Applications of Sensors in Solar Energy Systems

Sensor is an electronic module whose purpose is to measure the parameters of the system and send those details to the control station. Sensor plays an important role in many applications to ensure the successful operation of the system. The main objective of this paper is to summarize the application of sensors and its characteristic features in various stages of solar power generation system and also the implementation of voltage and current sensors in real time. To evaluate the performance of voltage and current sensor in real time the experimental setup of Boost Converter has been developed in the laboratory for Photovoltaic (PV) application by using Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) techniques through the dSPACE DS1103 Rapid control prototype interface. It is envisioned that the information provided in this paper to serve as a valuable reference for future research in sensor application.