Design and system level performance of a battery charge regulator for solar photovoltaic powered aids to navigation. Technical report

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5565276

Allen, W E

The U.S. Coast Guard will install 25 experimental battery charge regulators in photovoltaic solar powered aids to navigation in the Boston area during 1981. These regulators, designed and fabricated at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, were specifically designed to match the electrical characteristics of the solar array and batteries to be used. The regulator, a series high/low rate type using a FET switch, has undergone extensive system level testing. This report documents the design characteristics of the regulator and reports the results obtained in rooftop system-level tests.

• Research Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD (USA). Applied Physics Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5565276
• Report Number(s): PB-82-106824
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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