Implementing NI Environment for A Remotely Accessed Photovoltaic Module Characterizer.

Ibrahem Mahmoud,Rania Swief,Tarek Abdel-Salam

doi:10.21608/jpme.2020.16724.1008

Abstract

This paper surveys how the characterization process for a Photovoltaic module (PV) is implemented to serve in introductory undergraduate courses and research purposes. The characterizer has the capability of measuring the I-V and P-V characteristic curve of the PV module attached to the system with indicating the solar irradiance that is sensed during the measurement. Also a control circuit design is implemented for dual tracking the PV module. In addition, the developed program introduces the facility of compering the measured data with a numerical based simulation data results from a PV simulator using MATLAB platform. The use of the NI Environment facilitates the Internet publication opportunity where users can access the setup remotely. The remote accessibility is considered as a significant credit in integrating the setup as a demonstration tool in teaching modules as well as student accessibility. The results of the NI software is presented and discussed and analysed.

Highlights

SOLAR power generates electricity with no global warming pollution, no fuel costs, and no risks of fuel price spikes, and has the potential to help move the country toward cleaner, reliable, and affordable sources of electricity.In developing countries, especially in Egypt, the replacement of the ordinary fuel-based electricity sources by renewable sources became an obligatory step toward better environment
Many techniques have been investigated in literature for implementing a robust remotely accessed experiment dealing with different renewable energy systems
This study focused on the battery charging voltage and current at different temperature and angle of incidence with less interest on the Photovoltaic module (PV) performance and characterization

Summary

Introduction

SOLAR power generates electricity with no global warming pollution, no fuel costs, and no risks of fuel price spikes, and has the potential to help move the country toward cleaner, reliable, and affordable sources of electricity. The developed e-experiments will provide students with a new non-conventional interactive technique for learning and understanding fundamental as well as advanced topics in the field of renewable energy through remote experimentation, which will be available and accessible 24/7. Besides that, these e-experiment will provide an optimum low cost solution based on the fact that different students from different universities and institutions can share the same platform, in other words not every university and every institution will be required to purchase separate specialized laboratories and test equipment.

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