TY - GEN
T1 - A low-cost online performance monitoring system for home photovoltaic generators
AU - Al-Nuaimi, Hala
AU - Abu-Serdaneh, Afnan
AU - Kablan, Hanin
AU - Al-Darmaki, Ghaya
AU - Abdrabou, Atef
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/6/8
Y1 - 2018/6/8
N2 - This paper provides a design for a cost-effective online wireless monitoring system for home PV generators. Home-installed PVs represent renewable energy generators that are expected to emerge in the next generation of power systems in order to reduce the home electricity cost. The proposed system is a standalone system that reduces the interaction of labors and exposure to PV monitoring system hazards. It offers online wireless monitoring for important performance-controlling parameters of the PV system such as irradiance, ambient temperature, the PV surface temperature, output power, the battery charge level, and PV surface status. Different from other monitoring systems in the literature, the proposed system compares the measured performance parameters with the expected manufacturer nominal values. The aim is to give the user an overall picture about the health status of the PV generator including different indicators that trigger the need for system component change or repair. The remote unit of the designed system measures the mentioned parameters, establishes a wireless communication link with the display unit then sends the measurements over that link to be displayed and compared.
AB - This paper provides a design for a cost-effective online wireless monitoring system for home PV generators. Home-installed PVs represent renewable energy generators that are expected to emerge in the next generation of power systems in order to reduce the home electricity cost. The proposed system is a standalone system that reduces the interaction of labors and exposure to PV monitoring system hazards. It offers online wireless monitoring for important performance-controlling parameters of the PV system such as irradiance, ambient temperature, the PV surface temperature, output power, the battery charge level, and PV surface status. Different from other monitoring systems in the literature, the proposed system compares the measured performance parameters with the expected manufacturer nominal values. The aim is to give the user an overall picture about the health status of the PV generator including different indicators that trigger the need for system component change or repair. The remote unit of the designed system measures the mentioned parameters, establishes a wireless communication link with the display unit then sends the measurements over that link to be displayed and compared.
KW - PV generators
KW - monitoring system
KW - nominal performance
KW - wireless communication
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U2 - 10.1109/ICASET.2018.8376795
DO - 10.1109/ICASET.2018.8376795
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050002599
T3 - 2018 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2018
SP - 1
EP - 5
BT - 2018 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2018
Y2 - 6 February 2018 through 5 April 2018
ER -