Title :
Monitoring and fault diagnosis of photovoltaic panels
Author :
Houssein, Ahmed ; Héraud, Nicolas ; Souleiman, Ibrahim ; Pellet, Guillaume
Author_Institution :
Lab. Syst. Physiques de l´´Environnement, Univ. of Corsica., Corte, France
Abstract :
Solar irradiance and temperature affect the performance of systems using photovoltaic generator. In the same way, it is essential to insure good performances of the installation so that its profitability won´t be reduced. The objective of this work consists in diagnosing the panels faults and in certain cases in locating the faults using a model, the temperatures, the luminous flow, the speed of the wind, as well as the currents and the tensions. The development of software fault detection on a real installation is performed under the Matlab/Simulink environment.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; fault location; photovoltaic power systems; power generation faults; profitability; solar cells; sunlight; Matlab-Simulink environment; fault diagnosis monitoring; fault location; luminous flow; photovoltaic generator; photovoltaic panel; profitability; software fault detection; solar irradiance; temperature affect; Current measurement; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Power measurement; Production; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conference and Exhibition (EnergyCon), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Manama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9378-4
DOI :
10.1109/ENERGYCON.2010.5771711
