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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014 IEEE 40th
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925497