PV power plant inspection by UAS: Correlation between altitude and detection of defects on PV modules

2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2015 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1921-1926

  Leva, S ^a   Aghaei, M ^a   Grimaccia, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerial image capture; Photography; Photovoltaics; PV module; Solar Energy; UASs (Unmanned Aerial Systems); Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DEFECTS; INSPECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AERIAL IMAGES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV MODULES; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84943138544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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