Title

Solar On Schools Designed For Emergency Shelters: 39Th Ieee Photovoltaic Specialist Conference

Keywords

Disaster; Electric; Emergency; Grid-tied; Photovoltaic system; Power outage; Shelter; Stand-alone; Uninterruptable power supply

Abstract

In 2001, the U.S. Department of Energy initiated the Solar for Schools program for the purpose of installing solar electric (photovoltaic - PV) systems on schools as educational demonstration applications. The Florida Solar Energy Center, the Florida Energy Office and other partners joined the program and have since installed over 250 small photovoltaic systems throughout Florida. This report provides information on the present Florida SunSmart Emergency Shelter School program as a viable, real time application for ensuring an uninterruptable power supply to the emergency shelter part of the school. The systems may be used to power essential items during power outages occurring during normal times or disasters. This project presented several challenges including code requirements related to photovoltaic design, interconnect issues, PV site location, building integration, availability of solar materials and data acquisition use. © 2013 IEEE.

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publication Title

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Number of Pages

1521-1525

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744434

Socpus ID

84896481099 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84896481099

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