As solar power usage is increasing nowadays, performance tests have become one of the
most important topics in order to guarantee the security of photovoltaic tools. For …

The solar simulator is a device whose light source can offer similar intensity and spectral
composition to the nature sunlight. It is widely used as a controllable indoor test facility …

This article describes the design of a tunable, versatile, light emitting diode (LED) based
solar simulator that employs 19 different wavelengths controlled independently by high …

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have shown advantages in simulating complex terrestrial solar
spectrum. However, it has difficulty to simulate the geometric characteristics of direct sunlight …

An effective low-cost hybrid solar simulator combining LED sources and a low-voltage
halogen lamp to produce an output beam that can closely match a desired solar spectrum is …

Rapid advances in high intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs) have provided sufficient tools
to design LED solar simulators to accurately mimic the sun. LEDs offer numerous …

Indoor testing of solar thermal absorbers requires an artificial light source with controlled
emitted power and uniform illumination over the targeted sample. There are several devices …

A solar simulator suitable for universities' lab was designed and developed using a quartz
tungsten halogen lamp as its light source, an alternating current phase-cut dimmer, a light …

A simple multiplier for the estimation of the maximum power yield of a solar panel may be
realized with a pulsewidth modulator working as analog multiplier circuit. Though the output …

Energy harvesting systems strongly depend on the nondeterministic behavior of the
environment. Systematic and thorough evaluation of these systems demands for tools that …