Experimental studies of fault location in PV module strings

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1079-1082

  Takashima, Takumi ^a   Yamaguchi, Junji ^b   Otani, Kenji ^a   Oozeki, Takashi ^a   Kato, Kazuhiko ^a   Ishida, Masayoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earth capacitance measurement; Fault location; PV system diagnosis; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

EARTH CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; EARTH CAPACITANCES; ESTIMATION ERRORS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAULT LOCATION; IRRADIANCE CHANGES; PV MODULES; PV SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS; SERIES RESISTANCES; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WAVE FORMS;

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 67349137458     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.11.060     Document Type: Article

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