eprintid: 2709
rev_number: 12
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datestamp: 2015-06-23 12:59:23
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type: article
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creators_name: Spertino, F.
creators_name: Ciocia, A.
creators_name: Di Leo, P.
creators_name: Tommasini, R.
creators_name: Berardone, Irene
creators_name: Corrado, Mauro
creators_name: Infuso, Andrea
creators_name: Paggi, Marco
creators_id: filippo.spertino@polito.it
creators_id: 
creators_id: 
creators_id: 
creators_id: irene.berardone@polito.it
creators_id: mauro.corrado@polito.it
creators_id: andrea.infuso@polito.it
creators_id: marco.paggi@imtlucca.it
title: A power and energy procedure in operating
photovoltaic systems to quantify the losses
according to the causes
ispublished: pub
subjects: Q1
divisions: CSA
full_text_status: public
abstract: Recently, after high feed-in tariffs in Italy, retroactive cuts in the energy payments have generated economic concern about several grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems with poor performance. In this paper the proposed procedure suggests some rules for determining the sources of losses and thus minimizing poor performance in the energy production. The on-site
field inspection, the identification of the irradiance sensors, as close as possible the PV system, and the assessment of energy production are three preliminary steps which do not require experimental tests. The fourth step is to test the arrays of PV modules on-site. The fifth step is to test only the PV strings or single modules belonging to arrays with poor performance (e.g., I-V mismatch). The sixth step is to use the thermo-graphic camera and the electroluminescence at the PV-module level. The seventh step is to monitor the DC racks of each inverter or the individual inverter, if equipped with only one Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT). Experimental results on real PV systems show the effectiveness of this procedure.
date: 2015-08-01
date_type: published
publication: Solar Energy
volume: 118
publisher: Elsevier
pagerange: 313-326
id_number: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.05.033
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0038-092X
official_url: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X15002935
funders: European Research Council
funders: Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
projects: ERC StG CA2PVM (GA 306622)
projects: FIRB Future in Research 2010 (RBFR107AKG)
citation:   Spertino, F. and Ciocia, A. and Di Leo, P. and Tommasini, R. and Berardone, Irene and Corrado, Mauro and Infuso, Andrea and Paggi, Marco  A power and energy procedure in operating photovoltaic systems to quantify the losses according to the causes.  Solar Energy, 118.  pp. 313-326.  ISSN 0038-092X      (2015)  
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2709/1/SE-S-15-00766.pdf