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MPPTSolarandWindPowerBoostChargeController
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Thiscircuitmatchesalowvoltagesolarorwindturbineinputtoahighervoltagebattery.Ananaloguecircuitwillmeasureincomingcurrentandvoltageinputstosetthemaximumpowerpointtracking(MPPT)andboosttheoutputvoltageupto
chargeahigher,orequalvoltage,battery.Inputvoltagerange:9vthrough60v.Outputbatteryvoltages:9vthrough60v.MPPTwillworkonlyifthebatteryishigherthantheinputsource.Otherwise,thecircuitwillactlikeadirectconnection,
sourcetooutput.ItisbasedontheLTC3703boostconverterIC.
http://vimeo.com/tag:ltc3703
Istillhavemoretestingtodo.Later,IthinkIwillsellmynineextraboardswithoneLTC3703solderedinplace,for$59.95USifyouwanttotrythecircuit.Aftertheyaregone,Imightreleasetheboardlayoutdiagram,whichiscriticalto
success.Iburnedupalotofpartswithspikes,beforesucceeding.
Itis9vthrough60vMPPTboosttoa48vnominalleadacidbattery.ItneedsmoretestingafterIattachawindturbine.Otherwise,itseemstowork,sofar.Howmuchpowercanithandle?Iamnotsureyet.Ithink500wattsminimumandmaybe
1Kwattswithmorecopperoverthetraces.
Thiscircuitisananaloguecomputer,whenrunwithoutamicroprocessor.Asrpmvoltagerises,currentisallowedtoriseproportionally.ThevariableloadingmathisP=I(Voffset)and(Voffset)/I=R(likeafixedresistorload)andIxconstant
=V.TheopamppegsIequaltoV.Itissuitableforsolar.Windisacubedrelation,notsquaredextraction,likethisanaloguecalculationwillyieldinwindeg.2Iand2V=4P.So,itwilllikelyneedthemicroprocessorforoptimizingwind
MPPT,butwithoutamicroprocessorwillbeinteresting.Itwillbebetterthanfeedingmyveryhighvoltagebattery,directlybecausemygeneratorrarelygetsabovethresholdvolts,whichis48vto59v,dependingonhowfull.Soitneedsaboost
converter.Itisdoingintegrationmath,viatheopamp.Iaddedapinheaderforoptionalmicroprocessorcontrol,whichIhavenottested,yet.

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