Renewable Energy Lab Installation at Jamia Millia Islamia

Battery Cycler with Data Analytics

The Battery Cycler with Data Analytics enables precise testing and characterization of battery cells, modules, and packs.

The system supports programmable charge and discharge profiles under constant current, constant voltage, constant power, and C-rate modes. Real-time measurement of voltage, current, power, capacity, and efficiency allows users to study battery behaviour across different operating conditions.

Integrated data analytics software enables long-duration cycle life testing, degradation analysis, and performance benchmarking.

This makes the Battery Cycler especially relevant for research in energy storage systems, electric vehicles, renewable energy buffering, and battery management system (BMS) algorithm validation. Students gain hands-on exposure to industry-relevant testing methodologies used in modern battery development and qualification labs.

Wind Turbine Emulator

The Wind Turbine Emulator replicates the electrical characteristics of real wind turbines without requiring rotating mechanical components.

By emulating wind speed variations, turbine torque profiles, and generator dynamics, the system allows controlled experimentation on wind energy conversion and power electronics interfaces.

Users can study generator behaviour, power control strategies, and grid-interfacing concepts under repeatable laboratory conditions.

The emulator is particularly valuable for teaching maximum power point tracking in wind systems, studying transient responses, and validating control algorithms without safety risks associated with physical turbines. This approach ensures year-round availability for experiments, independent of natural wind conditions.

Solar ETC Characterization System

The ETC Characterization System for Thermal Analysis & Fluids enables detailed experimental study of Evacuated Tube Collectors (ETCs) under controlled conditions. The system supports performance evaluation, thermal efficiency analysis, heat transfer studies, and fluid behaviour assessment—all essential for solar thermal research and engineering education.

This platform allows students and researchers to move beyond theoretical models and work directly with real thermal data, losses, and efficiency parameters relevant to industrial and research-grade solar thermal systems.

Solar PV Emulator

The Solar PV Emulator simulates the electrical output characteristics of photovoltaic arrays in real time.

It reproduces I–V and P–V curves of PV modules under varying irradiance, temperature, and shading conditions, without relying on actual sunlight.

This allows reliable testing of DC–DC converters, inverters, charge controllers, and MPPT algorithms in a controlled environment.

Students can study PV system behaviour during transients, partial shading, and fault conditions, while researchers can validate power electronics and control strategies with repeatable test cases. The PV Emulator significantly enhances laboratory productivity by enabling continuous experimentation regardless of weather or time of day.