Design and implementation of RELab system to study the solar and wind energy

•We report the design and implementation of RELab system.•RELab is a very useful tool for students and engineers to learn about renewable energy.•The power of the RElab is given by its flexibility and modularity.•It can be used in the lab or outside, and hands-on or remote. It is well known that ren...

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Published in:Measurement : journal of the International Measurement Confederation 2016-11, Vol.93, p.94-101
Main Authors: Cotfas, P.A., Cotfas, D.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Design engineering
Parameter estimation
Photovoltaic cells
Programming languages
RELab system
Renewable energy
Solar energy
Solar heating
Thermal collector
Thermal energy
Visual programming languages
Wind power
Wind turbine
Wind turbines
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Summary:•We report the design and implementation of RELab system.•RELab is a very useful tool for students and engineers to learn about renewable energy.•The power of the RElab is given by its flexibility and modularity.•It can be used in the lab or outside, and hands-on or remote. It is well known that renewable energy, today more than ever, has undergone an exponential development. Thus, it is necessary to create an efficient, compact and relatively cheap system to be used in education and research, which allows studying these types of energy. The concept, design and implementation of such a system – RELab are presented in this paper. The RELab system is a very useful tool for students and engineers to learn about the two types of renewable energy: solar and wind energy. The system has two components: the NI ELVIS platform and the RELab add-on. The RELab add-on is a modular one and it can be easily redesigned for using the photovoltaic cell, the wind turbine and the solar thermal collector. The software used is built in the graphical programming language LabVIEW, and it is flexible and open.
ISSN:0263-2241
1873-412X
DOI:10.1016/j.measurement.2016.06.060