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Improved outdoor monitoring of photovoltaic modules

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posted on 2015-06-09, 14:15 authored by Martin BlissMartin Bliss, Thomas R. Betts, Ralph Gottschalg, David Infield
The Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) has been operating an outdoor measurement facility for testing photovoltaic (PV) modules since 1998. The facility is used to continuously measure the performance of a range of commercial and prototype modules, by scanning full I-V characteristics every ten minutes with synchronous measurements of ambient and module temperatures and broadband and spectral irradiance. The trend for increasingly high power PV modules and increased demand for channels has precipitated the next stage of development for the CREST system. A number of lessons have been learned from the past system which are indicated in this paper with a thorough system analysis, along with a description of the standard measurement cycle currently in operation. Then follows a full technical description of the new system, including the hardware design and software development.

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School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Research Unit

  • Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST)

Published in

2nd Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference Proceedings of the 2nd Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference

Volume

1

Pages

105 - 112

Citation

BLISS, M., GOTTSCHALG, R. and INFIELD, D.G., 2005. Improved outdoor monitoring of photovoltaic modules. IN: Gottschalg, R. ... et al (eds). Proceedings, Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology: PVSAT-2 ; Conference C84 of the Solar Energy Society, CREST, Loughborough University, 14th-15th April 2005, pp.105-112

Publisher

The Solar Energy Society (UK-ISES)

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2005

Notes

This is a conference paper.

ISBN

0904963713;9780904963717

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Language

  • en

Location

Loughborough UK

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