Virtual lab based real-time data acquisition, measurement and monitoring platform for solar photovoltaic module

Abstract

The work presents real-time data acquisition and monitoring of solar photovoltaic modules using Lab-VIEW. A graphical program has been developed to obtain efficiency and fill factor of solar PV module. Afront panel is designed, displaying all the acquired data such as; voltage, current, solar radiation, ambienttemperature, humidity, Current vs. Voltage and Power vs. Voltage graphs which make it very useful tounderstand the performance behavior of the solar photovoltaic module in real time. Data acquisition andmonitoring for solar panels of different ratings are carried out. This tool is an effective platform for experimentalstudy in the laboratory of different solar photovoltaic modules with access to real-time data.