Two Day Workshop on Design of solar panel based applications for Engineers

Two Day Workshop on 

Design of solar panel based applications for 

Engineers 

29th – 30th Mar 2013

VIT

University

Vellore-632 014, Tamil Nadu, India. 

www.vit.ac.in

Organized by

TIFAC - CORE in AUTOMOTIVE INFOTRONICS 

(Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India) 

Coordinators 

Dr. K. Ganesan, Director, TIFAC CORE & Senior Professor, 

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V. Gopi Srikanth, Senior Development Engineer, TIFAC CORE 

D. Muralidar, Assistant Professor, TIFAC CORE 

TIFAC-CORE IN AUTOMOTIVE INFOTRONICS @VIT E 

 State of the art advanced engineering centre for research, consultancy and manpower execllence in 

Automotive Infotronics is established at VIT University promoted by TIFAC (Technology 

Information Forecast and Assessment Council), under the Mission REACH program. 

 Offers a full time M.Tech program in Automotive Electronics to provide industry ready engineers. 

Background 

 Power electronics expertise team comprises Faculty Members and Engineers from TIFAC-CORE 

will share their knowledge and experience on Solar Power Technology and Hardware on Solar 

Panel using different applications includes street lights, mobile charging, CPU fan etc. The students 

will be allowed to use selected hardware resources available at TIFAC-CORE laboratory to gain 

real time knowledge on Solar Power Technology using Hardware development kit. 

Topics Covered
 Introduction to Solar Basics 
 Basics of solar cell 
 Photovoltaic cell operation and characteristics 
 Different solar cell types 
 Maximum power point tracking(MPPT) and algorithms 
 Design considerations 
 Solar charge controller 
 Solar inverter 
 Introduction to power electronics 
 Ultra-capacitor operations and characteristics 
 Buck converter, boost converter, buck-boost converter 
 Batteries for PV system-Lead acid and Ni-Cd Batteries 
 Factors affecting battery performance 
 Exposure to Solar Power based Applications 
 Solar based LED Street Lighting 
 Solar based Mobile charger 
 Solar based DC fan, motor 
 Solar based portable AC fan, CFL light 
 Ultra-Capacitors Charging and Dis-Charging time cycles


Targeted participants include:
 Students 
 Research Scholars 
 Working Professionals 

REGISTRATION FEES:
Rs. 2000 per delegate from Institute (Students) 
Rs. 3000 per delegate from Institute (Research Scholars) 
Rs. 4000 per delegate from Industries (Working Professionals) 
Registration charges include Hand-outs, Lunch & Tea. The number of participants is limited to 
30 based on first come first serve. 
Payment through DD drawn in favor of “TIFAC CORE, VIT University”, Payable at Vellore. 

Venue: 
Room No.: 701, Technology Tower 
7th Floor, VIT

Date and Time: 
 29th March 2013 : 09.00 – 17.00 Hours 
 30th March 2013 : 09.00 – 17.00 Hours 


Payment through DD drawn in favor of “TIFAC CORE, VIT University”, Payable at Vellore. 
Please complete and mail or fax us above form before 28th March 2013
For details about our centre, visit our web site www.vit.ac.in/tifaccore/ 

For Further Details Please Contact: 

Ms. R. Devaki Mr.                                         
 Secretary, TIFAC-CORE                                 
7th Floor, Technology Tower                               
VIT, Vellore-632 014                                         
 Tamil Nadu.                                                   
Tel: 0416-2202381 
Fax: 0416-2244797 
e-mail: tifac@vit.ac.in 

 V. Gopi Srikanth 
 Senior Development Engineer 
TIFAC CORE
Cell: 7708244621
  Email: gopi.vegi@vit.ac.in

Mr. D. Muralidar
Assistant Professor, TIFAC CORE 
 Cell: 9894335864 
 E-mail: muralidar.d@vit.ac.in