TY  - JOUR
T1  - Application of the Silicon Sensor to Measure and Control the
Irradiance of the Solar Simulator by Using LabVIEW
AU - Watjanatepin, Napat AU - Sritanauthaikorn, Patcharanan AU - Boonmee, Chaiyant 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 9
SP  - 2512
EP  - 2520
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.2512.2520
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.2512.2520
KW  - Silicon sensor
KW  -control of irradiance
KW  -data-acquisition
KW  -LabVIEW
KW  -solar simulator
AB  - The measurement and control of the solar irradiance of the solar simulator are important because of
the V-I characteristic test of the solar cell will be needed to adjust the accuracy of the flux. Many techniques
were applied to achieve that. For the past two decades, many ideas were introduced to apply the other types
of sensors to measure the irradiance. This study aimed to present the analysis of an error of the silicon sensor
that can be applied to measure the irradiance and control of the light intensity of the LED-based solar simulator
by using LabVIEW. The research tools were the first class pyranometer, data-acquisition devices and the
LabVIEW Software. The signal conditioner and amplifier circuit is made by an operational amplifier and the
silicon sensor is mono-crystalline cells 90 mA/0.5 V. The results found that the silicon sensor can be used for
the irradiance measurement. It can replace the first class pyranometer. The relationship between the
measurement results is a linearly. The measurement error by RMSE method is equal to 1.69%. The LabVIEW
Software can be applied to control the irradiance of the LEDs-based solar simulator perfectly. However, the
controlling time gets a bit of a delay due to the delay time of the signal conditioner and amplifier circuits. The
next studies the researcher has to reduce the size of the sensor by apply the photodiode to be an irradiance
sensor.
ER  -