- Part I – Photovoltaic Cell Overview
This article is the first in a series of 3 tutorials on assessing the performance of photovoltaic cells through I-V characterization. This series includes an overview of PV cells, and describes the theory behind I-V characterization.
- Part II – Photovoltaic Cell I-V Characterization Theory and LabVIEW Analysis Toolkit
This article is the second in a series of 3 tutorials on assessing the performance of photovoltaic cells through I-V characterization. This series includes an overview of PV cells, and describes the theory behind I-V characterization. The tutorials also include an example setup using National Instruments hardware and a free downloadable library of LabVIEW code for performing the I-V analysis.
- Tutorial: Power Quality Monitoring and Power Metering
This tutorial provides an overview of three phase electricity basics and then discusses three of the most common power quality events: leading/lagging power, saq/swell/interruptions, and harmonics.
- Case Study: Development of an Integrated Data-Acquisition System for Renewable Energy Sources Systems Monitoring
Data-acquisition systems are widely used in renewable energy source (RES) applications in order to collect data regarding the installed system performance, for evaluation purposes. Read about the development of a computer-based system for RES systems monitoring using NI LabVIEW.
- Case Study: Development of a LabVIEW-Based Test Facility for Standalone PV Systems
Read about the development of a prototype standalone PV system, which involves the integration of a personal computer (PC), data acquisition (DAQ), a battery array and a solar array simulator (SAS) to create a standalone PV system and to test and simulate the system.
- Case Study: Thermomax Tests Evacuated Tube Solar Collectors Using NI LabVIEW and FieldPoint
See how Thermomax created premium-quality equipment for efficient and economical conversion of solar radiation into thermal energy using National Instruments FieldPoint, LabVIEW, LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control (DSC) Module, and motion control.
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