, Voc, Isc,
temperature coefficient etc. The Emulator makes sure the response matches that
of the actual panel under all the load conditions within range. The user is
presented with a complete set of information with tables and plots on user
application. Using PV Emulator, a user is able to see the response of Solar PV
Panel as per his/her own set of user defined parameters.
User can
select or change the following parameters as per his/her need and will be able
to see results immediately:
Open Circuit Voltage, Short Circuit
Current, Temperature Coefficient, Complete Shading, Partial Shading, Series
Resistance, Area of Panel, Diode quality factor and Operating temperature.
Masters Training Conducted
Ecosense also conducted a masters training
program at R&D Lab-III. This Masters training program was focussed on
educating and training the professors, scholars and technicians in Solar PV
technology who will further train thousands of students and professionals to
start their career or business in this very field.
Program Outcome
The faculty members really appreciated our
two-day training program and loved to work on our lab equipment. Professors
will conduct experiments on the system to understand it more deeply and
incorporate this lab setup as part of their regular curriculum.