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Solar Tracker Workshop Online Course Material
This page contains the documents needed to conduct the solar tracker
circuit design workshop in the school by a teacher. It can be used as a
self-guided self-paced environment by students (home-schooled).
Most files are password protected and you would need to enroll the
program to get access to the files.
Workshop Outline:
Time duration File to be used
15 minutes - Pretest quiz (online). Can be done before workshop
1.5 hour - ST01*
2 hour - ST02 & ST03
1 hour - ST04
1 hour - ST05
15 minutes - Knowledge retention quiz (online)
Own time - ST06
* Optional. Workshop can be conducted without covering ST01
Correlations
National, California, Massachusetts, Texas
ST01: Classroom teaching presentation material:General presentation
Solar energy
Solar energy applications
Solar cell, panel, array
Solar tracker technology
Photovoltaic (PV) systems
US & global PV installation
US energy consumption by source & state
PV system cost
Drawback of PV
Solar growth rate
Impact on environment
Snow cap
Global warming
CO2 emission
Photovoltaic systems
Voltage, current, power, amp-hour
Irradiance/insolation/insolation map
Electrical load calculations (how much power is required)
Number of panels required to meet the electrical load requirement
Solar tracker
Why solar tracker is required? (Principle of solar tracker)
Different types of solar tracker and their design
circuit design workshop in the school by a teacher. It can be used as a
self-guided self-paced environment by students (home-schooled).
Most files are password protected and you would need to enroll the
program to get access to the files.
Workshop Outline:
Time duration File to be used
15 minutes - Pretest quiz (online). Can be done before workshop
1.5 hour - ST01*
2 hour - ST02 & ST03
1 hour - ST04
1 hour - ST05
15 minutes - Knowledge retention quiz (online)
Own time - ST06
* Optional. Workshop can be conducted without covering ST01
Correlations
National, California, Massachusetts, Texas
ST01: Classroom teaching presentation material:General presentation
Solar energy
Solar energy applications
Solar cell, panel, array
Solar tracker technology
Photovoltaic (PV) systems
US & global PV installation
US energy consumption by source & state
PV system cost
Drawback of PV
Solar growth rate
Impact on environment
Snow cap
Global warming
CO2 emission
Photovoltaic systems
Voltage, current, power, amp-hour
Irradiance/insolation/insolation map
Electrical load calculations (how much power is required)
Number of panels required to meet the electrical load requirement
Solar tracker
Why solar tracker is required? (Principle of solar tracker)
Different types of solar tracker and their design
design
Describes basics about components, sub-circuits, schematics of solar
tracker circuit
Solar Tracker Circuit Demo
Familiarity with electronics parts
Let's build the tracker circuit
- Prerequisite exercises (as described in ST03)
- Circuit familiarity
- Hands-on activity - build the motor-less circuit (as described in ST04)
- Troubleshoot the circuit (as described in ST05)
ST03: Prerequisite & take home exercises (ST03)
ST03.1 - Measure resistance using multimeter
ST03.2 - Check battery voltage
ST03.3 - Measure current flowing through the resistor
ST03.3.1 - sub-activity: Battery connection
ST03.4 - LED as a light detector
ST03.5 - Voltage divider circuit
ST04: Step-by-step activitiy guide to build the solar tracker circuit (ST04)
ST05: Learning to troubleshoot the circuit (ST05)
ST06: Background information:
ST06.0
1) What's the Physics behind LED turning light into electricity? (same
principle as solar cell)
2) How does a voltage divider work?
3) What is resistor made of?
4) Resistor color code
ST06.1
5) Solar cell (From IBM San Jose)
- Motivation and introduction: The need for renewable energy
- Characteristics of solar radiation
- Principles of solar cell operation
- Cost issues
- Crystalline silicon colar cells
- Thin-film solar cells
- Dye sensitized solar cells
- Organic and polymeric solar cells
- Advanced solar cells
- summary
ST07: Glossory
ST08: Documents needed for the toolkit during the workshop
Preparation Before The Workshop:
Prepare kit
- 1 kit per 4-5 students is needed
- Printout ST08 document/kit.
- Prepare electronic components/kit in an envelope
(see www.mysvel.com/solartracker ST01 for components)
- Do breadboard jumper wire connections
- Take multimeters, batteries, screw driver for battery connection to the
breadboard
- Make sure your solar tracker demo model is working
Describes basics about components, sub-circuits, schematics of solar
tracker circuit
Solar Tracker Circuit Demo
Familiarity with electronics parts
Let's build the tracker circuit
- Prerequisite exercises (as described in ST03)
- Circuit familiarity
- Hands-on activity - build the motor-less circuit (as described in ST04)
- Troubleshoot the circuit (as described in ST05)
ST03: Prerequisite & take home exercises (ST03)
ST03.1 - Measure resistance using multimeter
ST03.2 - Check battery voltage
ST03.3 - Measure current flowing through the resistor
ST03.3.1 - sub-activity: Battery connection
ST03.4 - LED as a light detector
ST03.5 - Voltage divider circuit
ST04: Step-by-step activitiy guide to build the solar tracker circuit (ST04)
ST05: Learning to troubleshoot the circuit (ST05)
ST06: Background information:
ST06.0
1) What's the Physics behind LED turning light into electricity? (same
principle as solar cell)
2) How does a voltage divider work?
3) What is resistor made of?
4) Resistor color code
ST06.1
5) Solar cell (From IBM San Jose)
- Motivation and introduction: The need for renewable energy
- Characteristics of solar radiation
- Principles of solar cell operation
- Cost issues
- Crystalline silicon colar cells
- Thin-film solar cells
- Dye sensitized solar cells
- Organic and polymeric solar cells
- Advanced solar cells
- summary
ST07: Glossory
ST08: Documents needed for the toolkit during the workshop
Preparation Before The Workshop:
Prepare kit
- 1 kit per 4-5 students is needed
- Printout ST08 document/kit.
- Prepare electronic components/kit in an envelope
(see www.mysvel.com/solartracker ST01 for components)
- Do breadboard jumper wire connections
- Take multimeters, batteries, screw driver for battery connection to the
breadboard
- Make sure your solar tracker demo model is working
- After-school
- In-school
- Train-the-teacher
Contact us at:
info@mysvel.com
- In-school
- Train-the-teacher
Contact us at:
info@mysvel.com