A novel wireless self-powered microcontroller-based monitoring circuit for photovoltaic panels in grid-connected systems

Author

Gargiulo, M. ; Guerriero, P. ; Daliento, S. ; Irace, A. ; d´Alessandro, V. ; Crisci, M. ; Smarrelli, A. ; Smarrelli, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed., Electron., & Telecommun. Eng., Univ. of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 June 2010

Firstpage

164

Lastpage

168

Abstract

A monitoring circuit for individual photovoltaic (PV) panels in grid-connected systems is proposed, which exhibits a number of features devised to simplify and reduce cost of diagnostics and maintenance of the PV plant. In particular, the system is provided with an effective energy harvesting supply stage, which eliminates the requirement for external supply or batteries; furthermore, no cables are needed for data transfer due to the adoption of a rugged wireless connectivity.

Keywords

energy harvesting; microcontrollers; photovoltaic power systems; data transfer; energy harvesting supply; grid connected systems; monitoring circuit; photovoltaic panels; rugged wireless connectivity; wireless self-powered microcontroller; Batteries; Biomedical monitoring; Circuits; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Costs; Energy measurement; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Supercapacitors; Energy harvesting; monitoring system; photovoltaic panel; supercapacitor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Electrical Drives Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4986-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7919-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPEEDAM.2010.5542234

Filename

5542234