Sep 11, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

TEC 4515 - PV Operations and Maintenance (3)


When Offered: Spring
This course will introduce students to concepts, tools, techniques, and materials needed to perform operations and maintenance (O&M) including inspections, commissioning, performance verification, and troubleshooting for grid-direct PV systems. The course emphasizes how to safely and effectively utilize essential O&M tools, such as I-V curve tracing, thermal imaging, and electroluminescence imaging. Data analysis technique will be introduced. PV reliability issues including system level, module level, and cell level will also be studied. Contemporary trends, products, economics, and policies will be emphasized. Lecture two hours, laboratory two hours.
Prerequisite: TEC 3609 , TEC 3610 .
[Dual listed with TEC 5515]. Dual-listed courses require senior standing.