Performance Monitoring in UMR's Solar Car

L. McCarthy
J. Pieper
A. Rues
Cheng Hsiao Wu, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

We describe the instrumentation in UMR's solar car. Accurate knowledge of the operating parameters inside the solar car is shown to be crucial to maintaining high efficiency and reliability. The power trackers keep the solar array operating at its highest efficiency by conditioning the input and maintaining the maximum power point of the solar cells.