Inspection and condition monitoring of large-scale photovoltaic power plants: A review of imaging technologies

I Høiaas, K Grujic, AG Imenes, I Burud, E Olsen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The massive growth of PV farms, both in number and size, has motivated new approaches in
inspection system design and monitoring. This paper presents a review of imaging …

A review of infrared thermography for condition-based monitoring in electrical energy: Applications and recommendations

GK Balakrishnan, CT Yaw, SP Koh, T Abedin, AA Raj… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Condition-based monitoring (CBM) has emerged as a critical instrument for lowering the
cost of unplanned operations while also improving the efficacy, execution, and dependability …

Photoluminescence for defect detection on full-sized photovoltaic modules

B Doll, J Hepp, M Hoffmann, R Schüler… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cost-effective, fast, and nondestructive on-site characterization of photovoltaic plants is
required to determine countermeasures against power loss, defects, or safety problems …

Daylight luminescence system for silicon solar panels based on a bias switching method

M Guada, Á Moretón… - Energy Science & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Among the many characterization techniques for solar panel testing, two,
electroluminescence (EL) and photoluminescence (PL), can provide useful visual …

Module defect detection and diagnosis for intelligent maintenance of solar photovoltaic plants: Techniques, systems and perspectives

W Tang, Q Yang, Z Dai, W Yan - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The energy production efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) systems can be degraded due to the
complicated operating environment. Given the huge installed capacity of large-scale PV …

Photoluminescence imaging of silicon modules in a string

M Vuković, I Eriksdatter Høiaas… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spectral imaging techniques are a powerful tool for surveillance and monitoring of
degradation mechanisms in PV modules. Luminescence images of solar modules have until …

A high-quality Suns-EL imaging method for operating photovoltaic modules under variable sunlight conditions

Z Feng, N Ye, B Zhao, D Chai, J Yang, Y Cao - Solar Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Effective and periodic inspection of photovoltaic (PV) modules is essential to guarantee their
safe operation at maximum capacity. Although luminescence-based imaging techniques can …

Practical procedures of faults and aging inspection to Photovoltaic system using time domain Reflectometry

CC Chung, KL Yen, MT Huang, U Zada - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technology has emerged as a promising and significant renewable energy
source in recent decades. However, the assessment of the on-site power generation …

Electrical and temperature behavior of the forward DC resistance with potential induced degradation of the shunting type in crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and …

M Florides, G Makrides… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Potential-induced degradation (PID) is an unsolved and major power degradation
mechanism that affects photovoltaic (PV) cells, and the tendency to increase the operating …

Laser induced luminescence characterization of mechanically stressed PV cells

GA dos Reis Benatto, C Mantel… - 2021 IEEE 48th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electroluminescence (EL) and photoluminescence (PL) imaging are powerful solar cell and
panel characterization techniques that are capable of detecting early stage solar cell failures …