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Author Question: Assume a 2 A solar cell produces 0.5 V. If a total of 18 V and 4 A is needed, what is the minimum ... (Read 76 times)

lbcchick

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on: Jul 26, 2018
Assume a 2 A solar cell produces 0.5 V. If a total of 18 V and 4 A is needed, what is the minimum number of solar cells required and how must they be connected?
 
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How would you triple the current capacity of the PV cell array in Problem 5, keeping the same voltage?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 26, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Number of cells in series to produce 18 V = 18 V / 0.5 V = 36 cells in series

Number of 36 series cell groups that are in parallel to produce 4A = 4 A / 2 A = 2 sets of 36 series cells in parallel

Total = 2(36) = 72 cells

Answer to Question 2

Triple the total number of modular by adding 14 more parallel modules for a total of 21 modules.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 26, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Excellent

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