Novel field test design for acquisition of DC and AC parameters during service

Sune Thorsteinsson; Peter Poulsen; Jørgen Schou; Anders Rand Andersen; Ronni Basu; Dezso Sera; Sergiu Spataru; Matei-lon Oprea

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749892

Novel field test design for acquisition of DC and AC parameters during service

Sune Thorsteinsson, Peter Poulsen, Jørgen Schou, Anders Rand Andersen, Ronni Basu, Dezso Sera, Sergiu Spataru, Matei-lon Oprea

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Being able to monitor early signs of PV module degradation, is needed to ensure stable power production throughout the service life of a PV installation. Recently, impedance spectroscopy is proven to be a useful tool for detection of the presence and location of significant errors, and may have potential for more. In this work we describe a field test design where the modules are operating at their maximum power point, and via relays is switched out one by one for acquisition of an IV curve and an impedance spectrum. Some of the modules involved will undergo stimuli to accelerate certain degradation mechanisms, and fitting parameters extracted from the field test will be correlated with irradiance and compared to similar parameters of virgin modules of same kind, and conventional laboratory measurements on the same modules. The proposed method will provide data for exploration of early degradation signs using impedance measurements.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2016
Number of pages	3
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	Jun 2016
Pages	1608-1610
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-2724-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749892
Publication status	Published - Jun 2016
Event	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference - Portland, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016 http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC43/

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Conference	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	05/06/2016 → 10/06/2016
Internet address	http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC43/

Keywords

Impedance
Degradation
Impedance measurement
Temperature measurement
Circuit faults
Current measurement
Monitoring

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Thorsteinsson, S, Poulsen, P, Schou, J, Andersen, AR, Basu, R, Sera, D, Spataru, S & Oprea, M 2016, Novel field test design for acquisition of DC and AC parameters during service. in Proceedings of 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2016. IEEE Press, pp. 1608-1610, 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference , Portland, United States, 05/06/2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749892

Novel field test design for acquisition of DC and AC parameters during service. / Thorsteinsson, Sune; Poulsen, Peter; Schou, Jørgen et al.
Proceedings of 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2016. IEEE Press, 2016. p. 1608-1610.

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