Design and development of a PV-T test bench based on Arduino

In this work, the development of a test bench for a thermal photovoltaic panel (PV-T) is presented. A PV-T panel has been designed and it is necessary to develop a test bench to obtain experimental data for thermal and electrical modelling. Data acquisition of the different sensors and actuators on the test bench is done using a self-developed Open Source system based on Arduino platform. The system is implemented in the town of Marín, province of Pontevedra (Spain). In this paper the parameters to be controlled, and the instrumentation chosen, as well as the operation of the Arduino based system, are explained. Finally, a sample of the obtained experimental results is presented.