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Solar Energy Engineering and Technology: Prof. Pankaj Kalita Type of Course: Course Duration: Exam Date

This 12-week course provides an introduction to solar energy engineering and technology. The course will cover topics such as solar radiation measurement, photovoltaic and solar thermal system fundamentals, solar collector performance analysis, and solar energy applications. It is intended for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate students in energy engineering and will benefit those working in the solar energy industry. The course will be taught by Dr. Pankaj Kalita, Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at IIT Guwahati, and involve lectures, examples, and problem solving.

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Solar Energy Engineering and Technology: Prof. Pankaj Kalita Type of Course: Course Duration: Exam Date

This 12-week course provides an introduction to solar energy engineering and technology. The course will cover topics such as solar radiation measurement, photovoltaic and solar thermal system fundamentals, solar collector performance analysis, and solar energy applications. It is intended for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate students in energy engineering and will benefit those working in the solar energy industry. The course will be taught by Dr. Pankaj Kalita, Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at IIT Guwahati, and involve lectures, examples, and problem solving.

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SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

PROF. PANKAJ KALITA TYPE OF COURSE : Rerun | Elective | UG/PG


Department of energy science and engineering COURSE DURATION : 12 weeks (26 Jul' 21 - 15 Oct' 21)
IIT Guwahati EXAM DATE : 23 Oct 2021

PRE-REQUISITES : Basic knowledge of heat transfer, thermodynamics and fundamentals of physics


INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG, PG and Doctorate students
INDUSTRIES APPLICABLE TO : This course will be very much effective for the engineres working in the
solar industries.

COURSE OUTLINE :
The course content is designed to provide comprehensive knowledge on solar radiation, analysis of
solar radiation data, fundamentals of the solar thermal and photovoltaic system along with storage of
energy required for effective design of efficient solar energy conversion devices. The concepts will be
illustrated with practical examples, schematics and block diagrams wherever required. A sufficient
number of numerical problems with solutions will be discussed in the course. This course is specifically
designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Energy Engineering and Technology.
Further, the course will be very much useful for students and researchers from varied academic
backgrounds for the synthesis of novel energy conversion devices and processes.

ABOUT INSTRUCTOR :
Dr. Pankaj Kalita is Assistant Professor in the Centre for Energy, Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati. He has graduated from Jorhat Engineering College (Under Dibrugarh University, Assam) in
Mechanical Engineering. He has completed his master degree (M.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering
(specialization: Fluids and Thermal Engineering) and PhD in Energy from IIT Guwahati. He worked as
Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy at Tezpur University, Assam before joining at IIT
Guwahati.

COURSE PLAN :
Week 1: Energy Scenario, overview of solar energy conversion devices and applications, physics of
propagation of solar radiation from the sun to earth
Week 2: Sun-Earth Geometry, Extra-Terrestrial and Terrestrial Radiation, Solar energy measuring
instruments
Week 3: Estimation of solar radiation under different climatic conditions, Estimation of total radiation
Week 4: Fundamentals of solar PV cells, principles and performance analysis, modules, arrays,
theoretical maximum power generation from PV cells
Week 5: PV standalone system components, Standalone PV-system design.
Week 6: Components of grid-connected PV system, solar power plant design and performance
analysis.
Week 7: Fundamentals of solar collectors, Snails law, Bougers law, Physical significance of
Transmissivity - absorptivity product.
Week 8: Performance anlaysis of Liquid flat plate collectors and testing
Week 9: Performance anlaysis of Solar Air heaters and testing
Week 10: Solar thermal power generation (Solar concentrators).
Week 11: Thermal Energy Storage (sensible, latent and thermochemical) and solar pond
Week 12: Applications: Solar Refrigeration, Passive architecture, solar distillation, and
ermeging technologies.

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