Effective real-time performance monitoring and diagnostics of individual panels in PV plants

4th International Conference on Clean Electrical Power: Renewable Energy Resources Impact, ICCEP 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 14-19

  Guerriero, P ^a   D'Alessandro, V ^a   Petrazzuoli, L ^b   Vallone, G ^b   Daliento, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IER srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monitoring system; partial shading; photovoltaic plant; reliability

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; MONITORING SYSTEM; PARTIAL SHADING; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANT; REAL TIME PERFORMANCE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

MONITORING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RELIABILITY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84884643560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCEP.2013.6586958     Document Type: Conference Paper

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