ECEN 4517 ECEN 5517: Power Electronics and Photovoltaic Power System Laboratory

ECEN4517/5517 Power Electronics Laboratory
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ECEN 4517
ECEN 5517
POWER ELECTRONICS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC
POWER SYSTEM LABORATORY
http://ece.colorado.edu/~ecen4517
Photovoltaic power systems
Power conversion and control electronics
Prerequisite: ECEN 4797 or ECEN 5797
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Spring 2014 Instructors
Dragan Maksimovic, maksimov@colorado.edu, ECOT346
Office hours (in addition to lab): Monday 3-4pm
Daniel Seltzer, seltzer@colorado.edu
TAs:
Jie Lv (Tue), Jie.Lv@colorado.edu
Ali Sepahvand (Wed), Alihossein.Sepahvand@colorado.edu
Fan Zhang, Fan.Zhang@colorado.edu
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Spring 2014 Lab Sections
5517-011: Tuesday 12-3:50pm
4517-011: Wednesday 12-3:50pm
4517-012: cancelled, move to Tuesday or Wednesday
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Experiments
1. Introduction to PV systems, battery characteristics, direct energy transfer
2. Introduction to TI MSP430 microcontroller
3. Buck DC-DC converter for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and
battery charge control
4. Step-up 12-200V DC-DC converter
5. Single-phase DC-AC inverter
Expo: complete system demonstration
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Experiment 1
Introduction to PV systems
Model PV panel
Investigate direct energy transfer system behavior
Investigate effects of shading
Observe behavior of lead-acid battery
Direct energy transfer
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Experiments 2 and 3
Maximum Power Point Tracking
Design and construct dc-dc converter
Employ microcontroller to achieve maximum power point tracking
(MPPT) and battery charge control
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Experiments 4 and 5
Add Inverter to System
Build your own inverter system to drive AC loads from your battery
Step up the battery voltage to 200 VDC as needed by inverter
Regulate the 200 VDC with an analog feedback loop
Change the 200 VDC into 120 VAC
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ECEE Expo: ECEN4517/5517 Lab Competition
Operate your
complete system
Competition during
ECEE Expo: capture
the most energy with
your system outside
Previous years competition poster
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Lab Format
Two-person groups, up to 10 groups per section
This week: lab organizational meetings
Parts kits:
One kit needed per group
Contains power and control electronic parts needed for experiments
Available from E Store; cost: around $160
You will also need other small resistors etc. from undergraduate
circuits kit
Lab: room ECEE 1B65
Access via CUID card reader
Computer login via CU Identikey
You may optionally store your parts in your own locked drawer in
your lab bench. Lock and key deposit for the semester at E Store.
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Lab Work and Grading
Your course grade will be based on the following:
Prelab assignments (group)
Lab final reports (group)
Quizzes: online and in-class (individual)
Expo (group)
Attendance and lab performance (individual)
Weightings for assignments are listed in the course D2L site
Late work will not be accepted
Course D2L site
Lab modules: slides, videos, on-line quizzes
Upload of prelabs and reports to appropriate D2L dropbox folders
All due dates and all grading
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Lab reports
One report per group. Include names of every group
member on first page of report.
Report all data from every step of procedure and
calculations. Adequately document each step.
Discuss every step of procedure and calculations
It is your job to convince the grader that you understand what is
going on with every step
Interpret the data
Clearly annotate waveforms and circuit diagrams, include figure
captions
Concise is good
Regurgitating the data, with no discussion or interpretation, will not
yield very many points
Messy work will not receive credit
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Upcoming assignments
This week: brief lab orientation meeting in the lab
Experiment 1: Intro to PV Systems, direct energy transfer
View Exp 1 modules and do online quizzes on D2L by 12pm Jan 21
Do Exp. 1 in the lab next week, Jan. 21-22
Exp. 1 report due in D2L dropbox by 6:00 pm on Friday Jan. 31.
Experiment 2: Intro to MSP430 microcontroller
View Exp 2 modules and do online quizzes on D2L by 2pm Jan 27
Do Exp. 2 in the lab during week of Jan. 28-29
Exp. 2 report uploaded to D2L dropbox by 6:00 pm Friday on Feb. 7
Experiment 3: Buck MPPT converter etc. see schedule on
D2L and the course website
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Experiment 1: Intro to PV Systems
Characterize the SQ-85 PV panels, and find numerical values of electric circuit
model parameters for use now and later in the semester
Examine effects of shading
Observe operation of lead-acid battery
Test the inverter provided
Charge the battery from the panel, using the Direct Energy Transfer method
Work to be done:
View Exp 1 modules and do on-line quizzes on D2L by 12pm Tuesday, Jan.21
Experiment 1 to be performed next week (Jan.21-22): hope for sun!
Final report for Exp. 1 due in D2L dropbox by 6pm on Friday, Jan 30
In case of bad weather (<250W/m2 irradiance): Exp 1 Lab page on the course
website provides instructions on how to proceed
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