2012 · 10 citations · 8 references
Environmental MonitoringEngineeringPhotovoltaic SystemPhotovoltaic Power StationEnergy MonitoringIntelligent Automation SystemPhotovoltaicsControl SystemsData SciencePerformance AssessmentPower System AutomationSystems EngineeringRenewable Energy SystemsPower SystemsSolar Energy UtilisationIndustrial InformaticsElectrical EngineeringSolar PowerRenewable Energy MonitoringPv ParkSmart GridEnergy ManagementPhotovoltaic ParkProcess ControlRooftop PhotovoltaicsIndustrial Process MeasurementData Monitoring System
Industrial process measurement and control systems are used in many industrial sectors in order to achieve production improvement, process optimization and accuracy of measurements. The increasing tendency in the construction of photovoltaic (PV) parks suggests the use of PLC and SCADA systems for the efficient operation. This paper proposes an intelligent automation system for supervising the performance assessment of a photovoltaic park. It is a data acquisition system based on PLC technology with the use of an OPC server and a high level program language for the front end. The front end (Graphical User Interface) is implemented in Visual Basic™. The PV Park has a total capacity of aprox. 17 kWp and consists of fixed and tracking units. There are 13 different types of PV modules installed, of which four are mounted on fixed as well as on tracking systems. The proposed data monitoring and acquisition system is able to record various parameters of the PV park performance.
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Performance parameters for grid-connected PV systems
Bill Marion, J. Adelstein, K. Boyle et al. · 2005 · 485 citations · Full text
Appropriate Performance Parameters, Electrical Engineering, Engineering +13