Low-cost, high flexibility I–V curve tracer for photovoltaic modules

Author

Ibirriaga, Julen Joseba Maestro ; De Mendiluce Pena, Xabier Miquelez ; Opritescu, Adrian ; Sera, Dezso ; Teodorescu, Remus

Author_Institution

Inst. of Energy Technol., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark

fYear

2010

fDate

20-22 May 2010

Firstpage

1210

Lastpage

1215

Abstract

This work presents the design, construction and test of an in-door low cost, high flexibility I-V curve tracer for photovoltaic modules. The tracer is connected to a Xenon lamp based flashing solar simulator. The designed tracer is able to deal with the very fast changing irradiation conditions and its control software offers the flexibility to automatically adapt to the different irradiation conditions set by the flashing solar simulator. Simulation and experimental tests have been carried out, in order to verify the behaviour and performance of the designed I-V curve tracer.

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power system interconnection; I-V curve tracer; Xenon lamp based flashing solar simulator; irradiation conditions; photovoltaic modules; Circuit testing; Design optimization; Diodes; Electronic equipment; Electronic equipment testing; Equations; Modular construction; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Basov

ISSN

1842-0133

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7019-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OPTIM.2010.5510467

Filename

5510467