Training on Solar Thermal Process Heat (STPH)

Date and Location

• Date: 7-11 May 2012
  
• Location: Victor Menezes Convention Center (VMCC), IIT Bombay
• More information on the IIT website

Target groups for STPH-training

• HVC or mechanical engineers
• Civil engineers
• Facility managers and staff responsible for technical energy supply in their company
• Project developers from conventional, renewable or solar thermal energy sector

Objectives of STPH training

• Know variety of solar thermal applications for STPH generation
• Components and system configurations
• Engineering steps and choosing between a wide range of possible systems set-ups
• Design of a system and assessment of output
• Successful implementation of STPH – from initial concept to full operation
• Cost factors and economic analysis

STPH Training Modules

• Introduction to solar thermal (~15%)
• Applications for STPH (~5%)
• Preparing a STPH project (~ 5%)
• System engineering and installation (~30%)
• Case studies (~15%)
• Operation and maintenance (~10%)
• Management of solar projects (with case studies) (~5%)
• Economics of STPH projects (~15%)