Development of an IV-curve tester with solar tracker capability and temperature measurement module for characterization of SIKAT solar panels

• Main Authors: Areza, Timothy Johans S., Navarro, Kenneth Lawrence C., Romey, Elijah Manuel M., Tee, John Darell C., Teh, Gerard Lorenz Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Solar vehicles; Solar energy; Photovoltaic power generation; Electrical and Electronics; Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10511
• Institution: De La Salle University

The study aims to characterize the SIKAT II solar panels and identify their actual performances under different types of conditions that is present in the car such as temperature, angle displacement, dirt and cell shadowing The group developed an IV Curve Tester module to measure different component...