An Efficient and Intelligent Solar Charge Controller: Design and Prototyping
Keywords:
PWM, Charge controller, Cortex M3, Microcontroller, Solar batteryAbstract
Demand for alternative energy sources has increased incredibly due to the energy crisis in Pakistan. Photo voltaic system is one of the best solutions to cope with this crisis. Battery is a component of primary importance in these applications specifically in solar systems and it requires robust and efficient charging. This paper presents the design of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) based solar charge controller that prevents battery from damage. It controls flow of charges to the battery and the load such that scenarios like battery over charging, under charging and over voltages are avoided while providing power to the load. It also prevents the system from abnormal conditions such as over-current. The proposed system also displays state of battery on a LCD with two LEDs indicating the position of the system. Furthermore, a data acquisition system is also built to view state of the system on a computer. Results collected from the in-house fabricated prototype demonstrate effectiveness of the proposed system.
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alternative towards system efficiency optimization. IEEE International
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for standalone energy systems. International Conference on Electrical
Drives and Power Electronics, 2015, pp. 246-251.
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implementation of a micro controller based portable solar charge
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Renewable Energy Technology, 2016, pp. 1-5.
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Controller for dynamic charging from solar panels. IEEE Electrification
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controller using cuk converter. Australasian Universities Power
Engineering Conference, 2007, pp. 1-6.
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microcontroller based maximum power point PWM charge controller for
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photovoltaic application, 1st International Conference on Developments
in Renewable Energy Technology, 2009, pp. 1-4.
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microcontroller based maximum power point PWM charge controller for
photovoltaic application. 1st International Conference on Developments
in Renewable Energy Technology, 2009, pp. 1-4.
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controller with microcontroller based soft switching buck converter for
solar home lighting system. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics,
Drives and Energy Systems, 2012, pp. 1-6.
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battery charging from PV system microcontroller based. 22nd
International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications 2012,
pp. 111-116.
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Programming and Interface. 1st edition, 2015.
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Akram, I. (2017). An Efficient and Intelligent Solar Charge Controller: Design and Prototyping. University of Wah Journal of Science and Technology (UWJST), 1(1), 1–7. Retrieved from https://uwjst.org.pk/index.php/uwjst/article/view/3
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