Construcción de un banco de pruebas solar fotovoltaico para el laboratorio de ingenieria mecánica de la Universidad Santo Tomás Tunja

Abstract

This work proposes the construction of a test bench that facilitates laboratory practices related to photovoltaic solar energy, aimed at the faculty of mechanical engineering at the Santo Tomas Tunja sectional university. The bank provides a controlled environment where students can experiment with the system components (inverter, monocrystalline panels, batteries, regulator, etc.). The user can make configurations such as: vary the angle of solar incidence of the panels and / or make serial and parallel connections, this to obtain measurements and analyze results. The test bench provides a rigorous, transparent and repeatable form of verification of scientific theories, computational elements, and other new technologies in a safer environment. The sizing of the photovoltaic solar system was carried out to select the components that best fit the energy requirement, then the test bench was designed and built, to finally assemble the components to the designed structure. The concepts obtained in the mechanical engineering undergraduate related to solar energy were applied by implementing the test bench to calculate the parameters of the solar panels, consider the results and verify the technical data shown by the manufacturer of these equipment.