A photovoltaic module thermal model using observed insolation and meteorological data to support a long life, highly reliable module-integrated inverter design by predicting expected operating temperature

2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3343-3349

  Balog, Robert S ^a   Kuai, Yingying ^b   Uhrhan, Greg ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SolarBridge Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic cell thermal factors; Photovoltaic power systems; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

AC MODULE; ACCURATE PREDICTION; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; COMMERCIAL GRADE; COMPONENT SELECTION; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATED INVERTER; LONG LIFE; LOWER COST; MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; OBSERVED DATA; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PEAK TEMPERATURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS; PV MODULE TEMPERATURE; PV MODULES; REAL-WORLD; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL FACTORS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL MODELING;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 72449134241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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