System design of a photovoltaic flat-panel applications experiment at Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida. Final report
The detailed system design for a photovoltaic roof shingle module installation at Busch Gardens, Tampa, FL, (also known as the Dark Continent) is discussed. This installation of 4312 shingle solar cell modules of a second-generation design, which was developed under this contract, produces 29.5 kW of peak output at 237 Vdc under Standard Operating Conditions (SOC) with an NOCT at 61/sup 0/C. With a total gross roof area of 330.7 m/sup 2/, this installation yields an areal specific power output of 89.2 watt/m/sup 2/ at SOC. The system which uses an improved, low loss direct-coupled, line-commutated inverter controlled to operate the solar array maximum power operating point, delivers 208Y/120 volt, 3 phase ac in parallel with the Busch Gardens distribution network. The calculated annual ac energy m/sup 2/. The resulting overall system conversion efficiency of 9.2% is considered high for a system using large area circular solar cells.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Philadelphia, PA (USA). Valley Forge Space Center
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-78ET23056
- OSTI ID:
- 5398076
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/23056-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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140600* -- Solar Energy-- Photovoltaic Power Systems
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES
EVALUATION
FABRICATION
FLORIDA
INTERFERENCE
INVERTERS
LIGHTNING
MAINTENANCE
NOISE
NORTH AMERICA
PERFORMANCE
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
PLANNING
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
POWER SUPPLIES
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOUTHEAST REGION
SPECIFICATIONS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
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