GRID CONNECTED AND STANDALONE PV SOLAR PLANT DESIGN USING PVSYST, KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

The gathering was welcomed by Prof. C Dinesh, followed by Prof. Mohanasundaram K, Head Of EEE Dept., who felicitated the chief guests and gave us an insight on what the session was about. The Chief Guests were introduced by P S Harish, II EEE A, and A Soundrya, II EEE B. The session was then handed over to the chief guests. Mr. Madhan Raj V, handled the session. He talked about the importance of transmission and distribution, how it helps in our day to day life and how important it is to know about T&D. He then proceeded to show us a simulation in PVSyst software, on the procedures involved in constructing or making a solar plant. The first half of the session came to an end at about 11:00a.m. He shared his experience in designing and analyzing solar PV systems using PVsyst software. The participants gained valuable insights and hands-on experience in this workshop. In addition to this, students had worked a real time simulation part for analysis how much solar power can we generated at KPRIET by setting the details like geographical location, panel details and postion details of panel etc.., After that the students were asked to work on their individual laptops and try the simulation that was shown earlier, with the assistance of the Chief Guests and faculty, at last a vote of thanks was marked by student coordinator Mr.Keerthi of II EEE. Students gave feedback about the resource person, arrangement and software which they utilized.