Outlier detection rules for fault detection in solar photovoltaic arrays

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2913-2920

  Zhao, Ye ^a   Lehman, Brad ^a   Ball, Roy ^b   Mosesian, Jerry ^b   De Palma, Jean Francois ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MERSEN USA Newburyport MA LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL TRAINING; MONITORING SYSTEM; OUTLIER DETECTION; OVERCURRENT PROTECTION DEVICES; POWER SOURCES; REAL-TIME OPERATION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

FAULT DETECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; STATISTICS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84879362916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2013.6520712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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