DocumentCode
3333426
Title
Availability analysis of a solar power system with graceful degradation
Author
Huffman, Duane L. ; Antelme, France
Author_Institution
Relex Software Corp., Greensburg, PA
fYear
2009
fDate
26-29 Jan. 2009
Firstpage
348
Lastpage
352
Abstract
This paper describes the modelling of solar power system using standard reliability block diagrams (RBDs) that support capacity. The proposed method is easily scalable for additional branches and microinverter units per branch. Using this model, we can calculate various system performance measures, such as point availability, mean availability, capacity, state probabilities, and losses associated with performance degradation.
Keywords
invertors; power generation reliability; solar power stations; microinverter units; performance degradation; reliability block diagrams; solar power system; Availability; Capacity planning; Degradation; Loss measurement; Performance loss; Power system modeling; Power system reliability; Probability; Solar energy; System performance; availability analysis; capacity; degradation; microinverter;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2009. RAMS 2009. Annual
Conference_Location
Fort Worth, TX
ISSN
0149-144X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2508-2
Electronic_ISBN
0149-144X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RAMS.2009.4914701
Filename
4914701
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