• DocumentCode
    122149
  • Title

    Stand-alone solar generator with LED floodlights for outdoor sign illumination

  • Author

    Meier, Daniel L.

  • Author_Institution
    Lightdrop Harvest, LLC, St. Marys, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    2748
  • Lastpage
    2750
  • Abstract
    Overall, the solar lighting system is aesthetically pleasing and it performed well during its first 200 days of operation. The illuminated sign was easily visible at night and the outdoor system withstood severe weather conditions: temperatures down to -18°C, snow, ice, rain, and wind. However, limitations were revealed in a failure to provide 8 hours of lighting every night. These limitations can be addressed by doubling the ratio of Battery Capacity (Ah) to LED Demand (Ah). This can be done by adding a second battery or by reducing the number of floodlights from 4 to 2.
  • Keywords
    LED lamps; solar cells; Belgium; Denmark; LED floodlights; LED lamps; PV module; PV-LED systems; Russia; architectural lighting; exterior building surfaces; inverters; luminosity LED technology; outdoor sign illumination; outdoor sign lighting; solar resource variability; stand-alone solar generator; storage battery; street lights; traffic control lights; Batteries; Battery charge measurement; Ice; Light emitting diodes; Lighting; Snow; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014 IEEE 40th
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925497
  • Filename
    6925497