Course: Photovoltaics in automotive engineering

Includes:

Experiment board with the following features:

• 4 Monocrystalline solar modules, 6 V/40 mA
• 1 Solar rechargeable battery 12 V/1.2 Ah
• Integrated charging regulator with microcontroller, deep discharge protection and excess voltage protection
• 12-V PC fan and 12-V built-in LED indicator to act as fixed loads
• Variable load for recording characteristics
• Dimmable 120-W reflector lamp
• CD-ROM with Labsoft browser and course software

Training contents:

• Functioning principle and method of operation of solar cells
• Meaning of terms "solar radiation" and "solar constant"
• Various types of solar cell
• Methods of manufacture for solar cells
• Circuit designs for solar cells
• Recording the characteristic for a solar module
• How current and voltage from a solar module depend on temperature, radiation intensity and angle of incidence
• Design of a solar rechargeable battery
• Energy storage in a solar rechargeable battery
• Various types of solar plant
• Design of an insular power network with a rechargeable battery
• Course duration: 4.5 h approx.