LIT-print: Solar Energy and Electricity

26 experiment set-up descriptions for teachers and students

111 pages

Topics

• Series and parallel connection of solar cells (phenomenological approach)
• Series and parallel connection of solar cells (quantitative approach)
• Dependency of the power on the surface area of the solar cell
• Dependency of the power of the solar cell on the angle of incidence of the light
• Dependency of the solar cell power on the light intensity
• Dependency of the solar cell power on the light intensity when under load
• Dependency of the internal resistance of the solar cell on the light intensity
• Partial shading of solar modules
• Dark characteristic curve for the solar cells
• U–I characteristic curve, MPP and Fill Factor of the solar cell
• U–I characteristic curve for the solar cell in dependency upon the light intensity
• U–I characteristic curve for the solar cell in dependency upon the temperature
• Module characteristic curves of solar cells
• U–I characteristic curve with partial shading of solar cells
• Temperature coefficients of solar cells
• Components of a stand-alone solar energy system
• Possible operating states of a stand-alone system
• Function of a shunt controller and series controller
• Comparison of PWM controller and series controller
• The charging characteristics of the PWM controller
• Functional principle of an MPP tracker
• Characteristics of an MPP tracker
• Comparison of shunt controller and MPP controller for charging a capacitor
• Functional principle of deep discharge protection
• Functional principle of an inverter
• Determination of the output voltage profile at the DC-AC inverter

Language: English