26 experiment set-up descriptions for teachers and students
111 pages
Topics
- Series and parallel connection of solar cells (phenomenological approach)
- Series and parallel connection of solar cells (quantitative approach)
- Dependency of the power on the surface area of the solar cell
- Dependency of the power of the solar cell on the angle of incidence of the light
- Dependency of the solar cell power on the light intensity
- Dependency of the solar cell power on the light intensity when under load
- Dependency of the internal resistance of the solar cell on the light intensity
- Partial shading of solar modules
- Dark characteristic curve for the solar cells
- U–I characteristic curve, MPP and Fill Factor of the solar cell
- U–I characteristic curve for the solar cell in dependency upon the light intensity
- U–I characteristic curve for the solar cell in dependency upon the temperature
- Module characteristic curves of solar cells
- U–I characteristic curve with partial shading of solar cells
- Temperature coefficients of solar cells
- Components of a stand-alone solar energy system
- Possible operating states of a stand-alone system
- Function of a shunt controller and series controller
- Comparison of PWM controller and series controller
- The charging characteristics of the PWM controller
- Functional principle of an MPP tracker
- Characteristics of an MPP tracker
- Comparison of shunt controller and MPP controller for charging a capacitor
- Functional principle of deep discharge protection
- Functional principle of an inverter
- Determination of the output voltage profile at the DC-AC inverter
Language: English