Operating experience with the natural bridges national monument photovoltaic power system

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6428011

Solman, F. J.; Grossman, B. L.

The 100-kW photovoltaic power system at Natural Bridges National Monument in southwestern Utah has been in operation since May 1980. A comparison of system simulation with actual operation has been performed, good agreement has been found, and results are presented. In addition, conservation measures and their benefits are described. Operating experience with the system is presented, including measured component performance of the arrays, batteries, inverters, and system overhead loads.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Lexington (USA). Lincoln Lab.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ET20279
• OSTI ID: 6428011
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/20279-135; CONF-810526-15
• Resource Relation: Conference: 15. IEEE PV specialists conference, Orlando, FL, USA, 11 May 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COST
EFFICIENCY
INVERTERS
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
MAINTENANCE
OPERATION
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
VALIDATION
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
POWER SUPPLIES
SIMULATION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING
140600* - Solar Energy- Photovoltaic Power Systems