LECTURE 7 TUTORIAL

SOLUTION FOR SAMPLE QUESTIONS

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Q1)
 A PV system is required to produce 250 W at 24 V.
 Using the solar cells specified below, design the PV panel, working at the
maximum power point, if each cell is 9 cm2 in area.
 Vmpp = 0.47 V
 Jmpp = 237 A/m2

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 A
 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑝 = 237 9 × 10−4 m2 = 0.2133 A
m2
 Power rating of one cell → 0.47 V × 0.2133 A = 0.1 W
250 W
 Total number of cells → = 2500 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠
0.1 W
24 V
 Number of cells in series → = 51.1 ≈ 52 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠
0.47 V
2500
 Number of strings in parallel → = 48.1 ≈ 48 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
52
 𝑃 = 48 × 52 × 0.1 W = 249.6 W

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Q2)
 A PV system is required to produce 96 W at 12 V. Using solar cells that have Jmpp
equal to 250 A/m2 and Vmpp equal to 0.4 V, design the PV panel, working at the
maximum power point, if each cell is 80 cm2 in area.

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 Area of each cell → 80 cm2 = 0.008 m2
A
 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑝 = 250 8 × 10−3 m2 = 2.0 A
m2
 Power rating of one cell → 0.40 V × 2.0 A = 0.8 W
96 W
 Total number of cells → = 120 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠
0.8 W
12 V
 Number of cells in series → = 30 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠
0.40 V
120
 Number of strings in parallel → = 4 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
30