Laboratory course on solar photovoltaic systems based on low cost equipment

2013 IEEE International Conference in MOOC, Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE) Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI:10.1109/MITE.2013.6756324

P. Rao, P. Dinesh, G. S. Ilango, C. Nagamani

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Photovoltaic (PV) systems are growing popular nowadays due to the incessant demand for power. This has resulted in increased awareness and interest among the engineering students to learn these systems. However, PV related laboratory courses have ceased to exist due to the cost of PV panels and the relevant equipment required as well as the complexity involved in handling and testing of such systems mainly due to the dependence on the external weather conditions. This work proposes low cost and low power equipment for hands on experimentation of concepts like VI curves, Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT), partial shading, interconnection schemes to enhance the power generation in a PV array etc., in a laboratory at an undergraduate level. The experimental setup along with the procedure for performing the experiments in a compendious manner has been explained for various real life problems in PV generation systems. The outcomes of the proposed prototype with small rating PV cells and artificial light sources demonstrate the articulate nature as well as the didactic contributions of the equipment.

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基于低成本设备的太阳能光伏系统实验课程

由于对电力的需求不断增加，光伏(PV)系统越来越受欢迎。这增加了工科学生学习这些系统的意识和兴趣。然而，由于光伏板和相关设备的成本，以及主要由于依赖外部天气条件而涉及处理和测试此类系统的复杂性，光伏相关的实验室课程已经不复存在。这项工作提出了低成本和低功耗的设备，用于动手实验的概念，如VI曲线，最大功率点跟踪(MPPT)，部分遮阳，互连方案，以增强光伏阵列的发电量等，在一个本科水平的实验室。实验设置以及以简明的方式执行实验的过程已经解释了PV发电系统中的各种实际问题。采用小额定值PV电池和人工光源的拟议原型的结果证明了该设备的清晰性以及教学贡献。

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