Publication detail

Photovoltaic Battery Charger with Sun Tracking

KNOB, M. KUFA, J.

Original Title

Photovoltaic Battery Charger with Sun Tracking

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper describes the design of a photovoltaic battery charger. The charger can track the sun and tilt the panel in azimuth and elevation. The device includes an Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) regulator to maximise the energy from the photovoltaic panel. This photovoltaic charger is designed for Li-ion batteries and is equipped with appropriate battery protection. The system is battery-powered and therefore energy self-sufficient. Another purpose of the device is to measure accurate data for further processing. It will measure the energy consumption required for its operation and the energy produced by the photovoltaic panel. The device communicates wirelessly via Wi-Fi and sends the measured data to the Thingspeak server.

Keywords

Photovoltaic panel, tracker, MPPT regulator, battery, charger, microcontroller, construction

Authors

KNOB, M.; KUFA, J.

Released

25. 4. 2023

Publisher

Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-6154-3

Book

Proceedings II of the 29th Conference STUDENT EEICT 2023 Selected Papers

Edition

1

ISBN

2788-1334

Periodical

Proceedings II of the Conference STUDENT EEICT

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

73

Pages to

76

Pages count

4

URL

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT183366,
  author="Martin {Knob} and Jan {Kufa}",
  title="Photovoltaic Battery Charger with Sun Tracking",
  booktitle="Proceedings II of the 29th Conference STUDENT EEICT 2023 Selected Papers",
  year="2023",
  series="1",
  journal="Proceedings II of the Conference STUDENT EEICT",
  pages="73--76",
  publisher="Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication",
  address="Brno",
  doi="10.13164/eeict.2023.73",
  isbn="978-80-214-6154-3",
  issn="2788-1334",
  url="https://www.eeict.cz/eeict_download/archiv/sborniky/EEICT_2023_sbornik_2_v2.pdf"
}