Battery charge/solar array controller for a residential size photovoltaic power system

Technical Report · Wed Oct 31 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5861907· OSTI ID:5861907

Cadieux, R. N.

A controller has been designed to meet the initial requirements of an off-peak, utility-interactive solar photovoltaic power system now undergoing tests at MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Photovoltaic System Test Facility in Concord, Massachusetts. A physical description of the controller, an explanation of the control algorithm, a circuit description and the theory of operation are presented.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Lexington, MA (United States). Lincoln Lab.
• Sponsoring Organization: US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-4094
• OSTI ID: 5861907
• Report Number(s): COO-4094-62
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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