This course was made as a reference with helpful and easily-accessible instructions on how to work safely with PV systems. Some recommendations are based on the common sense and they will help readers to keep safe. Course includes description of specific hazards, their frequent causes, and ways to prevent and avoid them.
This course has three different sections:
PV System Characteristics and Hazards section provides the background of PV system characteristics and relevant hazards involved with PV systems. Recommended safe-guards are provided.
Safe PV Systems section presents a discussion of relevant safety standards and codes, and regulations that need to be followed and applied when designing, installing, testing and commissioning a PV system.
The For Your Health section contains a discussion of possible injuries and elaborates on basic First Aid concepts.
Each installation presents hazards to engineers, technicians and maintenance staff. Helping you distinguish these hazards and avert injury is the main goal of this course.
This course is suitable for technicians and engineers involved in PV system installation and operation. Presented details cover issues related to safe work with PV systems. Upon successful completion readers will be able to recognize critical PV safety issues and will learn ways to avoid potential accidents.
In addition to large scale applications, there are a number of other applications for wind turbines, such as medium scale applications on isolated-grids and off-grid uses for pumping water and providing smaller amounts of electricity for stand-alone battery charging applications.
Wind energy projects are generally more financially viable in “windy” areas. This is due to the fact that the power potential in the wind is related to the cube of the wind speed. However, the power production performance of a practical wind turbine is typically more proportional to the square of the average wind speed. Wind energy project siting is critical to a financially viable venture. Proper wind resource assessment is a standard and important component for most wind energy project developments.
This course is suitable for engineers with a desire to understand the fundamentals of setting wind energy project. Presented details cover issues related to technical and financial implementation and exploitation of wind energy systems. Upon successful completion engineers will be able to address wind energy terms, methods of operation and how to set up detailed technical and financial feasibility model.