Industrial Visit Tto National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon
05th September 2019
SAE India Student Chapter, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon organized an industrial visit at National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon on 5th September 2019. 35 students of third semester ME Department along with faculty members Mr. Abhinav Panwar went for the visit.
The objective of the visit was to make students aware about the solar energy utilisation and the mechanism used for it.
As the team DCE reached the NISE, students were guided by Mr. Vikrant Yadav. He gave brief description of the institute and its various departments such as R&D, Photovoltaic module and testing lab Solar Photovoltaic Division and Solar Thermal Division. Then the students were made aware of various mechanisms used in solar thermal division.
Mr. Vikrant Yadav described to the students various types of solar thermal conversion units. Solar thermal conversion units of both concentrated and non-concentrated types were available there. Concentrated type units present there were of two types, parabolic and disc type. In parabolic solar thermal conversion unit the tracking around single axis takes place while in disc type tracking takes place around two axes. The tracking mechanism comprises of motors and gears. The students were also described the materials and their importance used in the solar thermal units. The solar thermal conversion units were well understood with the help of direct applications present there in the department. The solar thermal conversion units were applied to Vapour Absorption Machine, water heaters. The non-concentrated type solar thermal unit was applied for desalination of water. The students were also told explained the evacuated tube collectors with the specific application in water heaters. Some more examples were also described such as the use of solar thermal conversion unit to operate ROs for Water ATMs, cold storage plants etc.
In the last the students discussed their doubts with Mr. Vikrant Yadav, which was a very interactive session of the visit. The students learnt a lot from the visit and enjoyed it.