PLC-based PV plants smart monitoring system: Field measurements and uncertainty estimation

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2215-2222

  Sánchez Pacheco, Francisco J ^a   Sotorrío Ruiz, Pedro Juan ^a   Heredia Larrubia, Juan R ^a   Pérez Hidalgo, Francisco ^a   De Cardona, Mariano Sidrach ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measurement uncertainty; photovoltaic (PV) plant efficiency; power lines communication (PLC) transmission; smart monitoring

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; PLANT EFFICIENCY; POWER LINES COMMUNICATION; SMART MONITORING; SMART MONITORING SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 84906315786     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2014.2308972     Document Type: Article

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