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View article: Wind turbine emulation based on the accurate control of servomotors
Wind turbine emulation based on the accurate control of servomotors Open
The objective of this work is the creation of a novel Wind Turbine Emulation (WTE) technique to support the needs of a new generation of multi-bladed vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) designs aimed at the urban environment. The scheme, pre…
View article: Output-Power Enhancement for Hot Spotted Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Solar Cells
Output-Power Enhancement for Hot Spotted Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Solar Cells Open
Hot spotting is a reliability problem in photovoltaic (PV) panels where a mismatched cell heats up significantly and degrades PV panel output-power performance. High PV cell temperature due to hot spotting can damage the cell encapsulate a…
View article: Detecting Defective Bypass Diodes in Photovoltaic Modules using Mamdani Fuzzy Logic System
Detecting Defective Bypass Diodes in Photovoltaic Modules using Mamdani Fuzzy Logic System Open
In this paper, the development of fault detection method for PV modules defective bypass diodes is presented. Bypass diodes are nowadays used in PV modules in order to enhance the output power production during partial shading conditions. …
View article: Simultaneous fault detection algorithm for grid‐connected photovoltaic plants
Simultaneous fault detection algorithm for grid‐connected photovoltaic plants Open
In this work, the authors present a new algorithm for detecting faults in grid‐connected photovoltaic (GCPV) plant. There are few instances of statistical tools being deployed in the analysis of photovoltaic (PV) measured data. The main fo…
View article: Effect of micro cracks on photovoltaic output power: case study based on real time long term data measurements
Effect of micro cracks on photovoltaic output power: case study based on real time long term data measurements Open
This study analyses the impact of micro cracks on photovoltaic (PV) module output power performance and energy production. Electroluminescence imaging technique was used to detect micro cracks affecting PV modules. The experiment was carri…
View article: Fault detection algorithm for multiple GCPV array configurations
Fault detection algorithm for multiple GCPV array configurations Open
In this paper, a fault detection algorithm for multiple grid-connected photovoltaic (GCPV) array configurations is introduced. For a given set of conditions such as solar irradiance and photovoltaic module temperature, a number of attribut…
View article: The impact of cracks on the performance of photovoltaic modules
The impact of cracks on the performance of photovoltaic modules Open
This paper presents a statistical approach for identifying the significant impact of cracks on the output power performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules. Since there are a few statistical analysis of data for investigating the impact of cr…
View article: Multi‐layer photovoltaic fault detection algorithm
Multi‐layer photovoltaic fault detection algorithm Open
This study proposes a fault detection algorithm based on the analysis of the theoretical curves which describe the behaviour of an existing grid‐connected photovoltaic (GCPV) system. For a given set of working conditions, a number of attri…