Small Scale PV Monitoring System Software Design

被引:17
作者
Anwari, Makbul [1 ]
Dom, Murtadza Md [2 ]
Rashid, M. I. M. [3 ]
机构
[1] Umm Al Qura Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia
[2] Siemens Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
[3] Univ Malaya, Dept Elect Engn, Pahang, Malaysia
来源
PROCEEDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART GRID AND CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES (ICSGCE 2011) | 2011年 / 12卷
关键词
Monitoring; LabVIEW; Photovoltaic;
D O I
10.1016/j.egypro.2011.10.079
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Photovoltaic system installation is a costly venture. Due to this, valuable information from the system such as the efficiency, performance and energy produced are mostly required by the user. Thus, developing a small scale photovoltaic monitoring system give the user vital information on the return of investment of the installation. In this design, a small scale photovoltaic monitoring system using PIC16F877a microcontroller and LabVIEW is designed and developed. PIC microcontroller is chosen for the cost effectiveness of it. Research is done on how to monitor the data using the analog to digital conversion of the microcontroller and also data storage and transmission using LabVIEW. The developed system is able to simulate and monitor the photovoltaic array voltage and photovoltaic array ampere drawn from the system. Additional data from the environment such as ambient temperature and solar irradiance data is also simulated and monitored. The monitoring software is developed using LabVIEW. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC).
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