Reliability Analysis and Energy Yield of String-Inverter Considering Monofacial and Bifacial Photovoltaic Panels

Sara Bouguerra; Mohamed Rédha  Yaiche; Ariya Sangwongwanich; Frede Blaabjerg; Elizaveta  Liivik

doi:10.1109/PEDG48541.2020.9244425

Reliability Analysis and Energy Yield of String-Inverter Considering Monofacial and Bifacial Photovoltaic Panels

Sara Bouguerra^*, Mohamed Rédha Yaiche, Ariya Sangwongwanich, Frede Blaabjerg, Elizaveta Liivik

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Abstract

Bifacial PV panels are emerging technologies that can increase the energy yield of the footprint in PV systems and thereby potentially reduce the cost of energy compared to the conventional monofacial PV panels. However, the increased energy yield due to the capability of harvesting the solar energy from both front and rare surfaces of the panel can potentially increase the loading of the inverters used in the system for doing grid connection, and as a consequence affect the inverter reliability performance. This paper thus provides a comparison between monofacial and bifacial PV modules in terms of reliability of the PV inverter and energy yield of the overall system. The analysis is carried out with a mission profile from Algiers, Algeria, where different Albedo and PV module installation heights are considered. The results show that both aspects can affect the lifetime of the PV inverter considerably, and they should be taken into consideration during the design of PV inverter.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceeding of 2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG)
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	Nov 2020
Pages	199-204
Article number	9244425
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-6991-0
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-6990-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDG48541.2020.9244425
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020
Event	2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG) - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 28 Sept 2020 → 1 Oct 2020

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Conference	2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG)
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	28/09/2020 → 01/10/2020

Series	IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG)
ISSN	2329-5767

Keywords

Bifacial PV panels
Energy yield
Inverters
PV systems
Reliability

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Bouguerra, S., Yaiche, M. R., Sangwongwanich, A., Blaabjerg, F., & Liivik, E. (2020). Reliability Analysis and Energy Yield of String-Inverter Considering Monofacial and Bifacial Photovoltaic Panels. In Proceeding of 2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG) (pp. 199-204). Article 9244425 IEEE Press. https://doi.org/10.1109/PEDG48541.2020.9244425

Bouguerra, Sara ; Yaiche, Mohamed Rédha ; Sangwongwanich, Ariya et al. / Reliability Analysis and Energy Yield of String-Inverter Considering Monofacial and Bifacial Photovoltaic Panels. Proceeding of 2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG). IEEE Press, 2020. pp. 199-204 (IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG) ).

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Reliability Analysis and Energy Yield of String-Inverter Considering Monofacial and Bifacial Photovoltaic Panels. / Bouguerra, Sara; Yaiche, Mohamed Rédha ; Sangwongwanich, Ariya et al.
Proceeding of 2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG). IEEE Press, 2020. p. 199-204 9244425 (IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG) ).

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