Renewable Energy Laboratory for Lighting Systems

TL;DR

This paper introduces a photovoltaic solar energy workstation designed for educational purposes, enabling students to study and monitor solar energy parameters for lighting systems using virtual instrumentation.

Contribution

It presents a specialized system utilizing LabWindows CVI for studying photovoltaic energy in lighting, with plans to incorporate remote monitoring capabilities.

Findings

Effective virtual instrumentation implementation for solar energy study

Facilitates educational understanding of photovoltaic parameters

Future remote monitoring features planned

Abstract

Nowadays, the electric lighting is an important part of our lives and also represents a significant part of the electric power consumption. Alternative solutions such as renewable energy applied in this domain are thus welcomed. This paper presents a workstation conceived for the study of photovoltaic solar energy for lighting systems by students of power engineering and civil engineering faculty. The proposed system is realized to study the generated photovoltaic solar energy parameters for lighting systems. For an easier way to study the most relevant parameters virtual instrumentation is implemented. National Instruments LabWindows CVI environment is used as a platform for virtual instrumentation. For future developments remote communication feature intends to be added on which currently remote monitoring of solar photovoltaic energy and electric energy parameters are monitored.