New experimental method for measuring power characteristics of photovoltaic cells at given light irradiation

Author

Varga, A. ; Racz, Ervin ; Kadar, Peter

Author_Institution

Doctoral Sch. of Appl. Inf., Obuda Univ., Budapest, Hungary

fYear

2013

fDate

23-25 May 2013

Firstpage

405

Lastpage

409

Abstract

U-I characteristics - or electric power - as function of electrical voltage or current - of a solar panel (PV cell or panel) gives important information for developers, engineers and users. From this reason to get U-I plot or characterization of the electric power of a solar panel plays important role at the tests. In this paper a new and easy experimental method for U-I measurement (indirectly measured electric power data) for PV cells will be introduced. The new idea describes a simple, fast and reliable way how to get U-I characteristics - or power properties - of PV cells in a laboratory at a university using basic experimental tools.

Keywords

electric current measurement; photovoltaic cells; power measurement; solar cells; voltage measurement; PV cell; UI characteristics; UI measurement; electric power; electrical voltage; light irradiation; photovoltaic cells; power characteristics; power properties; solar panel; Current measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Photovoltaic cells; Power measurement; Resistance; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), 2013 IEEE 8th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Timisoara

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6397-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SACI.2013.6609008

Filename

6609008