B.E / B.Tech.

PRACTICAL END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS

Seventh Semester

EE8712 Renewable Energy Systems Laboratory

(Regulations 2017)

Time : 3 Hours Answer any one Question Max. Marks 100

(To be filled by the question paper setter)

Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total

required/Procedure Simulation & Results
/Drawing
10 40 30 10 10 100

1. Simulate the Solar PV System and evaluate the performance using MATLAB/Simulink
Environment or any related software package. Determine the maximum power output from the
Solar PV system and effect of load on the output of the solar PV system.

2. Conduct the suitable experiment on 1KWp Solar PV system to determine I-V and P-V
characteristics with radiation and temperature changing effect.

3. Conduct the suitable experiment on 1KWp Solar PV system using MPPT algorithm to find the
Vmax, Imax and Pmax, Efficiency and duty cycle at which MPP.

4. Conduct the suitable experiment on 1KWp Solar PV system to determine a) MPP by varying the
resistive load across the PV panel b)MPP by varying the duty cycle of DC-DC converter.

5. Conduct the suitable experiment to study the effects of Shading (Shadowing effect) and tilt angle
in 1KWp Solar PV system.

6. Conduct the suitable experiment to study the shadowing effect and diode based solution in
1KWp Solar PV System.

7. Conduct the suitable experiment on performance assessment of grid connected and Standalone
1KWp Solar Power system.

8. Conduct the Suitable experiment to analyze the performance of Grid synchronization of solar PV
inverter.

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 Implement the Model of PMSG based Wind energy Conversion System using MATLAB/
Simulink Environment or any related software package. Determine the effect of air velocity on
9. the output of a wind turbine and the effect of load on the output of a wind turbine.

Implement the Model of PMSG based Wind energy Conversion System using MATLAB
Simulink Environment or any related software package. Study its performance to determine the
10. maximum power output from a wind turbine.

Implement the Model of DFIG based Wind energy Conversion System using MATLAB
Simulink Environment or any related software package. Study its performance to determine the
11. effect of air velocity on the output of a wind turbine and the effect of load on the output of a
wind turbine.

Implement the Model of DFIG based Wind energy Conversion System using MATLAB
Simulink Environment or any related software package. Study its performance and determine the
12. maximum power output from a wind turbine.

13. By conducting suitable experiment on Micro Wind Energy Generator. Evaluate the following

. a) cut-in speed of the wind turbine b) Tip Speed Ratio at different wind speeds.

14. By conducting suitable experiment on Micro Wind Energy Generator, Plot the following a)
Curve between Tip Speed ratio and Coefficient of power b) Characteristics of turbine (power
variation) with wind speed c) Power curve of turbine with respect to the rotational speed of rotor
at fix speeds.

15. Conduct the suitable experiment on Wind/Solar based Hybrid system and study about each
modules involved in the system like Solar PV, Wind generator, Charger circuit, Inverter circuit
and controller with necessary characteristics curves.

16. Conduct the suitable experiment to study the efficiency and analyze the performance of the
Hybrid Wind-Solar System.

17. Investigate the study of Grid connected Wind/PV hybrid generation system using
Matlab/Simulink Environment or any software package. Verify the results to validate the model
and control schemes.

18. Develop and simulate the hydel power plant in Matlab/Simulink Environment or any related
software package. Analyze the operation of the plant at various load conditions like addition of
load, removal of load and fault conditions.

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19. Conduct the suitable experiments and investigate the performance assessment on 100W Proton
Exchange Membrane fuel Cell. Plot the characteristic curve, output curve of the fuel cell and
perform the efficiency analysis of the fuel cell stack.

20. Simulate a stand-alone Hybrid generation system comprising of wind and photo voltaic systems
in MATLAB Simulink Environment or any related software package. Implement an intelligent
controller to adjust the duty ratio of the choppers and firing angle of the converter at which the
maximum power generation occurs.

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