Photovoltaics

Informationen zum Autor Professor Heinrich Häberlin, Engineering and Information Technology, Berne University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Professor Häberlin is the head of the photovoltaics laboratory at the Berne University of Applied Sciences (BFH). He obtained his academic degrees from the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, where he also worked several years as an assistant and assistant-in chief. After some years in the industry he took up his present appointment at BFH. He has been active in education and research in photovoltaic systems technology for about 20 years, has authored more than 125 scientific publications and is a member of Electrosuisse and IEC TC82, the international commission for PV standards. Translated by Herbert Eppel at HE Translations, Leicester, UK (https: //HETranslations.uk) DISCLAIMER: By including the link to this site, this does not mean the site is endorsed by Wiley Klappentext With the explosive growth in PV (photovoltaic) installations globally, the sector continues to benefit from important improvements in manufacturing technology and the increasing efficiency of solar cells. this timely handbook brings together all the latest design, layout and construction methods for entire PV plants in a single volume. Coverage includes procedures for the design of both stand-alone and grid-connected systems as well as practical guidance on typical operational scenarios and problems encountered for optimum PV plant performance. Key features: plant energy yield results from the author's own operational experience, with tables showing the measuring results of long-term monitoring data of up to 18 years and normalized representation of energy yield/production a discussion of the solar resource worldwide detailed treatment of the design and operation of solar cells for the reader to appreciate possible technical developments and improvements in the future a description of PV plant components such as solar modules, solar generators, accumulators, charge controllers and inverters, with emphasis on their optimum co-operation in the entire PV system in order to obtain the maximum possible energy yield and reliability in-depth coverage of the principles of lightning and overvoltage protection of PV plants guidelines on how to calculate the yield of grid-connected PV plants and the data needed for the calculations used in man locations across Europe, Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australia problems and solutions for engineers and advanced students to test their knowledge This comprehensive resource will benefit electrical engineer and other electrical professionals in PV systems, especially designers and installers of PV plants or the product manufacturing and testing supply chain. Advanced students on renewable energy courses will find this useful background reading and it will be an invaluable desk reference for PV plant builders and owners. Zusammenfassung With the explosive growth in PV (photovoltaic) installations globally! the sector continues to benefit from important improvements in manufacturing technology and the increasing efficiency of solar cells! this timely handbook brings together all the latest design! layout and construction methods for entire PV plants in a single volume. Inhaltsverzeichnis 19246133 ...

Klappentext

With the explosive growth in PV (photovoltaic) installations globally, the sector continues to benefit from important improvements in manufacturing technology and the increasing efficiency of solar cells. this timely handbook brings together all the latest design, layout and construction methods for entire PV plants in a single volume. Coverage includes procedures for the design of both stand-alone and grid-connected systems as well as practical guidance on typical operational scenarios and problems encountered for optimum PV plant performance. Key features:

• plant energy yield results from the author's own operational experience, with tables showing the measuring results of long-term monitoring data of up to 18 years and normalized representation of energy yield/production
• a discussion of the solar resource worldwide
• detailed treatment of the design and operation of solar cells for the reader to appreciate possible technical developments and improvements in the future
• a description of PV plant components such as solar modules, solar generators, accumulators, charge controllers and inverters, with emphasis on their optimum co-operation in the entire PV system in order to obtain the maximum possible energy yield and reliability
• in-depth coverage of the principles of lightning and overvoltage protection of PV plants
• guidelines on how to calculate the yield of grid-connected PV plants and the data needed for the calculations used in man locations across Europe, Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australia

• problems and solutions for engineers and advanced students to test their knowledge
  This comprehensive resource will benefit electrical engineer and other electrical professionals in PV systems, especially designers and installers of PV plants or the product manufacturing and testing supply chain. Advanced students on renewable energy courses will find this useful background reading and it will be an invaluable desk reference for PV plant builders and owners.

Inhalt
1 Introduction. 1.1 Photovoltaics - what's it all about? 1.2 Overview of this book. 1.3 A brief glossary of key photovoltaics terms. 1.4 Recommended guide values for estimating photovoltaic system potential. 1.5 Use case exercises. 1.6 Bibliography for this chapter. 2 Key properties of solar radiation. 2.1 Sun and Earth. 2.2 Extraterrestrial radiation. 2.3 Radiation on the horizontal plane of the Earth's surface. 2.4 Simple method for calculating solar radiation on inclined surfaces. 2.5 Radiation calculation for an inclined surface using the three-component model. 2.6 Approximate annual energy yield for grid-coupled PV systems. 2.7 What is solar radiation? 2.8 Solar radiation measurement. 2.9 Bibliography for this chapter. 3 Solar cells: their design engineering and operating principles. 3.1 The internal photoelectric effect in semiconductors. 3.2 A brief account of semiconductor theory. 3.3 The solar cell: a specialized semiconductor diode with a large barrier layer that is exposed to light. 3.4 Solar cell efficiency. 3.5 The most important types of solar cells and the attendant manufacturing methods. 3.6 Bifacial solar cells. 3.7 Use case exercises. 3.8 Bibliography for this chapter. 4 Solar modules and solar generators. 4.1 Solar modules. 4.2 Potential solar cell wiring problems. 4.3 Interconnection of solar modules and solar generators. 4.4 Solar generator power loss resulting from partial shading and mismatch loss. 4.5 Solar generator structure. 4.6 Use case exercises. 4.7 Bibliography for this chapter. 5 Photovoltaic energy systems. 5.1 Stand-alone PV systems. 5.2 Grid-coupled PV systems. 5.3 Bibliography for this chapter. 6 Protecting PV installations against lightning. 6.1 Probability of direct lightning strikes. 6.2 Parameters for and the main effects lightning strikes. 6.3 Basic principles of lightning protection. 6.4 Breaking lightning current down into smaller current flows. 6.5 Potential increases; equipotential bonding. 6.6 Lightning current-induced voltages and current. 6.7 PV installation lightning protection experiments. 6.8 Optimal sizing of PV installation lightning protection devices. 6.9 Recommendations for PV installation lightning protection. 6.1 Summary and further comments. 6.11 Bibliography for this chapter. 7 Standardized presentation modalities for PV installation energy yield and power output. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Standardized yield, loss and performance ratio. 7.3 Standardized graphics for standardized yields and losses. 7.4 Standardized PV installation outputs. 7.5 Anomaly detection using various ty…