Solar Photovoltaic System Applications

Introduction.- Solar radiation fundamentals and PV system components.- PV System Design for Off-Grid Applications.- PV component selection for off-grid applications.- Performance of solar PV systems.- Economics and management of off-grid solar PV system.- Hybrid Energy System for Rural Electrification in Sri Lanka.

Dr Mohanty has over 14 years of experience in the field of solar photovoltaic system design and module testing involving batteries, solar based product design and customization, as well as participating in field performance assessments of solar PV systems, project planning, development and formulation of PV /off-grid electrification projects.
She has been actively involved in designing, simulating and developing distributed generation based smart grid/mini-grid /micro-grid system and played a pivotal role in demonstrating a first-of-its kind smart mini-grid in India.

She has handled more than 15 projects as technical lead and has co-authored a book titled Renewable Energy Engineering and Technology: A Knowledge Compendium where she has written a chapter on solar photovoltaic. She has contributed more than 15 papers, which were published in reputed national and international journals as well as around 15 invited and featured articles and more than 5 patents applied for in her credit. She represents various national level technical committees as solar PV experts and is a life member of various professional and academic organizations.

Professor Tariq Muneer, Professor of Energy Engineering at Napier University, Edinburgh currently chairs an active group engaged in research on 'Sustainable Energy'. Professor Muneer is an international authority on the subject of solar energy and its use in buildings with over 35 years experience. He is the author of over 215 technical articles, most of which have been distilled in his research monographs. Professor Muneer is also a visiting professor for the period of 2013-2020 for the following the University of Granada, Granada, Spain and the University of Maribor, Celje campus, Slovenia.

Professor Muneer is the co-ordinator of Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers' Solar Data Task Group and in this capacity he has been involved in the production of the CIBSE GuidesA& J for Weather and Solar Data.