Hi, I'm an engineering student working on a project that requires solar panels and a battery bank to help power a system. They want it to be a relatively smart system, and I can handle that aspect but I need some help finding the parts since I don't really know the language for describing what I want. The requirements of the project are:
1. An 1800W system capable of switching between the grid and battery power
2. Capable of detecting battery charge and switching between the grid and the batteries
3. The inverter for the battery system must produce its own sine wave so that it can operate independently of the grid
4. Only needs to power 120V appliances
Attached I have a diagram of how I think the system should be implemented
The parts I already have:
1. Solar Panels
2. Batteries (both lead acid and LiFePo4)
The parts that I need
1. Charge controller that can send a signal when
a) Batteries are fully charged
b) Batteires need to be charged
2. Automatic Transfer Switch capable of taking in these signals and making the appropriate decision
I can find a pure sine inverter easily enough I think, so the two parts above are really the only ones that I need help finding. I'm not sure how to go about this and I don't know the proper vocabulary to google what I'm looking for. I'm open to suggestions for these parts and for anything else I missed! I cobbled together these parts from information I recently googled and I have no experience whatsoever putting together a system like this.
1. An 1800W system capable of switching between the grid and battery power
2. Capable of detecting battery charge and switching between the grid and the batteries
3. The inverter for the battery system must produce its own sine wave so that it can operate independently of the grid
4. Only needs to power 120V appliances
Attached I have a diagram of how I think the system should be implemented
The parts I already have:
1. Solar Panels
2. Batteries (both lead acid and LiFePo4)
The parts that I need
1. Charge controller that can send a signal when
a) Batteries are fully charged
b) Batteires need to be charged
2. Automatic Transfer Switch capable of taking in these signals and making the appropriate decision
I can find a pure sine inverter easily enough I think, so the two parts above are really the only ones that I need help finding. I'm not sure how to go about this and I don't know the proper vocabulary to google what I'm looking for. I'm open to suggestions for these parts and for anything else I missed! I cobbled together these parts from information I recently googled and I have no experience whatsoever putting together a system like this.
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