Basics of Solar Energy

In this course we will start discussing the basics about PV systems such as the construction and components of PV system

What's Inside

  • In this course, we will discuss the construction of the PV (photovoltaic) cells, the connection of PV cells including series and parallel, and when to use each of them, you will learn about the advantages and disadvantages of PV cells.
  • You will learn about sun tracking to get max output power from PV cells and some of the techniques of MPPT (maximum power point tracking) to get max power from PV cells.
  • You will learn about the effect of insolation, temperature, and load resistance on power.
  • You will learn about the different types of PV cells and their efficiency, the junction box, and how to wire it.
  • You will learn how to determine the PV max voltage and power consumption demands.
  • You will learn the construction and types of batteries, charging of lead-acid batteries and hydrometer, maintenance of batteries, methods of charging, and the cycle of batteries.
  • You will learn about the importance of the charge controller, junction box, wiring of the junction box, shading, and tilt angle.
  • You will also learn about the importance of the solar inverter and its different types.

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Engineer Ahmed Mahdy

I am Ahmed Mahdy an electrical power engineer, researcher, and the founder of Khadija Academy. I am also an electrical bestselling instructor and have helped more than 70,000 students from 191 countries achieve career success with simple and easy courses in the last 7 years.​ In addition to having a YouTube educational engineering channel called" Khadija Academy", where I regularly post videos related to electrical engineering. In 2018, I was nominated among the top 10% of instructors on Udemy, besides currently ranking among the top instructors in the engineering sector of Udemy.


Some of my published research works in the top electrical engineering journals worldwide:


1- ​Transient stability improvement of wave energy conversion systems connected to power grid using anti-windup-coot optimization strategy - Energy Journal - Impact Factor of 9.0.


2- Nonlinear Modeling and Real-Time Simulation of a Grid-Connected AWS Wave Energy Conversion System - IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy - Impact Factor of 8.8.


3- Modeling and optimal operation of hybrid wave energy and PV system feeding supercharging stations based on golden jackal optimal control strategy - Energy Journal - Impact Factor of 9.​0.


4- State-of-the-Art of the most commonly adopted wave energy conversion systems - Ain Shams Engineering Journal - Impact Factor of 6.0.


5- Optimal Design of Fractional-Order PID Controllers for a Nonlinear AWS Wave Energy Converter Using Hybrid Jellyfish Search and Particle Swarm Optimization - Fractal and Fractional - Impact Factor of 5.4


6- Dynamic performance enhancement of nonlinear AWS wave energy systems based on optimal super-twisting control strategy - Ain Shams Engineering Journal - Impact Factor of 6.0.

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