Solar-Powered House System Design

Adel El-Shahat; Rami J. Haddad; Joseph Courson; Austin Martenson; Aaron Mosley

doi:10.1109/SoutheastCon42311.2019.9020465

Solar-Powered House System Design

Adel El-Shahat
, Rami J. Haddad
, Joseph Courson
, Austin Martenson
, Aaron Mosley

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Georgia Southern University

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Abstract

This paper proposes to design a small-scale photovoltaic system to regulate, store, convert and manage solar power for use in residential settings. The system utilizes a solar panel to supply power to batteries and an AC inverter. Batteries' energy is used to satisfy the power needs of a standard household. The proposed constructed system is a scaled down physical model. The system consists of a programmable controller, photovoltaic panel, a buck converter used to charge the batteries, and a single-phase inverter to supply power for the residential loads. The controller monitors every aspect of the system including battery voltage and solar panel voltage and then determines where the home needs to draw its power from. The control system also plays a vital role in the buck converter design. An input from the solar panel is connected to the system, which then determines the duty cycle needed to step down the voltage from the panel to an acceptable and safe voltage to charge the battery. This design of a Photovoltaic system is able to meet the power demanded by an average house located in Statesboro, Georgia, and thus reduce the load on the municipal power grid.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE SoutheastCon, SoutheastCon 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728101378
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SoutheastCon42311.2019.9020465
State	Published - Apr 2019
Event	2019 IEEE SoutheastCon, SoutheastCon 2019 - Huntsville, United States Duration: Apr 11 2019 → Apr 14 2019

Publication series

Name	Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON
Volume	2019-April
ISSN (Print)	1091-0050
ISSN (Electronic)	1558-058X

Conference

Conference	2019 IEEE SoutheastCon, SoutheastCon 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Huntsville
Period	04/11/19 → 04/14/19

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Scopus Subject Areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Software
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing

Keywords

Converter
Design
Energy
Home
Loads
Microcontroller
Photovoltaic
Power
Solar

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El-Shahat, A, Haddad, RJ, Courson, J, Martenson, A & Mosley, A 2019, Solar-Powered House System Design. in 2019 IEEE SoutheastCon, SoutheastCon 2019., 9020465, Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, vol. 2019-April, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019 IEEE SoutheastCon, SoutheastCon 2019, Huntsville, United States, 04/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/SoutheastCon42311.2019.9020465

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