ProposalSolarPower-SwitchingNetwork(文本).doc

Proposal: Solar Power-Switching Network Custom Maximum Power-Point Tracking (MPPT) Design Solar Power Array Management (S.P.A.M.) ECE 4007 L01 Dr. Whit Smith Mark Calotes Ginah Colon Alemneh Haile Nidhi Joshi Michael Lu 22 September 2010 Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iii 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Objective 1 1.2 Motivation 1 1.3 Background 2 1.3.1. Switching Power Supplies 2 1.3.2. Maximum Power Point Tracking 3 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS AND GOALS 4 3. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 5 3.1. Solar Cells 6 3.2. Microcontroller 6 3.3. Battery 6 4. DESIGN APPROACH AND DETAILS 7 4.1. Design Approach 7 4.1.1. Solar Array 7 4.1.2. Maximum Power Point Tracking 9 4.1.3. Power Switching Circuitry 11 4.1.4. Voltage and Current Measurement 13 4.1.5. Microcontroller Programming 14 4.1.6. Technical Path 15 4.2. Codes and Standards 15 4.3 Constraints, Alternatives, and Tradeoffs 16 4.3.1. Applicability, Budgeting, and Time Constraints 16 4.3.2. MPPT Algorithm Alternatives and Tradeoffs 16 5. SCHEDULE, TASKS, AND MILESTONES 17 6. PROJECT DEMONSTRATION 18 7. MARKETING AND COST ANALYSIS 19 7.1 Marketing Analysis 19 7.2 Cost Analysis 19 8. SUMMARY 21 9. REFERENCES 22 APPENDIX A 25 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Solar Power Array Management (S.P.A.M.) group is requesting $80,222 to work with the Solar Jackets Racing Team to power a car through solar energy. The Solar Jackets Racing Team requires a power-switching network to extract maximum power from a solar array to charge a battery on-board a racing car for the 2011 World Solar Challenge. The power-switching network will use real-time tracking to adjust the circuit to operate at the maximum power point of the solar array and thus optimize power extraction from the cells. The power-switching network will be designed to function for one solar cell sub-array. The same module will then be implemented for each sub-array on the car. The final system des