State of the Art in Solar Cell Arrays for Space Electrical Power Presented as Preprint 64-738 at the Third Biennial Aerospace Power Systems Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., September 1-4, 1964. The authors wish to thank Brian T. Cunningham, John V. Goldsmith, and Robert K. Yasui for providing data and informative discussions pertaining to the contents of this paper.

Currently, the world has a lot of research and practical application of intelligent building systems integrated with intelligent power systems. Because Vietnam is a country with potential for solar energy, the integrator of solar energy is being strongly developed. However, the research result of the optimization of electrical energy used by the intelligent type solar integration is rare. This paper presents the design and structure of the module of intelligent control and monitoring via wireless network integrated with the automatic solar concentration system. The system allows easy connection and operation of all electrical power sources including the dispersal solar power to ensure the efficient and lower power consumption. In addition, the solar cell system is applied the Maximum Power Point Tracking technique (MPPT), which helps to stabilize and improve the power generation efficiency of the PV panels. The test results on the module showed absorption performance of automatic solar-cell flat plate systems is raised by 20-30% and power consumption in small households reduced approximately 30%.

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Electrical Power Generation System Requirements for a Logistics Spacecraft Presented as Preprint 64-720 at the Third Biennial Aerospace Power Systems Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., September 1-4, 1964.

Progress in Astronautics and Rocketry - Space Power Systems Engineering ◽

10.1016/b978-1-4832-3056-6.50017-7 ◽

1966 ◽

pp. 323-334

Author(s):

C. Dale Haines

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Power Systems ◽

Electrical Power Generation ◽

Electrical Power ◽

Generation System ◽

The Third ◽

System Requirements ◽

Power Generation System

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State of the Art in Solar Cell Arrays for Space Electricl Power

Space Power Systems Engineering ◽

10.2514/5.9781600864902.1005.1032 ◽

1966 ◽

pp. 1005-1032

Keyword(s):

Solar Cell ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Cell Arrays

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An Overview of Photovoltaic Power Systems

Volume 2: Solar Energy ◽

10.1115/79-sol-12 ◽

1979 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

C. E. Backus

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Power Systems ◽

Low Cost ◽

Development Program ◽

The United States ◽

Cell Arrays ◽

Output Concentration ◽

The Cost ◽

Multiple Cells

The United States is supporting a very aggressive research and development program in the field of photovoltaics. The goals of this program are to reduce the cost of solar cell arrays to a capital cost of 50¢/peak watt by the year 1986. The long-term goals are to achieve 10 to 30¢/peak watt by 1990 or 2000. The photovoltaic community is optimistic that the 1986 goals will be met with the use of silicon solar cells. The longer term goal may require the development of new thin film photovoltaic devices. As the price of solar cell arrays continues to decrease; the number of applications that are economically justified increases. The present production rates of photovoltaic arrays are close to 1 MW of production per year. The maximum expected efficiencies of 20 to 25 percent have already been achieved. Thus, cost reduction must come about through producing cells per unit area more cheaply. A separate alternative for producing low cost electricity from solar cells is to concentrate sunlight onto the cell, thus reducing the area of the cell per unit electrical output. Concentration systems also make available the option of using multiple cells to increase the overall conversion of sunlight to electricity. One two-cell concentration system has already demonstrated 28.5 percent efficiency.

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