Organisation : Solar Energy Corporation of India
Announcement : Download Admit Card
Designation : Senior Engineer
Reference Number : Recruitment Notification No. 1/2015
Home Page : https://www.seci.co.in/
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Written Test for the post of Senior Engineer (E2): 26 April 2015 (Sunday). Candidates are requested to keep visiting the website for further updates.
Uploading of Admit Card for written Test on website (It may be noted that admit cards for written test/Interview etc. will not be sent by post. Candidates have to download them from the website only.) 10 April 2015 (1400 hours)
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Uploading of Admit Card for written Test on website (It may be noted that admit cards for written test/Interview etc. will not be sent by post. Candidates have to download them from the website only.)
Conduct of Written Test at Delhi : 26 April 2015 (Sunday)
Written Test Duration/Timing :
Duration: 150 Minutes
Timing: 1000 to 1230 hours
SYLLABUS OF WRITTEN TEST FOR THE POST OF SENIOR ENGINEERS IN E-2 GRADE NOTIFIED VIDE RECRUITMENT NOTIFICATION NO. 1 / 2015 IS GIVEN BELOW –
PART A – GENERAL APTITUDE AND REASONING (30 questions) 30 marks
PART B – GENERAL ENGINEERING ASPECTS (40 questions) 40 marks
This part may consist of questions from the following topics –
** Power System Design viz. Generation, Transmission and Distribution.
** Electricity Act, National Tariff Policy, National Grid Code, National Electricity Plan and Central & State Regulations.
** Various power conversion cycles like Rankine, Braton, Stirling etc.
** Electrical Circuits and Measurements
** Semiconductor devices and its Applications
** Transmission line parameters and its losses
** Different types of Cables and Insulators, Sizing, Losses etc.,
** Substation, Grounding system, Distribution system, Protection devices, etc.
** Grid instability issues with Renewable Energy.
PART C – SUBJECT RELATED (80 questions) 80 marks
This part may consist questions from the following topics –
Basics of Renewable Energy:
** National and global energy scenario and issues with fossil fuel utilization.
** Different renewable sources of energy, their origin, basic characteristics and resource assessment.
** Solar Radiation and Resource Assessments.
** Government Policies and Programmes for development and Commercialization Renewable Energy in India.
** Thermo-chemical and bio-chemical conversion of biomass, bio-diesel.
** Wind Energy: availability in the wind, Betz limit, conversion systems-horizontal axis and vertical axis turbines.
** National Action Plan on climate change and National Solar Mission.
Solar Photovoltaic Devices and Systems:
** National and International perspective on the deployment of solar PV technologies.
** Photovoltaic effect and photovoltaic materials.
** Solar cells and their characterization.
** Crystalline and thin film solar cells, multi junction solar cells.
** Concentrator photovoltaic systems.
** Photovolatic power generation (large grid connected as well as rooftop)
** Decentralized applications: solar lanterns, home systems, solar pumps, mini/micro-grids and other applications.
** Sizing and system designing of solar PV systems.
** Solar PV – Wind hybrid systems.
** Different types of invertor and topologies.
** Different types of batteries and its application in Solar.
** Remote Monitoring applications for Solar Power Plants.
Solar Thermal Technologies:
** Solar collectors / Solar concentrators.
** Solar selective coatings.
** Basic concepts of technologies for solar thermal power generation viz. Parabolic Trough, Parabolic Dish, Fresnel Lens, Linear Fresnel Reflector, Compound Parabolic Concentrator, and Central tower receiver system.
** Solar industrial process heat systems including solar cooling and steam generation for cooking.
** Solar thermal storage systems and materials.