Firefighter Safety for PV Systems: A Solution for the Protection of Emergency Responders from Hazardous dc Voltage

Laszlo Mathe; Dezso Sera; Sergiu Spataru; Csaba Kopacz; Frede Blaabjerg; Tamas Kerekes

doi:10.1109/MIAS.2014.2345834

Firefighter Safety for PV Systems: A Solution for the Protection of Emergency Responders from Hazardous dc Voltage

Laszlo Mathe, Dezso Sera, Sergiu Spataru, Csaba Kopacz, Frede Blaabjerg, Tamas Kerekes

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Abstract

An important and highly discussed safety issue for photovoltaic (PV) systems is that as long as the PV panels are illuminated, a high voltage is present at the PV string terminals and cables between the string and inverters that is independent of the state of the inverter's dc disconnection switch. The presence of these energized conductors on the dc side of the PV system can pose a danger to anyone performing maintenance or firefighting.

Original language	English
Journal	I E E E Industry Applications Magazine
Volume	21
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	75 - 84
Number of pages	10
ISSN	1077-2618
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MIAS.2014.2345834
Publication status	Published - May 2015

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