Sponsored By QuickBeam Energy

Ucf senior design

Group 14

SOLAR ARRAY MONITOR

(S.A.M.)

 

 

 

 

By

William Adrobel

Mohammed Jebari

Mike Tilladira

Stephen R. Parker

 

 

 

 

The purpose of the solar panel array monitoring  (S.A.M.) project is to improve upon the existing industry standard of monitoring the array’s total output power.  Monitoring only the total output power is great for billing purposes, but it is not enough.  It cannot monitor at the panel or the string level which is necessary to save on troubleshooting time and expenses.  QuickBeam Energy has requested a monitoring system that delivers closer monitoring, for instance, monitoring of individual panel’s voltage and current or string of panels. These readings should be remotely assessable and the measurements should be updated frequently.