Controlling the number of equipments powered from photovoltaic panels with fuzzy logic

Abstract

A solution for better controlling the number of equipments which can be powered from photovoltaic panels is presented in this paper. A hardware and software system is used for acquiring environmental data. These data are then sent to a fuzzy logic software which decides the number of equipments that will be powered directly from the photovoltaic panels, with the rest beeing pluged into the national power grid. Different ways of implementing the fuzzy logic are discussed, depending on the specific requirements: less power used from the national grid or less switching actions.