Charge Controller SmartSolar MPPT RS
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FEFTS Specifications
Commercial technology
for Clean energy supply (Energy production system)
Renewable energy source
Solar
Technology used
Photovoltaics
Special type
Agri-pv systems
Energy produced
Electricity
Suitable/ideal for
DC
Agricultural domain
Livestock, Greenhouses
Suitable for
Farmer, Companies
Applications
Energy provision (e.g. electricity)
Especially
Electricity
Type of solution
Hardware
Details
Company name: VICTRON ENERGY
Official company name: Victron Energy B.V.
Address: De Paal 35, 1351, JG Almere, Netherlands
Company size: 251+ employees
Additional info
PWM and MPPT charge controllers are both widely used to charge batteries with solar power. The PWM controller is in essence a switch that connects a solar array to the battery. The result is that the voltage of the array will be pulled down to near that of the battery. The MPPT controller is more sophisticated (and more expensive): it will adjust its input voltage to harvest the maximum power from the solar array and then transform this power to supply the varying voltage requirement of the battery plus load. Thus, it essentially decouples the array and battery voltages so that there can be, for example, a 12V battery on one side of the MPPT charge controller and panels wired in series to produce 36V on the other. It is generally accepted that MPPT will outperform PWM in a cold to temperate climate, while both controllers will show approximately the same performance in a subtropical to tropical climate.
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General
This FEFTS contributes to improve the energy profiles of farming systems:Environmental
The application of this FEFTS directly reduces fossil energy use, in terms of:- Buildings electricity consumption
- Tools and equipment electricity consumption
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