Development of a measurement platform for indoor photovoltaic energy harvesting in materials handling applications

Author

Masoudinejad, Mojtaba ; Emmerich, Jan ; Kossmann, Dominik ; Riesner, Andreas ; Roidl, Moritz ; ten Hompel, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Handling & Warehousing, Tech. Univ. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

fYear

2015

fDate

24-26 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents a development procedure of a testbed platform for measuring and evaluating photovoltaic cells within an indoor environment. Methodologies and components required to develop a testbed capable of replicating different indoor environment effects are proposed. A signaling outline is provided in addition to an automated plan for measurement, data acquisition and storage. Three methods of light intensity adjustment are suggested and the effect of each one on the light spectrum is analyzed. Finally, some real collected data from different measurements done in the testbed platform are presented.

Keywords

data acquisition; energy harvesting; indoor environment; materials handling; solar cells; data acquisition; indoor environment; indoor photovoltaic energy harvesting; light intensity adjustment; light spectrum; material handling applications; measurement platform; photovoltaic cells; testbed platform; Current measurement; Light sources; Lighting; Materials handling; Temperature measurement; Voltage measurement; Wavelength measurement; Energy harvesting; Indoor photovoltaic; Internet of Things (IoT); Materials handling; Measurement testbed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable Energy Congress (IREC), 2015 6th International

Conference_Location

Sousse

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IREC.2015.7110938

Filename

7110938