Solar Power Production

As solar power production becomes more and more affordable for residential applications, no wonder the number of installations worldwide is blooming. So comes the need to train qualified technicians in understanding and maintaining these systems.

Our solar power learning solutions come in modular packages that will fit your training needs starting with the fundamentals of photovoltaic panels and how they work all the way to actual photovoltaic energy production systems operating in stand-alone or grid-tied operation.

Computerized tools made for learning

To guide students through their learning path, Festo Didactic provides state-of-the-art data acquisition tools for easy, safe and fast measurements in order to speed up the setup time but also reduce the downtime of using standard measuring instruments. The Data Acquisition and Control Interface comes also with an oscilloscope, a phasor analyser, a data table and a graph on specifically designed software optimized for learning purposes.

Features

- Flexible packages for specific training and budget needs

- A4 form factors

- Modular approach giving opportunity to combine these packages with other topics

- New and safer grounding methods between the modules

- Solar Panel Emulator for experiments requiring more power

- Two types of inverters: PWM and MPPT

- Top of the line data acquisition and control interface designed for learning purposes

Training Content:

- The Diode

- The Solar Panel (Photovoltaic Panel)

- Effect of Temperature on Solar

- Panel Performance

- Storing Energy from Solar Panels into Batteries (optional)

- Effect of Shading on Solar Panel Operation

- Solar Panel Orientation

- Solar Panel Performance versus Insolation

- Stand-Alone PV Systems for DC Loads

- Use of an MPPT Charge Controller in Stand-Alone PV Systems

- Stand-Alone PV Systems for AC Loads

- Grid-Tied PV Systems

List of components:

- 1x 12 V Lead-Acid Batteries

- 1x Solar Panel Test Bench

- 1x Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Panel

- 1x DC 48 V Lamps

- 1x AC 230 V Lamps

- 2x 1 AC Energy Meter

- 1x 48 V Lead-Acid Battery Pack

- 1x DC 48 V PWM Charge Controller

- 1x DC 48 V MPPT Charge Controller

- 1x Single-Phase Power Supply

- 1x AC 24 V Power Supply

- 1x 1 AC 230 V Stand-Alone Inverter

- 1x 1 AC 230 V Grid-Tied Inverter

- 1x 4-Quadrant Power Supply and Dynamometer Controller (including Manual and Computer-Based Control)

- 1x Firmware Function (4Q Dynamometer/Power Supply): Pb-Acid Battery Charger

- 1x Data Acquisition and Control Interface (including computer-based instrumentation for 2x current inputs and 2x voltage inputs)