Programa

Sistemas Elétricos Integrados de Tecnologia Solar Fotovoltaica

Mestrado Bolonha em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores

Mestrado Bolonha em Aeronáutica Militar, Especialidade de Engenharia Eletrotécnica

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.