Title :
Solar Battery Chargers for NiMH Batteries
Author :
Boico, Florent ; Lehman, Brad ; Shujaee, Khalil
Author_Institution :
Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA
Abstract :
This paper proposes new solar battery chargers for NiMH batteries. Used with portable solar panels, existing charge control methods are shown to fail in changing environmental conditions. This article discusses the reasons for the failure and introduces new voltage and temperature based charge control techniques. To increase charge speed, a maximum power point tracker is also implemented within the micro-controller of the proposed charger
Keywords :
battery chargers; microcontrollers; nickel; secondary cells; solar cells; Ni; NiMH batteries; charge control methods; charge control techniques; maximum power point tracker; microcontroller; portable solar panels; solar battery chargers; Batteries; Lighting; Photovoltaic systems; Robustness; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Switches; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2005. PESC '05. IEEE 36th
Conference_Location :
Recife
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9033-4
DOI :
10.1109/PESC.2005.1581616
