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Syllabus
- Introduction
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Course Introduction and Overview 2 min
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Real-World Solar Example Applications and Discussion (vision) 3 min
- Solar Fundamentals
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Terminology 3 min
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How a Solar Cell Works 3 min
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Types of Solar Cell Wafers 4 min
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MPPT: Maximum Power Point Tracking 17 min
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Wafers, Panels and Arrays - Types of Wafers 3 min
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Array Topologies for Maximum Power 3 min
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Reading and Interpreting Panel Specifications 4 min
- Sizing the Battery & Solar System
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Requirements and Strategy 5 min
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Sizing the Battery 3 min
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Sizing the Solar Array 5 min
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Full System Requirements 1 min
- MPPT Methods and Charging
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Introduction 1 min
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Perturb and Observe 4 min
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Incremental Conductance 5 min
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Open Circuit Voltage 2 min
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Short Circuit Current 2 min
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Chapter Summary 1 min
- Advanced Charger Design Topics
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Topology Selection 1 min
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Closing the Inner Loop 6 min
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Battery Disconnect 3 min
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MPPT vs. Charge State 1 min
- Evaluation Boards and Demos
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Eval Boards Introduction 1 min
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1W Harvester: Hysteretic Buck/Boost Charger 4 min
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20W Dual Input Charger (Solar/Automotive) 6 min
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400W Sync-Buck Charger 7 min
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220W Solar Micro-Inverter 3 min
- Conclusion
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Wrap-up 1 min
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Additional Material
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Charging Batteries from Solar
This class will help you understand how to deal with the dynamic impedance of solar cells, apply power-point tracking algorithms, sizing your battery and solar array, and negotiating between tracking efficiency vs. the charge waveform required by your battery chemistry. (Jan 2022)
Charging batteries from solar efficiently is much more complicated than typical battery charging. This class will help you understand how to deal with the dynamic impedance of solar cells, apply power-point tracking algorithms, sizing your battery and solar array, and negotiating between tracking efficiency vs. the charge waveform required by your battery chemistry. Numerous reference designs will be discussed covering uW to kW DC-DC charging and DC-AC micro-inverters.