Title :
PV panels under lightning conditions
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Power Eng. & Ecology, Univ. of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Abstract :
This article deals with photovoltaic panel damage caused during a lightning strike. Case of direct lightning hit and close lightning strike is discussed. The article focuses on measurement and interpretation of real damaged panel.
Keywords :
lightning; lightning protection; solar cells; PV damaged panel; lightning strike; photovoltaic panel; Discharges (electric); Lightning; Photovoltaic systems; Sparks; Temperature measurement; Voltage measurement; PV panel damage; VA-characteristics; lightning strike; thermograph;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Power Engineering (EPE), Proccedings of the 2014 15th International Scientific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brno
DOI :
10.1109/EPE.2014.6839446
