Experimental evaluation of the MPPT hardware for vehicle solar arrays with silicon junction cells
This paper studies the design of the solar vehicle distributed maximum power point tracking (MPPT) hardware intended for silicon junction cell applications. The MPPT hardware operates in an input voltage range from 0.9 V to 1.8 V and is suited for a power tracking group of four series connected sili...
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| author | Li, Q. Wolfs, Peter |
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| description | This paper studies the design of the solar vehicle distributed maximum power point tracking (MPPT) hardware intended for silicon junction cell applications. The MPPT hardware operates in an input voltage range from 0.9 V to 1.8 V and is suited for a power tracking group of four series connected silicon cells. The finished MPPT hardware measures 17 mm by 21 mm and has a nominal power rating of 600 mW. The power loss measurement through the calorimetric method verifies a power conversion efficiency of 93.9%. An analogue solar cell simulator is also employed to evaluate the performance of the MPPT hardware. The experimental results are shown at the end of the paper and confirm that high tracking accuracy has been achieved under both the static and the dynamic insolation conditions. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-159222017-10-02T02:27:09Z Experimental evaluation of the MPPT hardware for vehicle solar arrays with silicon junction cells Li, Q. Wolfs, Peter Syed Islam solar cell arrays solar powered vehicles This paper studies the design of the solar vehicle distributed maximum power point tracking (MPPT) hardware intended for silicon junction cell applications. The MPPT hardware operates in an input voltage range from 0.9 V to 1.8 V and is suited for a power tracking group of four series connected silicon cells. The finished MPPT hardware measures 17 mm by 21 mm and has a nominal power rating of 600 mW. The power loss measurement through the calorimetric method verifies a power conversion efficiency of 93.9%. An analogue solar cell simulator is also employed to evaluate the performance of the MPPT hardware. The experimental results are shown at the end of the paper and confirm that high tracking accuracy has been achieved under both the static and the dynamic insolation conditions. 2007 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15922 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | solar cell arrays solar powered vehicles Li, Q. Wolfs, Peter Experimental evaluation of the MPPT hardware for vehicle solar arrays with silicon junction cells |
| title | Experimental evaluation of the MPPT hardware for vehicle solar arrays with silicon junction cells |
| title_full | Experimental evaluation of the MPPT hardware for vehicle solar arrays with silicon junction cells |
| title_fullStr | Experimental evaluation of the MPPT hardware for vehicle solar arrays with silicon junction cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental evaluation of the MPPT hardware for vehicle solar arrays with silicon junction cells |
| title_short | Experimental evaluation of the MPPT hardware for vehicle solar arrays with silicon junction cells |
| title_sort | experimental evaluation of the mppt hardware for vehicle solar arrays with silicon junction cells |
| topic | solar cell arrays solar powered vehicles |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15922 |