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Versatile high-fidelity photovoltaic module emulation system

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Naehyuck Chang,

Massoud Pedram,

Soohee HanAuthors Info & Claims

ISLPED '11: Proceedings of the 17th IEEE/ACM international symposium on Low-power electronics and design

Pages 91 - 96

Published: 01 August 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Photovoltaic (PV) cells are promising endurable renewable power sources that do not include mechanical components, which are subject to wear and tear. However, actual development of a solar-powered system requires elaborated design processes to find the best setup including location determination and development of a maximum power point tracking method, which requires numerous on-site experiments. This paper introduces a versatile PV module emulation system, which can cover a range of different PV modules and environmental conditions. We provide an accurate parameter characterization methodology with nonlinear curve fitting to minimize the model discrepancy over the entire operating range. The proposed PV module emulation system includes a pilot PV cell, temperature sensors, an accelerometer, and a magnetic sensor, and provides features for the PV module characterization and emulation modes. Experimental results show significant improvement in the emulation accuracy, which comes from the advanced PV module characterization method as well as high-precision hardware and control.

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Versatile high-fidelity photovoltaic module emulation system
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
  2. Real-time systems

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ISLPED '11: Proceedings of the 17th IEEE/ACM international symposium on Low-power electronics and design

August 2011

434 pages

ISBN:9781612846606

General Chairs:
Naehyuck Chang
Seoul National University
,
Hiroshi Nakamura
The University of Tokyo
,
Koji Inoue
Kyushu University
,
Program Chairs:
Kenichi Osada
Hitachi
,
Massimo Poncino
Politecnico Di Torino

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ISLPED'11: International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design

August 1 - 3, 2011

Fukuoka, Japan

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2755753.2755758
Lin XWang YYue SChang NPedram MChou PHuang RXie YKarnik T(2013)A framework of concurrent task scheduling and dynamic voltage and frequency scaling in real-time embedded systems with energy harvestingProceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design10.5555/2648668.2648687(70-75)Online publication date: 4-Sep-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2648668.2648687
Lin XWang YZhu DChang NPedram MHu A(2012)Online fault detection and tolerance for photovoltaic energy harvesting systemsProceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design10.1145/2429384.2429386(1-6)Online publication date: 5-Nov-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2429384.2429386
Wang YLin XChang NPedram MShanbhag NPoncino MChou PAmerasekera A(2012)Dynamic reconfiguration of photovoltaic energy harvesting system in hybrid electric vehiclesProceedings of the 2012 ACM/IEEE international symposium on Low power electronics and design10.1145/2333660.2333688(109-114)Online publication date: 30-Jul-2012
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Lin XWang YYue SShin DChang NPedram MGroeneveld PSciuto DHassoun S(2012)Near-optimal, dynamic module reconfiguration in a photovoltaic system to combat partial shading effectsProceedings of the 49th Annual Design Automation Conference10.1145/2228360.2228452(516-521)Online publication date: 3-Jun-2012
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