A two day interactive course which will provide the knowledge on how to inspect a site for the installation of a Photovoltaic Solar System, provide the basic knowledge for installation, do necessary calculations for the correct applications, analyse different configurations and operating characteristics, provide the rules and regulations with regard to compliance of statutory requirements, safety procedures and codes of practice.

COURSE OUTLINE

Theoretical Part (1 ½ days)

• Introduction

• Standards and Regulations
• Solar resources
• Basics of System Design
• Basic wirings, effect of temperatures
• Size, type and rating of cables

• Connectors, fuses, circuit breakers, diodes

• Modules and battery connectivity
• Calculation of power usage
• Calculation of appliances power usage
• Lights and definition of Lumens/Watts conversion
• Halogen, fluorescent lighting, DC and AC lights
• Batteries: types, capacity and calculation
• Amphours and metering
• Safety : Doing works with batteries
• Charge controller and regulator
• Different specs from manufacturing
• Stand alone system inverters
• Ampacity of inverters
• Installation of inverters
• Ampere rating / air / short circuit
• Overcurrent protection, PV array and equipment disconnect
• Fuse protection, values / fusing of PV
• Panel boards, boxes and enclosures
• System labels and warnings
• Fire protection smoke detectors
• PV system maintenance procedures & insurance
• Final check out, inspections and commissioning
• System design, documentation
• Testing of understanding / practical exercise

• Usage of electrical instruments
• Connection of panels and batteries in series and parallel
• System design, documentation
• Workshop & design calculation

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Engineers from any discipline interested in energy efficiency

• Architects

• Town planners