Title :
PV batteries and charge controllers: technical issues, costs, and market trends
Author :
Hammond, R.L. ; Turpin, J.F. ; Corey, G.P. ; Hund, T.D. ; Harrington, S.R.
Author_Institution :
Arizona State Univ., Phoenix, AZ, USA
fDate :
29 Sep-3 Oct 1997
Abstract :
A survey of US system integrators, charge controller manufacturers, and battery manufacturers was conducted in 1996 to determine market and application trends. This survey was sponsored by the US Dept. Of Energy. Results from 21 system integrators show a 1995 PV battery sales of $4.76 million. Using the survey results, a top down market analysis was conducted with a total predicted US battery market of $34.7 million and a world wide market of US$302 million. The survey also indicated that 71% (of dollars) were spent on VRLA and 29% on flooded lead-acid batteries. Eighty percent of charge controllers were ON-OFF, vs. PWM or constant voltage
Keywords :
battery chargers; economics; lead; photovoltaic power systems; secondary cells; ON-OFF charge controllers; PV batteries; PWM; Pb; US Deptartment Of Energy; US battery market; US system integrators; VRLA; charge controllers; constant voltage; costs; flooded lead-acid batteries; market trends; technical issues; top down market analysis; valve regulated lead acid batteries; Batteries; Control systems; Costs; Energy storage; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Pulse width modulation; Thumb; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3767-0
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1997.654296
