Masters Thesis

Characterization of a Photovoltaic System

The purpose of this project is to obtain a characteristic equation for the power transfer between a photovoltaic system and the battery (or batteries) being charged. In most applications, a charge controller is used to regulate the power input into the battery and protect it from overcharging. The relation between the power output from the solar panels and power input to the battery is the goal of this project. This relation is defined by the Transfer Function between the solar panels and battery. The charge controller is treated as a black box; hence no analysis of its internal circuit will be done. Once the Transfer Function is determined, it will be possible to predict the power input into a system of batteries from a given system of solar panels.

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