Development and implementation of a PV performance monitoring system based on inverter measurements

Sergiu Spataru; Anamaria Florina Gavriluta; Dezso Sera; Lars Maaløe; Ole Winther

doi:10.1109/ECCE.2016.7855039

Development and implementation of a PV performance monitoring system based on inverter measurements

Sergiu Spataru, Anamaria Florina Gavriluta, Dezso Sera, Lars Maaløe, Ole Winther

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Abstract

Performance monitoring and fault detection systems are becoming more common in large photovoltaic (PV) plants as they can contribute to decreasing operation and maintenance costs, as well as for maximizing plant yield and lifetime. However, in case of residential and smaller commercial PV system applications the cost of the performance monitoring hardware and implementation is still high. Therefore, we present the practical development and implementation of a low-cost PV performance monitoring system for residential and commercial PV applications, based on the inverter’s own monitoring and communication capabilities. The proposed monitoring system supervises the PV array maximum power and inverter energy production using performance models of the system, and is able to detect PV array and inverter level power loss and faults.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2016
Number of pages	7
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	Sept 2016
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-0737-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2016.7855039
Publication status	Published - Sept 2016
Event	8th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition: ECCE 2016 - Milwaukee, WI, United States Duration: 18 Sept 2016 → 22 Sept 2016 http://www.ieee-ecce.org/

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Conference	8th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition
Country/Territory	United States
City	Milwaukee, WI
Period	18/09/2016 → 22/09/2016
Sponsor	IEEE, IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), IEEE Power Electronics and Industry Applications Societies (PELS)
Internet address	http://www.ieee-ecce.org/

Keywords

Photovoltaic (PV) power systems
Performance monitoring
Photovoltaic (PV) inverter

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FASE: Fully Automated Service Execution platform for PhotoVoltaic power plants
Séra, D. & Spataru, S. V.
The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation
01/04/2014 → 30/09/2017
Project: Research
Remote Monitoring and Analysis of PV Systems
Séra, D., Spataru, S. V. & Rasmussen, B. D.
01/01/2013 → 01/01/2018
Project: Research

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Spataru, S, Gavriluta, AF, Sera, D, Maaløe, L & Winther, O 2016, Development and implementation of a PV performance monitoring system based on inverter measurements. in Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2016. IEEE Press, 8th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition, Milwaukee, WI, United States, 18/09/2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2016.7855039

Development and implementation of a PV performance monitoring system based on inverter measurements. / Spataru, Sergiu; Gavriluta, Anamaria Florina; Sera, Dezso et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2016. IEEE Press, 2016.

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