A novel PC based solar electric panel simulator

Author

Kulkarni, Subhash S. ; Thean, Cham Yew ; Kong, Au Wing

Author_Institution

Temasek Eng. Sch., Temasek Polytech., Singapore

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

17-20 Nov. 2003

Firstpage

848

Abstract

With falling prices of solar cells, usage of solar electric energy is on the rise for various applications including remote area power supply. Manufacturers of solar electric equipment often test their equipment in factory on ordinary DC power supply. If given a chance, they would surely like to test it on solar panel to certify their product such as maximum power tracker. A simple visual C++ program can give an excellent graphic user interface (GUI) and control normal DC power supply output using PC printer port to exactly simulate solar panel characteristics.

Keywords

C++ language; data acquisition; graphical user interfaces; microcomputers; power control; solar power; switched mode power supplies; DC power supply; GUI; PC printer port; PC solar electric panel simulator; SMPS; computer control; data acquisition; graphic user interface; power control; power tracker; remote area power supply; solar cells; solar electric energy; solar electric equipment; switched mode power supply; visual C++ program; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Data acquisition; Mesh generation; Photovoltaic cells; Power generation; Printers; Solar power generation; Switched-mode power supply; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 2003. PEDS 2003. The Fifth International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7885-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.2003.1283077

Filename

1283077