Course Code: PHY0E01 Course Title: Solar Energy and Its Applications Theory Credits 4

Course Code: PHY0E01 Theory Credits 4
Course Title: Solar Energy and its Applications

Unit -1 Introduction Hours*
Energy scenario current, energy future, energy sources - Energy
demand and availability; Conventional, Nonconventional, and 12
Renewable energy resources; Environmental impacts of conventional
energy usage.
Unit -2 Solar Collector, Thermal Technology, and Applications 12
Solar radiation and electromagnetic spectrum, solar radiation entering

the earth system, Solar angle of incidence on tilted surface -
measurement and estimation on horizontal and tilted surfaces - flat
plate collector thermal analysis - testing methods - evacuated tubular
collectors - concentrator collectors – compound parabolic
concentrators - parabolic trough concentrators – performance of the
collectors.
Unit -3 Solar Photovoltaic System and Applications 12
Basic principle of solar photovoltaic conversion, Solar cell parameters

and characteristics. Block diagram of general PV conversion system
and their characteristics,– Photovoltaic cell technologies - p-n
junction under equilibrium and biasing, open circuit voltage and short
circuit current, I-V and P-V curves, calibration and efficiency
measurement – PV cell, modules, and array, - Array design, peak
power point operation - Load estimation, Selection of inverters,
Battery sizing, array sizing. Voltage regulation - maximum tracking
- centralized and decentralized PV systems - stand alone - hybrid and
grid connected system - System installation - operation and
maintenances - field experience – Applications - PV market analysis
and economics of PV systems.
Unit -4 Solar refrigeration and Air-conditioning 12
Potential and scope of solar cooling, Types of solar cooling systems,

solar collectors and storage systems for solar refrigeration and air-
conditioning, solar operation of vapor absorption cycle, temperature
concentration diagram, enthalpy concentration diagram, steady flow
process with binary mixtures, Energy balance for various components
of vapor absorption cycle, Analysis of absorption system using
concentration chart. Solar Passive Architecture - passive cooling
concepts: evaporative cooling - radiative cooling.
Unit -5 Other Applications of Solar Energy Technologies 12
Solar water heaters – Solar cooker – desalination - Solar Air heaters -

Application of solar air heaters. Solar Drying with various driers –
Heating and Drying of Agricultural products – moisture content and
its measurement – solar ponds – Application of solar ponds – Solar
pumping.
Tasks and Assignments:
Books recommended:
1. 1 S.P. Sukhatme, Solar Energy, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company
Ltd., New Delhi, 1997.
2. S Sukhatme and J Nayak: Solar Energy: Principles of Thermal Collection
and Storage, Third Edition (Tata McGraw Hill, 2008)
3. G.N.Tiwari, Solar Energy: Fundamentals, design, Modeling and
Applications: 2002, Narosa Publishing house
4. Fonash Solar Cell Devices : (Academic Press, New York)(1981)
5. Stooker W.F, Jones J.W. Refrigeration And Air Conditioning, Tata
McGraw-Hill (2009)
6. C.P.Arora, Refrigeration And Air Conditioning Tata McGraw-Hill(2000)
7. Kreider, J.F. and Frank Kreith, Solar Energy Handbook, McGraw Hill,
1981.
8. Tiwari G.N., Tiwari A.K., Solar Distillation Practice, Anamaya
Publishers, New Delhi(2008)
9. VVN Kishore, Renewable Energy Engineering and Technology – A
Knowledge Compendium, ed. (TERI Press, 2008).
10. Goswami, D.Y., Kreider, J. F. and & Francis, Principles of Solar
Engineering, 2000.
11. G.D. Rai, Non Conventional Energy Sources, Khanna Publishers, New
Delhi, 1999.
12. G. D. Rai , Solar Energy Utilisation, ,, Khanna Publishers,Delhi.(1996)
13. Volker Quaschning, Understanding Renewable Energy Systems, Vol.1
(2005)
14. Marcelo Godoy Simmoes Renewable Energy Systems CRC Press (2004)
15. John Twidell Renewable Energy Resources Taylor and Francis (2006)
16. Renewable Energy Sources and Their Environmental Impact Abbasi &
Abbasi Prentice Hall of India (2004).
Supplementary Reading:
1. Garg H P., Prakash J., Solar Energy: Fundamentals & Applications, Tata
McGraw Hill, 2000.
2. Duffie, J. A. and Beckman, W. A., Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes,
John Wiley, 1991.
3. Alan L Fahrenbruch and Richard H Bube, Fundamentals of Solar Cells: PV
Solar Energy Conversion, Academic Press, 1983.
4. Larry D Partain, Solar Cells and their Applications, John Wiley and Sons,
Inc, 1995.
5. Roger Messenger and Jerry Vnetre, Photovoltaic Systems Engineering,
CRC Press, 2004.
6. Sodha, M.S, Bansal, N.K., Bansal, P.K., Kumar, A. and Malik, M.A.S.
Solar Passive Building, Science and Design, Pergamon Press, 1986.
7. Krieder, J and Rabi, A., Heating and Cooling of Buildings: Design for
Efficiency, McGraw-Hill, 1994.
8. MA Green: Solar Cells Operating Principles, Technology, and System
Applications (Prentice-Hall, 1981)
9. MA Green: High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells (Trans Tech
Publications)(1987)
10. SJ Fonash: Solar Cell Device Physics (Academic Press, 1982)
11. Handbook of photovoltaic science and engineering, ed. Antonio Luque and
Steven Hegedus (John Wiley and Sons)(2010)
12. Anna Mani, S Rangarajan: Handbook of Solar Radiation Data for India,
1980 (Allied Publishers)
13. Richard C Neville, RC Neville, Bas Van Der Hoek: Solar Energy
Conversion: The Solar Cell (Elsevier Science & Technology)(1995)
14. Peter Würfel : Physics of Solar Cells: From Basic Principles to Advanced
Concepts (Wiley-VCH)(2009)
15. JF Kreider and F Kreith: Solar Heating and Cooling: Active and Passive
Design (Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1982)
16. Low Temperature Engineering Application of Solar Energy, ed. RC Jordan
(ASHRAE)(1967)
17. HP Garg and J Prakash: Solar Energy: Fundamentals and Applications
(Tata McGraw Hill)(2006)
18. AB Meinel & MP Meinel: Applied Solar Energy: An Introduction
(Addison)
19. Climatological and Solar data for India, Seshadri, (Sarita Prakashan), 1969.
20. Energy Technology, S. Rao and B. B. Parulekar, (Khanna Publishers),
1995.
21. Terrestrial Solar Photovoltaics, Tapan Bhattacharya, (Namsa : Publication
House, New Delhi), 1998.
22. Renewable Energy Sources and Conversion Technology, N. K. Bansal, M.
Kleeman and S. N. Srinivas, (Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi),
1996.
23. Fundamentals of Solar Cells, F. A. Faherenbruch and R. H. Bube,
(Academic Priess)(1983).
24. Thin Film Solar Cells, K. L. Chopra and S. R. Das, (Plenum Press), 1983.
25. Shan K. Wang, Hand Book of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (2000)
26. Ahmadul Ameen, Refrigeration And Air Conditioning(2006)

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Course Title: Solar Energy and its Applications

Unit -2 Solar Collector, Thermal Technology, and Applications 12

Solar radiation and electromagnetic spectrum, solar radiation entering

Basic principle of solar photovoltaic conversion, Solar cell parameters

Potential and scope of solar cooling, Types of solar cooling systems,

Solar water heaters – Solar cooker – desalination - Solar Air heaters -

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