Ecosense supplied Solar PV and Solar Thermal Systems to NIT Jalandhar
Ecosense supplied Solar PV Training and Research System and Solar Concentrator Training System to Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Jalandhar
Ecosense at NIT Jalandhar
Ecosense has successfully
supplied and installed two of our flagship products Solar PV Training and
Research System and the Solar Concentrator Training System at the Department of
Chemical Engineering, NIT Jalandhar.
These systems will empower
students and researchers with hands-on experience in Solar PV and Solar Thermal
technologies, enabling advanced experimentation, performance analysis,
optimization studies and renewable Energy research.
At Ecosense, we continue
our mission of bridging the gap between academia and industry by delivering
cutting-edge, lab-scale solutions for renewable energy education.
Solar PV Training and Research System – Enabling Hands-on PV Education
Solar PV Training and
Research system is a compact miniaturised version of an actual Solar PV
standalone power plant. The system enables user to study wiring and
interconnections of different components involved in the system to develop
basic understanding of working and operation of a Standalone PV system. Through
the help of experiments a student can understand underlying principles of solar
PV, its applications in standalone system and challenges like sizing of system,
MPPT, installations etc. by doing various experiments. The system also provides
scope for further research.
The system is an indoor
system which utilises halogen lamps to act as artificial sun to illuminate to
solar panels which can be configured in series or parallel depending upon
experiments and requirements of users.
The experiments are divided
into 3 sections:
a) Solar PV characteristics,
b) Standalone PV system and
c) Research experiments.
In the first section i.e.,
Solar PV characteristics there are 5 experiments through which a user can study
about Solar PV characteristics, interconnection of solar panel, effect of tilt,
radiation and temperature on solar panels and usage of diodes in a solar panel.
In second section there are 4 experiments through which user can study about
the different components involved in solar pv standalone systems, their
interconnection and usage. In third section user can research on maximum power
point tracking of the solar panels.
The system consists of
individual plug-in units each with components for different experimental
arrangement. The conception of system facilitates indoor as well as outdoor
experiments.
Solar Concentrator Training System – Enabling Hands-on Solar Thermal Education
The Solar
Concentrator Training System is a compact and miniaturized version of Solar
parabolic trough collector-based water heating system. The system consists of
parabolic reflectors, absorber tube, sun tracker, piping, storage tanks and a
heat exchanger. A control panel would control different devices and measure the
different parameters of the system. The system can be used to perform
experiments on heat transfer, parabolic trough characteristics and heat loss at
different parts of the system. The system is highly flexible – it can be used
with different working fluids, different absorbing materials, different piping
insulation thickness and different types of storage tanks. This gives a lot of
scope for research in heat transfer and related fields. Wind speed variation
and flow velocity are other parameters which can be changed to show their
impact on heat transfer and heat loss.
The system
can be broadly divided into three parts
a) Heat
generating unit with tracking system,
b) Storage
unit and
c) control
unit.
Heat
generating unit consists of a parabolic reflector focusing sunlight on absorber
tubes. Storage unit consists of two supply tanks one with heat exchanger and
other without heat exchanger and control unit consists of measurement panel and
sensors.
The system enables user to study and learn about Solar thermal technologies
in easy and interactive manner. It educates the user about basics on solar
thermal Solar Parabolic Trough Collector technology, basic
terminologies used for solar thermal technology like temperature, pressure,
flow measurement install collector/receiver mounting structures on the
foundations etc.
Commitment to Sustainability
At Ecosense, we believe in creating meaningful impact by bridging the gap between academia and industry through state of the art training and research solutions. We remain committed to delivering world class, lab scale systems that inspire curiosity, foster innovation and accelerate the global shift toward sustainable energy.
