Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the planning, operation and maintenance of concentrating solar thermal systems: A review

K Milidonis, A Eliades, V Grigoriev, MJ Blanco - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The technological advancements achieved in the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
have positioned this technology as a key enabling technology for revolutionizing the entire …

Automatic inspection of photovoltaic power plants using aerial infrared thermography: a review

AKV de Oliveira, M Aghaei, R Rüther - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, aerial infrared thermography (aIRT), as a cost-efficient inspection method,
has been demonstrated to be a reliable technique for failure detection in photovoltaic (PV) …

[HTML][HTML] Photovoltaic systems operation and maintenance: A review and future directions

H Abdulla, A Sleptchenko, A Nayfeh - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The expansion of photovoltaic systems emphasizes the crucial requirement for effective
operations and maintenance, drawing insights from advanced maintenance approaches …

[HTML][HTML] Digital-PV: A digital twin-based platform for autonomous aerial monitoring of large-scale photovoltaic power plants

M Kolahi, SM Esmailifar, AMM Sizkouhi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel digital twin-based solution called Digital-PV has been developed for
the simulation and managed execution of autonomous aerial monitoring of photovoltaic (PV) …

Coverage path planning with semantic segmentation for UAV in PV plants

A Pérez-González, N Benítez-Montoya… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Solar energy is one of the most strategic energy sources for the world's economic
development. This has caused the number of solar photovoltaic plants to increase around …

Guidance, Navigation and Control System for Multi-Robot Network in Monitoring and Inspection Operations

M Hayajneh, A Al Mahasneh - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work focuses on the challenges associated with autonomous robot guidance,
navigation, and control in multi-robot systems. This study provides an affordable solution by …

An overview on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for medical product transportation: flight dynamics and vibration issues

RS Geronel, GR Begnini, RM Botez… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2022 - Springer
Advances in technology and the possibility to carry different sensors and payloads have led
to the increasing use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the medical sector. Currently …

Real-Time Object Detection for Autonomous Solar Farm Inspection via UAVs

J Rodriguez-Vazquez, I Prieto-Centeno… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Robotic missions for solar farm inspection demand agile and precise object detection
strategies. This paper introduces an innovative keypoint-based object detection framework …

Optimal Positioning Strategy for Multi-Camera Zooming Drones

M Vargas, C Vivas, T Alamo - IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the context of multiple-target tracking and surveillance applications, this paper
investigates the challenge of determining the optimal positioning of a single autonomous …

[PDF][PDF] Grid-Connected PV System Statistics and Evaluation; Review

MI Mosaad - Yanbu Journal of Engineering and Science, 2022 - yjes.scholasticahq.com
Today, the grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) power system plays a significant role in
generating electrical energy by making use of the sun's rays, then converting it into usable …