NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (NCPRE)

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Various short term courses are being offered by NCPRE through the office of Continuing Education Program(CEP). These courses focus in the broad area of solar Photovoltaics, including storage for PV, new materials, novel PV structures, balance of systems, power electronics, PV system intergration and PV application.

The courses would be of interest to any graduate interested in solar PV field, researchers and academicians working in solar PV area, industrypersonnel in manufacturing as well as in installation of solar PV systems.

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Previous Short Courses:

Various short term courses has already been offered by NCPRE. Please click on the courses to view the video lectures.

Workshop - Solar Photovoltaics :

Speaker : Prof. Chetan S. Solanki, Prof. B. G. Fernandes.

Introduction to Semiconductor Physics, Theory of P-N Junction, Operation of P-N Junction as Solar Cells, Parameters of Solar Cells, Design of Solar Cells, Solar Cell Materials and Technologies, Fabrication of Crystalline Si Solar Cells, Solar PV Modules, PV Module Output as Function of Temperature and Solar Radiation.

Introduction to Power Electronics Devices, off-grid and Grid-Connected PV Systems, Components of Solar PV Systems, Charge Controller, DC-DC Converter, DC-AC Inverter, Maximum Power Point Tracking, Energy Storage Options for Solar PV Systems, Availability of Solar Radiation at a Given Location, Design of off-grid PV Systems, Design of Grid-Connected PV Systems, Life Cycle Cost Analysis.

Click here to view video lectures of this workshop Part-I.
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Click here to view video lectures of this workshop Part-IV.

Solar Photovoltaics workshop for coordinators :

Speaker : Prof. Chetan S. Solanki, Prof. B. G. Fernandes.

Course Objective:-
The Workshop includes sessions on :

Solar PV fundamentals and technologies:

Introduction to semiconductor Physics, theory of P-N junction, operation of P-N junction as solar cells, parameters of solar cells,design of solar cells, solar cell materials and technologies, fabrication of crystalline Si solar cells, solar PV modules, PV module output as function of temperature and solar radiation.
Applications of solar PV technologies:
Introduction to power electronics devices, off-grid and grid-connected PV systems, components of solar PV systems, charge controller, DC-DC converter, DC-AC inverter, maximum power point tracking, energy storage options for solar PV systems, availability of solar radiation at a given location, design of off-grid PV systems, design of grid-connected PV systems, Life cycle cost analysis.