Programa

Sistemas Elétricos Integrados de Tecnologia Solar Fotovoltaica

Mestrado Bolonha em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores

Minor em Produção de Electricidade Renovável

Programa

Introduction. Solar radiation, spectral density. Photoelectric effect. Solar cells. Electrical circuit models. Advanced solar cell technologies. Inorganic: Si technologies (mono/polycrystalline), 3rd generation (GaAs, multi-junction cells). Organic: dye-sensitized/perovskite cells. Electro-thermal modeling of PV panels. Electric: serial/parallel association, bypass diodes, temperature/shading effects. Thermal: lumped/distributed parameter models. Electric efficiency. Degradation/failure modes in PV systems. Common cause failures. Monitoring. Operations/maintenance practices. Concentrated/hybrid photovoltaic (CPV/T): multi-junction tracking systems, reflective low concentration systems. Energy efficiency. On-Grid/Off-Grid PV systems. Power electronic converters: solutions/functional characteristics. Solar batteries. Charge regulators. Project/analysis and applications: rooftop/building-integrated photovoltaics, domestic/rural electrification, hybrid solar-diesel/solar-wind systems.