Construction and realisation of measurement system in a radiation field of 10 standard suns.

• Main Author: Makineni, Anil Kumar
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi och medier 2012
• Subjects: Solar cell; Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET); I-V characteristics; cooling system; solar cell clamp system; LabVIEW; Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-17209

A measurement system is to be presented, which is used to obtain the I-V characteristics of a solar cell and to track its temperature during irra-diation before mounting it into a complete array/module. This project presents both the design and implementation of an Electronic load for testing the solar cell under field conditions of 10000 W/m^2, which is able to provide current versus voltage and power versus voltage charac-teristics of a solar cell using a software based model developed in Lab-VIEW. An efficient water cooling method which includes a heat pipe array system is also suggested. This thesis presents the maximum power tracking of a solar cell and the corresponding voltage and current values. In addition, the design of the clamp system provides an easy means of replacing the solar cell during testing.Keywords: Solar cell, Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET), I-V characteristics, cooling system, solar cell clamp system, LabVIEW, Graphical User Interface (GUI).