A study on the matching of DC motors to photovoltaic solar arrays

Author

Saied, Mohamed M.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Kuwait Univ., Safat, Kuwait

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

652

Abstract

This study deals with the direct use of solar cell arrays to supply DC motors driving mechanical loads, without sophisticated interfacing circuitry. The motor´s voltage-current curves depend on the motor type and on the load´s torque speed characteristic. A direct procedure is applied for selecting the motor type and its magnetic parameters yielding optimal matching. The matching problem is reduced from the analysis in the voltage-current plane to the mapping of the motor´s ideal magnetic characteristic on a new plane relating the motor flux and its armature current

Keywords

DC motors; curve fitting; load (electric); machine theory; magnetic flux; optimisation; photovoltaic power systems; solar cell arrays; DC motor load matching; PV power systems; armature current; ideal magnetic characteristic; mechanical load driving; motor flux; motor magnetic parameters; optimal matching; photovoltaic solar arrays; solar cell arrays; torque speed characteristic; voltage-current curve; Circuits; DC motors; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic flux; Optimal matching; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Torque; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines and Systems, 2001. ICEMS 2001. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shenyang

Print_ISBN

7-5062-5115-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEMS.2001.970759

Filename

970759