Solar Lighting Systems Module

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Solar Lighting Systems Module

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Contents

Unit 1: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic

Unit 2: Solar Cell Materials and Structures

Unit 3: Solar Chargers, Batteries and Inverters

Unit 4: PV Devices in India

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Unit 5: Maintenance and Troubleshooting

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Unit 1: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic

Q 1. Why we should go for solar energy?

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Q 2. What are the applications of solar energy?

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Q 3. How to measure solar radiation?

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Q 4. What are the applications of solar energy?

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Q 5. What do you mean by Photovoltaic?

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Q 6. What is the difference in Photovoltaic and Photoelectric

effect?
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Q 7. How does a photovoltaic cell work?

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Q 8. How does a photovoltaic cell work?

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Q 9. What is a direct radiation and diffused radiation?

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Q 10. What do you understand by Insolation?

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Unit 2: Solar Cell Materials and Structures

Q 10. Write a brief note on PV devices.

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Q 11. How band gap is dened?

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Q 12. Write short notes on each of the following:

1. Homojunction devices
2. Hetrojunction devices
3. Multijunction devices
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Unit 3: Solar Chargers, Batteries

and Inverters
Q 13. What is a solar charge controller?
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Q 14. How to Block Reverse current?

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Q 15. How to prevent overcharge?

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Q 16. What precautions should be taken to prevent over

discharging?
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Q 17. What should be done for overload protection?

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Q 18. Write own the types of charge controllers?

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Q 19. What do you mean by equalization?

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Q 20. What is the function of an typical Inverter?

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Q 21. Describe in brief: Electric batteries.

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Q 22. What is a breadboard? Why it is used?

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Unit 4: PV Devices in India

Q23. How do a CFL works?

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Q24. Describe the typical models of solar home lighting systems.

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Q25. What is a solar Street Lighting System? Name its various parts.
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Q26. What provisions should be done to protect a typical street

lighting system?
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Q27. What is a LED?

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Q28. Give different types of LED based Solar Home Lighting

System.
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Q29. What are the different parts in a Typical Home Lighting

system?
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Q30. Give brief information about solar lanterns.

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Q31. Give and describe different parts of a typical Solar Lantern.

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Q32. What provisions should be given to protect a typical solar

Lantern?
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Q33. Describe in short LED based solar street lights.

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Q34. What provisions should be given to protect a typical LED

based solar street lights?
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Unit 4: Maintenance and

Troubleshooting
Q35. Describe in brief how the maintenance of solar electric system
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Q36. Write a note on Troubleshooting.

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Q37. Design A 600wp.Spv Power Pack:

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PRACTICALS
1.

Correct the following circuit.

Ans:

The solar PV panel generates DC voltage. There has to be a DC to AC convertor

before connecting the panel to the output. Put a DC-AC converter (An inverter)
between the Panel and the bulb.

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Choose the right transformer used in an inverter.

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(b) is right because inverter needs a step up transformer.

(a)

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(b)

Demo of different types of CFLs and instructions to

differentiate between them.

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Design A 600WP.SPV Power Pack:

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Module Size: 12V- 75Wp SPV 2 rows X 4 Nos. connected in parallel
Inverter: 800VA,
Battery: 24 V-2 X 12 V- 240AH
Distance Between SPV module & Inverter Room: 8mtrs.
Battery/ Cable Size: From the chart given. (select based on the current taken from the
module technical specications and the distance given)

5. Maintenance and troubleshooting exercise. The system that

you have designed, install it and execute all the maintenance
and troubleshooting exercises covering checking the module
cable connections, voltage drop across the cable, and as per the
chapter given.

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