Monitoring and checking of performance in photovoltaic plants: A tool for design, installation and maintenance of grid-connected systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 722-732

  Spertino, Filippo ^a   Corona, Fabio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design optimization; Energy measurements; Maintenance; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Photovoltaic systems

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; GRID CONNECTED PV SYSTEM; GRID CONNECTED SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SOLAR THERMAL PLANTS;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SUN;

MAINTENANCE;

DESIGN METHOD; GUIDELINE; INSTALLATION; MAINTENANCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880368092     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.011     Document Type: Review

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