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Renewable Energy System
INDO-SRI LANKAN JOINT RESEARCH COLLOBARATION IN SOLAR ENERGY
Mr.M.A. Kalhan Sandaru Boralessa, Ph.D, Research Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, SRI LANKA visited Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai on 28 – 29 November 2019 as a part of Exchange Visit in connection with Indo Sri Lankan Joint Research Programme, funded by Department of Science & Technology (International Bilateral Cooperation Division), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India in collaboration with University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka for the project titled, “Reconfigurable architecture for Solar Photovoltaic microgrid systems”. He interacted with the faculty, students and institution and presented his research dissemination. He also carried out power quality and wind resource assessment studies at Arunai Engineering College. Prof. Dr. Saravanan Vasudevan observing the Wind Resource Assessment work carried out by Mr. M. A. Kalhan Sandaru Boralessa.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
India lies in sunny regions of the world and most of its parts receive solar radiation of about 4.7 kWh/m2/day for 300-325 sunny days in a year. India has abundant solar resources, as it receives about 3000 hours of sunshine every year, having high solar insolation, an ideal platform for solar power generation for the world.
Government of India always encourages generation, transmission and distribution of electricity from various renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, small hydro and biomass by giving various financial incentives and support. At the state level, promotion of solar power generation is being supported by local policies that cover buy back, wheeling and banking of the generated electricity by state electricity boards, besides other incentives.
Considering the good potential of solar power and also the trust given by the Central & State Government in utilizing abundant solar power in the state of Tamil Nadu for electric power generation, M/s ARUNAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, TIRUVANNAMALAI, TAMILNADU, INDIA had implemented a 10 kWp roof top solar photovoltaic (PV) based microgrid system in its college premises through international bilateral co operation scheme, funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India in collaboration with University of Moratuwa, Srilanka.
This roof top PV microgrid system is prominently located in the terrace of Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering building (Geo Co ordinates: NL 120 11’ 35”, EL 790 4’59”) which has the facilities like good solar insolation, grid connectivity for exporting AC power, water requirement for module cleaning and easily accessible for all the stake holders. This system has solar PV modules, inverter as the major components & other accessories for the electric power generation. All the necessary auxiliary facilities of the power plant like plant monitoring system, safety equipments, instrumentation, control system etc., are provided. The plant and equipment facilities are well designed to comply with all applicable stipulations /guidelines of statutory authorities. The electric power generation of this 10 kWp PV power plant is estimated to be 14000 kWh per annum, (i. e) around 40 kWhr or units of electricity/day. As on 09 July 2022, this solar photovoltaic microgrid system had delivered 8746 kWhr of electricity into the local grid on the given day of operation, from the date of installation.
HYBRID WIND – SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY FOR 24×7
Wind – Solar system of capacity 2.5 kW (Wind system – 1 kW and Solar Photovoltaic system – 1.5 kW) was commissioned during 2018 and began its service to generate the electric power to feed the local load/ grid. As on 12 July 2022, Wind – Solar system had delivered 1930 kWhr of electricity into the local grid. (5 Units of electricity on a given day of operation from solar and wind system). This R & D Work is carried out in support with Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore and National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai, Ministry of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of INDIA.
Officials from Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India and National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai and Prof. Dr. K. Shanthi Swarup, Professor, Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras visited Hybrid Wind Solar Renewable Energy Laboratory installed in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, India on 14th August 2019. This work is funded by Ministry of Power and Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, also supported by Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore and National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai.
Students from Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai briefing their work on Renewable Energy during January-February 2022.
Reference Video Links:
1). https://youtu.be/0o5eL4Ec34I
2). https://youtu.be/Hrh7JtcNH5Q