The majority of Photovoltaic (PV) plants do not include components with moving parts and
often they are wrongly considered maintenance-free. The present work consists of a …

In general, photovoltaic (PV) plants do not include components with moving parts and, as a
consequence, they are wrongly considered maintenance-free. Thus, this article presents a …

The main purpose of this paper is to design a scientific-based probabilistic model based on
Markov chains, to calculate reliability indicators, such as mean time between failure (MTBF) …

Recently, solar power generation is significantly contributed to growing renewable sources
of electricity all over the world. The reliability and availability improvement of solar …

The reliability of photovoltaic (PV) generators is strongly affected by the performance of
Direct Current/Alternating Current (DC/AC) converters, being the major source of PV …

The greater challenge that researchers address and indicate while investigating about
photovoltaic (PV) system failures during their Operation and Maintenance (O&M) is the lack …

Reliability of photovoltaic (PV) components, systems and operation plays significant role in
marketability of PV power plants. In that regard special attention should be given to the …

The target reliability levels of Photovoltaic inverters, that encounter Photovoltaic panels
reliability, is a challenging issue. Currently a lot of efforts are carried out to improve the …

Photovoltaic solar fields are planned to operate during many years, so the monitoring of the
plant parameters and performances undoubtedly represents an adequate way to ensure a …

The sustainability of the global energy production systems involves new renewable energies
and the improvement of the existing ones. Photovoltaic industry is growing thanks to the …