• DocumentCode
    3523918
  • Title

    Design of a low cost irradiance meter using a photovoltaic panel

  • Author

    Cruz-Colon, Joel ; Martinez-Mitjans, Luis ; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.

  • Author_Institution
    ECE Dept., Univ. of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3-8 June 2012
  • Abstract
    The purpose of this work is present a low cost irradiance (W/m2) meter using a solar cell. By the constant monitoring of the open circuit voltage and the short circuit current of the solar cell it is possible to calculate the effective irradiance. This work pretends to avoid the use of classical solar irradiance sensors (e.g. pyronometer), which are expensive. The instrument consists of a solar cell, a simple sensing circuit and a microcontroller.
  • Keywords
    meters; short-circuit currents; solar cells; constant monitoring; low cost irradiance meter design; microcontroller; open circuit voltage; photovoltaic panel; sensing circuit; short circuit current; solar cell; Current measurement; Integrated circuit modeling; Photovoltaic systems; Sensors; Temperature measurement; Voltage measurement; Irradiance; Pyronometer; Solar Cell;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2012 38th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Austin, TX
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0064-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318195
  • Filename
    6318195
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3523918