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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 InfieldThe 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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- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Unit
- Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST)
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2nd Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference Proceedings of the 2nd Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology ConferenceVolume
1Pages
105 - 112Citation
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.105-112Publisher
The Solar Energy Society (UK-ISES)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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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
2005Notes
This is a conference paper.ISBN
0904963713;9780904963717Publisher version
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- en
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Loughborough UKAdministrator link
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