DOE and AID stand-alone photovoltaic activities. Status report
The NASA Lewis Research Center (LeRC) is managing stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system activities sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the US Agency for International Development (AID). The DOE project includes village PV power demonstration projects in Gabon (four sites) and the Marshall Islands, PV-powered medical refrigerators in six countries, PV system microprocessor control development activities and PV-hybrid system assessments. The AID project includes a large village systen in Tunisia, a water pumping/grain grinding project in Upper Volta, five medical clinics in four countries, PV-powered medical refrigerator field tests in eighteen countries and one PV-powered remote earth station application. This paper reviews these PV activities and summarizes significant findings to date.
- Research Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (USA). Lewis Research Center
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI01-76ET20485
- OSTI ID:
- 6029423
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NASA/20485-15; NASA-TM-83374; CONF-830622-12; ON: DE83013135
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AFRICA
COMMINUTION
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
COMPUTERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FIELD TESTS
GABON
GRINDING
ISLANDS
MACHINING
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICRONESIA
MICROPROCESSORS
OCEANIA
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
POWER SUPPLIES
PUMPS
REFRIGERATORS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SATELLITES
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING
TUNISIA
UPPER VOLTA
WATER PUMPS