Integration and optimization of hardware systems for solar technology

拟议中的研究项目是不列颠哥伦比亚省大学与 (UBC)和温哥华可再生能源（VREC）。VREC是一家总部位于温哥华的加拿大公司， 不列颠哥伦比亚省。该公司专门从事设计和安装电网连接的太阳能系统。 VREC是加拿大太阳能行业协会、不列颠哥伦比亚省可持续能源协会的积极成员。 协会、加拿大工人合作社联合会和加拿大绿色建筑理事会。 VREC已经看到对太阳能装置的需求不断增长-以及技术障碍 与太阳系中的阴影有关。太阳能系统通常部署在不太理想的环境中， 许多光伏板，这使得它很难避免阴影。此外，分析表明， 仅在太阳系的小区域上进行遮蔽可以显著减少所收集的能量。为 例如，据估计，这种阴影相当于每年减少5%至10%， 从欧盟收集的能量[Jahn和Nasse，Progress in Photochemics：Research and Development， 应用，2004年]。 拟议的NSERC参与补助金解决了上述太阳能系统遮阳的挑战。UBC团队 将开展电子优化系统（称为自适应 光伏模块），以减轻这些影响的阴影。该系统实现了独立的、最大的 从多个光伏面板的功率传输，以在存在以下情况下最大化所收集的能量： 阴影。这项研究所带来的好处对加拿大不断增长的太阳能产业具有重要意义。

The proposed research project is an academic-industry partnership between the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver Renewable Energy (VREC). VREC is a Canadian company that is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company specializes in the design and installation of electrical-grid-tied solar systems. VREC is an active member of the Canadian Solar Industries Association, British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association, Canadian Workers Coop Federation, and Canada Green Building Council. VREC has seen that there is a growing demand for solar installations-as well as a technological hurdle pertaining to shading in solar systems. Solar systems are often deployed in less than ideal environments with many photovoltaic panels, and this makes it difficult to avoid shading. Furthermore, analyses have shown that shading across only small areas of the solar system can yield significant reductions in the harvested energy. For example, it has been estimated that such shading amounts to annual reductions between 5% and 10% in the harvested energy from the European Union [Jahn and Nasse, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 2004]. The proposed NSERC Engage Grant addresses the above challenge of shading in solar systems. The UBC team will carry out research on the development of an electronic optimization system (referred to as an Adaptive Photovoltaic Module) to mitigate these effects from shading. This system carries out independent and maximal power transfer from the multiple photovoltaic panels to maximize the harvested energy in the presence of shading. The benefits witnessed by this research can be significant for the growing solar industry in Canada.