TY - GEN
T1 - Reconfigurable three dimensional photovoltaic panel architecture for solar-powered time extension
AU - Shin, Donghwa
AU - Chang, Naehyuck
AU - Wang, Yanzhi
AU - Pedram, Massoud
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the 2014 Yeungnam University Research Grant and Brain Korea 21 Plus Project, Department of Computer Engineering, Yeungnam University, under Grant 214C000068. This work was also supported by the Center for Integrated Smart Sensors funded by Science, ICT & Future Planning as Global Frontier Project (CISS-2011-0031863) and the National Research Foundation of Korea under Grant NRF-2014-023320.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/9/21
Y1 - 2015/9/21
N2 - Photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems are usually accompanied by battery to bridge the gap between the generation and load demand. Solar tracking is also used to enhance the power stability and increase the amount of collected energy from the Sun. However, battery and tracking devices significantly increase the system cost, and they are subject to wear and tear, which makes maintenance-free installation challenging. In this work, we conduct the design optimization of a twofold three dimensional PV panel for solar-powered systems. With the proposed three dimensional arrangement, we extend the solar-powered time of the target application that is powered only with solar power. Experimental results show that the proposed architecture and control method extend the service time of the target system by up to 23% compared to a non-reconfigurable flat panel with the same PV panel area.
AB - Photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems are usually accompanied by battery to bridge the gap between the generation and load demand. Solar tracking is also used to enhance the power stability and increase the amount of collected energy from the Sun. However, battery and tracking devices significantly increase the system cost, and they are subject to wear and tear, which makes maintenance-free installation challenging. In this work, we conduct the design optimization of a twofold three dimensional PV panel for solar-powered systems. With the proposed three dimensional arrangement, we extend the solar-powered time of the target application that is powered only with solar power. Experimental results show that the proposed architecture and control method extend the service time of the target system by up to 23% compared to a non-reconfigurable flat panel with the same PV panel area.
KW - Photovoltaic
KW - reconfiguration
KW - solar tracking
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U2 - 10.1109/ISLPED.2015.7273526
DO - 10.1109/ISLPED.2015.7273526
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958550428
T3 - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design
SP - 273
EP - 278
BT - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, ISLPED 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 20th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, ISLPED 2015
Y2 - 22 July 2015 through 24 July 2015
ER -