A low cost solar array simulator using halogen tungsten bulb with temperature control capability

Author

Salam, Z. ; Ramli, M.Z. ; Zainal, T.

Author_Institution

Center of Electr. Energy Syst., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

fYear

2014

fDate

13-14 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

170

Lastpage

174

Abstract

This paper proposes a configuration of a low cost solar module simulator (SAS), suitable for basic studies on PV systems. The utilizes the halogen tungsten bulbs as the light source. Furthermore, water tank is placed in between the bulbs and the PV module to control the rise in temperature. The halogen tungsten bulb is powered by DC voltage rectified from a three phase supply. Its light intensity is control by IGBT using high frequency switching. The SAS is capable of generating 1000W/m² of irradiation. During the experiment the PV modules temperature dropped about half to 53°C after using water filters in 15 minutes exposure to the 1000W/m² irradiation. To test the capability of the SAS, a case study involving PV system under partial shading is carried out.

Keywords

insulated gate bipolar transistors; light sources; lighting control; photovoltaic power systems; power generation control; rectifying circuits; temperature control; DC voltage rectified; IGBT; PV system; SAS; halogen tungsten bulb; high frequency switching; light source intensity; solar array simulator; temperature 53 degC; temperature control capability; three phase supply; time 15 min; water filter; water tank; Light emitting diodes; Light sources; Photovoltaic systems; Radiation effects; Synthetic aperture sonar; Tungsten; halogen-tungsten; partial shading; photovoltaic; solar array simulator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion (CENCON), 2014 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Johor Bahru

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CENCON.2014.6967496

Filename

6967496