Reconfigurable electrical interconnection strategies for photovoltaic arrays: A review

D La Manna, VL Vigni, ER Sanseverino… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Non-uniform irradiance significantly decreases the power delivered by solar photovoltaic
arrays. A promising technique for compensating these power losses relies on dynamically …

Global modern monitoring systems for PV based power generation: A review

MM Rahman, J Selvaraj, NA Rahim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic system is widely installed to increase the share of renewable energy as well as
to reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel based energy. Photovoltaic (PV) is one of …

Development of a suitable model for characterizing photovoltaic arrays with shaded solar cells

E Karatepe, M Boztepe, M Colak - Solar energy, 2007 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of non-uniform solar irradiation distribution
on energy output of different interconnected configurations in photovoltaic (PV) arrays. In …

A simple model of PV system performance and its use in fault detection

SK Firth, KJ Lomas, SJ Rees - Solar energy, 2010 - Elsevier
Results are presented from a monitoring study of the performance of a sample of UK
domestic PV systems. Five-minute average climatic and performance data was recorded for …

Analysis results of output power loss due to the grid voltage rise in grid-connected photovoltaic power generation systems

Y Ueda, K Kurokawa, T Tanabe… - IEEE Transactions …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the connected photovoltaic (PV) power generation system's grid
overvoltage protection function and summarizes the occurrence of the output power loss due …

[PDF][PDF] Monitoring of photovoltaic systems: good practices and systematic analysis

A Woyte, M Richter, D Moser, S Mau… - Proc. 28th …, 2013 - publica.fraunhofer.de
Over the last 20 years, the statistical average performance ratio of a new photovoltaic (PV)
installation in moderate climates has improved from 0.65 to approximately 0.85. This …

Automatic fault diagnosis in PV systems with distributed MPPT

J Solórzano, MA Egido - Energy conversion and management, 2013 - Elsevier
This work presents a novel procedure for fault diagnosis in PV systems with distributed
maximum power point tracking at module level—power optimizers (DC/DC) or micro …

Analysis of current and voltage indicators in grid connected PV (photovoltaic) systems working in faulty and partial shading conditions

S Silvestre, S Kichou, A Chouder, G Nofuentes… - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
To ensure the optimization of the energy generated by grid connected PV (photovoltaic)
systems is necessary to plan a strategy of automatic fault detection. The analysis of current …

Study on impact of photovoltaic power tracking modes on photovoltaic-photothermal performance of PV-PCM-Trombe wall system

X Su, C Luo, X Chen, T Nie, Y Yu, W Zou, Y Wu - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the lack of research on the impact of photovoltaic (PV) power tracking methods on the
performance of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic-Thermal (BIPV/T) systems, this study …

Utility scale photovoltaic plant indices and models for on-line monitoring and fault detection purposes

C Ventura, GM Tina - Electric power systems research, 2016 - Elsevier
Improving reliability and reducing maintenance and operating costs have become important
factors in increasing the competitiveness of photovoltaic (PV) systems. For grid connected …