Aplicación de la cinética de Arrhenius en la piel del aguacate cv. "Hass" en la maduración durante la atmósfera modificada.

Se presenta el estudio de la pérdida de color verde de la piel de aguacate cv. "Hass en atmósferas modificadas con y sin absorción de etileno, a las temperaturas de +20, +6 y +3°C. Los análisis se basan en el modelo de Arrhenius para la evolución de la coordenada "a" de Hunter evaluando el efecto de la conservación a una temperatura por debajo de la crítica para este cultivar. Los resultados obtenidos en forma global, permiten concluir que la evolución del color de la piel de estos frutos se correlaciona con las concentraciones de etileno, en las atmósferas modificadas y con temperatura según el modelo clásico de cinética. Asimismo los cambios en la linealidad de Arrhenius pueden ser muy útiles en la indicación de las temperaturas que interfieren en el desarrollo normal de los frutos, y en especial para determinar la temperatura más próxima a 1 a crítica, sin causar cambios aparentes en la calidad comercial de los frutos.

Explicit Expressions for Solar Panel Equivalent Circuit Parameters Based on Analytical Formulation and the Lambert W-Function

Due to the high dependence of photovoltaic energy efficiency on environmental conditions (temperature, irradiation...), it is quite important to perform some analysis focusing on the characteristics of photovoltaic devices in order to optimize energy production, even for small-scale users. The use of equivalent circuits is the preferred option to analyze solar cells/panels performance. However, the aforementioned small-scale users rarely have the equipment or expertise to perform large testing/calculation campaigns, the only information available for them being the manufacturer datasheet. The solution to this problem is the development of new and simple methods to define equivalent circuits able to reproduce the behavior of the panel for any working condition, from a very small amount of information. In the present work a direct and completely explicit method to extract solar cell parameters from the manufacturer datasheet is presented and tested. This method is based on analytical formulation which includes the use of the Lambert W-function to turn the series resistor equation explicit. The presented method is used to analyze commercial solar panel performance (i.e., the current-voltage–I-V–curve) at different levels of irradiation and temperature. The analysis performed is based only on the information included in the manufacturer’s datasheet.

Explicit expressions for solar panel equivalent circuit parameters based on analytical formulation and the Lambert W - Function

Due to the high dependence of photovoltaic energy efficiency on environmental conditions (temperature, irradiation...), it is quite important to perform some analysis focusing on the characteristics of photovoltaic devices in order to optimize energy production, even for small-scale users. The use of equivalent circuits is the preferred option to analyze solar cells/panels performance. However, the aforementioned small-scale users rarely have the equipment or expertise to perform large testing/calculation campaigns, the only information available for them being the manufacturer datasheet. The solution to this problem is the development of new and simple methods to define equivalent circuits able to reproduce the behavior of the panel for any working condition, from a very small amount of information. In the present work a direct and completely explicit method to extract solar cell parameters from the manufacturer datasheet is presented and tested. This method is based on analytical formulation which includes the use of the Lambert W-function to turn the series resistor equation explicit. The presented method is used to analyze the performance (i.e., the I - V curve) of a commercial solar panel at different levels of irradiation and temperature. The analysis performed is based only on the information included in the manufacturer's datasheet.