Solar energy based micro-inverters are becoming more popular. Each solar panel in a system has its own low power inverter, its possibility to shading and PV cell malfunction is less. The micro-inverter is the integration of inverter and PV module in one electrical device. Micro-inverters convert the DC power from one PV module (solar panel) to the AC grid, and are designed for an output power i...

Solar energy offers a pollution free and sustainable means of harvesting energy directly from the sun. Considerable effort has been directed toward maximizing the efficiency of end-to-end solar systems, including the design of photovoltaic cells [15, 26], engineering new photovoltaic architectures and materials [24], and solar tracking systems [4]. Solar tracking is especially important for max...

1,2Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Durgapur, West Bengal, India 3Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Durgapur, West Bengal, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------AbstractThis paper presents the design of photovoltaic module, where the panel is construct...

To take advantage of applications where both light and vibration energy are available, a hybrid indoor ambient light and vibration energy harvesting scheme is proposed in this paper. This scheme uses only one power conditioning circuit to condition the combined output power harvested from both energy sources so as to reduce the power dissipation. In order to more accurately predict the instanta...

This paper shows the potential system benefits of simple tracking solar system using a stepper motor and light sensor. This method is increasing power collection efficiency by developing a device that tracks the sun to keep the panel at a right angle to its rays. A solar tracking system is designed, implemented and experimentally tested. The design details and the experimental results are shown...

Salah satu sumber energi baru dan tetbarukan yang mudah sekali dikembangkan adalah melalui Solar Cell atau lebih dikenal dengan photovoltaic. sendiri pada umumnya hanya mengandalkan cahaya dihasilkan oleh matahari sedangkan tidak saja akan tetapi lampu penerangan ruanganpun bisa dimanfaatkan untuk pemabngkitan menggunakan Dalam makalah ini mencoba Melakukan pembangkitan photovoltaic memanfaatka...

A novel theory of acoustics in solar energy supporting the principle of source and sink of solar energy is presented. The significance of the theory is in ascertaining the aftermaths of turning off solar energy. An amplifier constituting of a parallel plate photovoltaic device connected to a potentiometer is illustrated. It was constructed with a pair of glass coated photovoltaic modules and po...