Design of a solar powered battery charger

Author

Liu, Ke ; Makaran, John

Author_Institution

Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A solar powered battery charger is presented, where a photovoltaic (PV) panel is used to convert solar power into electricity and a DC/DC converter is used to control the output power of the PV panel and the charging current for the battery. In the software, an optimal control algorithm is applied to obtain the maximum available power from the sunshine. The simulation and experimental results are presented and compared. The applications of this technique can be light electrical vehicles such as golf carts, scooters, airport utility vehicles, as well as other renewable power stations where batteries are used for energy storage.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; battery chargers; solar cells; DC/DC converter; electrical vehicles; energy storage; photovoltaic panel; renewable power stations; solar powered battery charger; Application software; Battery powered vehicles; DC-DC power converters; Energy conversion; Optimal control; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Software algorithms; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Battery chargers; DC-DC power conversion; Solar energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power & Energy Conference (EPEC), 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4508-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4509-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEC.2009.5420817

Filename

5420817