March 2015
A Technical Talk on “Solar Photovoltaic’s: Material Science and System Integration” on 28th March
A Technical Talk on “Solar Photovoltaic’s: Material Science and System Integration” was organized by the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering of ATME College of Engineering on 28th March,2015 for fourth semester students.
Chief Guest and Resource Person Mr. Prabhuraj Harakangi, Senior Engineer-Electrical, Glentec Engineering Services LLP, Bangalore started the session by giving introduction on Solar photo voltaics. Giving information on the photovoltaic films he explained about the crystalline production. Demonstrating a model he showed the difference between monocrystalline and polycrystalline Solar P.V cells. He gave insights to vaccum deposition technology, I-V curve , power curve and how a panel is designed. He explained about the type of Solar PV systems and emphasised on grid tied system. Giving extensive information about the process to set up a solar plant, he spoke on the different facilities in India. He concluded the session by giving examples on Solar generation as one of the booming industry in India .
Chief Guest, Prof. Dr. L Basavaraj, Principal, ATME College of Engineering addressed the students and emphasized on the 24 hour facility of power supply. He also said on the importance of the alternate energy sources and facility to utilise the energy and advised the students to gain knowledge from the seminar.
Prof. Parthasarathy L, Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, spoke on the average power consumption per person. He also gave insights on the thickness of silicon wafer, material science and advised the students to apply science to daily life and engineering.
Prof. Parthasarathy L, Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mr.Raghavendra L, Assistant Professor, Event Co-ordinator, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and faculty of the Department were present during the Technical Talk presentation.
Febraury 2015
Report of Industry Visit to Shimsha on 20/2/15
The Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering conducted an Industry visit for 6th semester students to Shimsha Hydro Power Plant, Solar PV Plant and Cauvery Hydro Power Plant near Malavalli Taluk, Mandya District on 19/02/2015. The visit was intended to reinforce teaching learning process.
Set up by the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. (KPCL), in 2012 the 5 MW Solar Power Plant is the fourth grid connected solar plant in Karnataka, generating an Energy of 8.322 Mu/annum. The average Solar Insolation at this plant is 5.26KWh per sq.m./day. The energy Evacuation System is through 66KV dedicated line connecting 66KV Shiva MUSS.
Students received a practical exposure to Solar Panel arrangement, Ratings and output from each panel, inverters utilized, SCADA monitoring incase of failure of any panels. The resource person addressed to students at the venue. Emphasis on requirement of Solar Energy, role of Shimsha Solar PV Plant was also discussed at the venue.
With the ever increasing carbon emission levels from the conventional methods of power generation, there has been an urgent need for substituting them with regenerative Energy projects like Small Hydro. Student’s next visit was to Cauvery Hydro Energy Limited, near Malavalli Taluk. It is a power generating company in the private sector actively taking part in augmenting power generation in Karnataka .It is a 3 Mega Watt hydro power plant built across a power channel drawn from River Cauvery. The station has been successfully generating green energy since September 1998 with an annual energy generation of 22 Million Units. Students were explained about the monitoring units, Generating unit, the overall set up and how it works by the resource person at the venue.
Finally Student’s visited Shimsha Hydro Electric Plant which is the first ever hydro electric project in Asia. It has an installed capacity of 17,200 kilowatts. Due to the scarcity of water, maintenance work, only practical working was explained at the venue, though the units were offline.
A total of 63 students participated in the industry visit and Mr Vinod Kumar P and Mr Shree Shayana R, Assistant Professors, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering co-ordinated the visit.
