Design, fabrication and evaluation of solar irradiation meter

Author

Bharadwaj, Pallavi ; John, Vinod

Author_Institution

Dept. Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Measurement of solar irradiation finds extensive use in photovoltaic(PV) panel characterisation and efficiency estimation. A solar cell based light irradiation meter provides better dynamic performance and is cost effective as compared to a thermopile based pyranometer. To predict the output of a PV panel accurately, it is important to match the spectral response of solar cell sensor with PV panel. Monocrystalline and polycrystalline silicon solar cell based irradiation meters have been developed in laboratory. Their relative performance is evaluated under different irradiation and temperature conditions and calibrated against standard commercial solar irradiation meter with good results.

Keywords

optical sensors; solar cells; sunlight; thermopiles; PV panel characterisation; PV panel efficiency estimation; light irradiation meter; photovoltaic panel characterisation; polycrystalline silicon solar cell; solar cell sensor; solar irradiation meter; thermopile based pyranometer; Current measurement; Laboratories; Photovoltaic cells; Radiation effects; Short-circuit currents; Standards; Temperature measurement; Solar; irradiation; monocrystalline; photovoltaic; polycrystalline; pyranometer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6372-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDES.2014.7041993

Filename

7041993