Operating experience with the natural bridges national monument photovoltaic power system
Conference
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OSTI ID:6428011
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
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140600* -- Solar Energy-- Photovoltaic Power Systems
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COST
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
INVERTERS
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
MAINTENANCE
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
POWER SUPPLIES
SIMULATION
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING
VALIDATION
140600* -- Solar Energy-- Photovoltaic Power Systems
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COST
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
INVERTERS
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
MAINTENANCE
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
POWER SUPPLIES
SIMULATION
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING
VALIDATION