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Criticalities of the Outdoor Infrared Inspection of Photovoltaic Modules by Means of Drones

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Photovoltaic plants are helping to reduce CO2 emissions, but the energy performance of photovoltaic systems must remain high throughout their operational life.
Silvano Vergura
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Understanding the effects of sand and dust accumulation on photovoltaic modules [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Numerical and analytical models of sand and dust particle accumulation on photovoltaic modules in dry regions are presented and supported by a laboratory investigation of sand particle accumulation on a glass surface.
Moir, Robert   +5 more
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Experimental Investigation of Impact of Cool Roof Coating on Bifacial and Monofacial Photovoltaic Modules

open access: yesEngineering Proceedings, 2023
Cool roof coatings are being applied on rooftops to reflect solar irradiance back into the atmosphere. Bifacial photovoltaic modules can receive solar irradiance from the front and rear side.
Khalid Mahmood   +3 more
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Automatic defect identification of PV panels with IR images through unmanned aircraft

open access: yesIET Renewable Power Generation, 2023
In order to improve the reliability and performance of photovoltaic systems, a fault diagnosis method for photovoltaic modules based on infrared images and improved MobileNet‐V3 is proposed.
Cheng Tang   +4 more
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Cooling performance between natural draft cooling system and pre-spray cooling system of photovoltaic modules

open access: yesXi'an Gongcheng Daxue xuebao, 2022
In order to solve the problem of low photoelectric conversion efficiency caused by high operating temperature of photovoltaic modules, a pre-spray cooling system for photovoltaic modules driven by buoyancy was proposed.
HE Suoying   +5 more
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Modeling and detection of hot-spot in shaded photovoltaic cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In this paper, we address the problem of modeling the thermal behavior of photovoltaic (PV) cells undergoing a hotspot condition. In case of shading, PV cells may experience a dramatic temperature increase, with consequent reduction of the provided power.
Giaffreda, Daniele   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Design and development of a wireless sensor network time synchronization system for photovoltaic module monitoring

open access: yesInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2020
Since the working situation of photovoltaic modules cannot be tracked in the real time and defective components cannot be located and controlled specifically, a remote monitoring system of photovoltaic modules based on wireless sensor networks is ...
Xianbo Sun   +6 more
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Analysis of a Novel Proposal Using Temperature and Efficiency to Prevent Fires in Photovoltaic Energy Systems

open access: yesFire, 2023
Fires in photovoltaic (PV) electrical systems are a real and serious problem because this phenomenon can have severe consequences for the safety of people and the environment.
Jose Manuel Juarez-Lopez   +4 more
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Modeling of Photovoltaic Module

open access: yes, 2021
A Photovoltaic (PV) cell is a device that converts sunlight or incident light into direct current (DC) based electricity. Among other forms of renewable energy, PV-based power sources are considered a cleaner form of energy generation. Due to lower prices and increased efficiency, they have become much more popular than any other renewable energy ...
Rakeshkumar Mahto, Reshma John
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The Influence of Selected External Factors on Temperature of Photovoltaic Modules

open access: yesActa Technologica Agriculturae, 2019
The article deals with the impact of selected external factors on the temperature of photovoltaic module surfaces. Primary aim of this research is creation of temperature model for photovoltaic module, which would be usable under the real climatic ...
Bilčík Matúš   +2 more
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