• DocumentCode
    2661533
  • Title

    Recognition of electric arcing in the DC-wiring of photovoltaic systems

  • Author

    Schimpf, Fritz ; Norum, L.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Power Eng., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    18-22 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    The paper presents an approach for protection of PV-systems against electric arcing in the DC-wiring. An intelligent protection device for integration into the PV-modules is developed. The main focus is on the methods that can be used for detection of a burning arc inside the system. The impacts of an arc on the voltages and currents in the system are shown and an algorithm for detection of arcing by a low-power low-cost DSP/microcontroller is proposed.
  • Keywords
    arcs (electric); photovoltaic power systems; DC wiring; DSP-microcontroller; electric arcing recognition; photovoltaic systems; Circuit faults; Detectors; Digital signal processing; Fires; Fuses; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Power engineering; Power system protection; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2009. INTELEC 2009. 31st International
  • Conference_Location
    Incheon
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2490-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2491-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTLEC.2009.5352037
  • Filename
    5352037