DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLAR SIMULATOR

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the design of the solar simulator prototype based on LED as a light source to simulate the solar spectrum. This work also discusses the design of the proposed power supply to provide the needed power of the solar simulator. In addition, a proposed temperature control system using PID controller is applied and implemented to fix the temperature at Standard Test Conditions of 25 °C. The theoretical and experimental results have demonstrated the efficiency of the proposed solar simulator