TY - GEN
T1 - Maximum Power Point Tracking with Boost Converter for Solar Laptop Charger
AU - Matsebele, Thamsanqa Garth
AU - Longe, Omowunmi Mary
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Off-grid energy solution is becoming a necessity in our country with the unstable electricity supply from the utility provider. Laptop is an essential electronic appliance for individuals, schools and businesses, which you can't afford to be down on power. Remote areas are often challenged by consistent interrupted power supply, thereby delaying or hindering certain work that needs to be done with laptops. Hence, off-grid solar energy solutions is proposed to charge laptop batteries and various electronics with similar specifications for remote area dwellers. However, solar panels are very inefficient when directly connected to load. Therefore, application of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and pulse width modulation (PWM) to connect solar panels to laptop charger is presented in this work. This was achieved in this work through simulation and hardware implementation.
AB - Off-grid energy solution is becoming a necessity in our country with the unstable electricity supply from the utility provider. Laptop is an essential electronic appliance for individuals, schools and businesses, which you can't afford to be down on power. Remote areas are often challenged by consistent interrupted power supply, thereby delaying or hindering certain work that needs to be done with laptops. Hence, off-grid solar energy solutions is proposed to charge laptop batteries and various electronics with similar specifications for remote area dwellers. However, solar panels are very inefficient when directly connected to load. Therefore, application of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and pulse width modulation (PWM) to connect solar panels to laptop charger is presented in this work. This was achieved in this work through simulation and hardware implementation.
KW - Load shedding
KW - Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT)
KW - Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)
KW - Solar Laptop Charger (SLC)
KW - Solar panel
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095124175&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PowerAfrica49420.2020.9219823
DO - 10.1109/PowerAfrica49420.2020.9219823
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85095124175
T3 - 2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020
BT - 2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 7th Annual IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference, PowerAfrica 2020
Y2 - 25 August 2020 through 28 August 2020
ER -
