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On-Site Power Measurements on Large PV Arrays

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Tenth E.C. Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference

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On-site array power measurements are a very efficient way to determine mismatch conditions, cabling errors and ground faults as well as module failures or degradation. During the past 3 years the ESTI team has measured the array output of more than 10 large PV installations by scanning the I–V characteristics of the arrays, using a capacitor load. We present here some of these results as well as the methodology used to obtain I-V curves extrapolated to Standard Test Conditions from the actual scans.

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  1. ESTI/NNE/ISEI, JRC Ispra, I-21020, ISPRA (VA), Italy

    G. Blaesser & W. Zaaiman

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  1. G. Blaesser
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  1. Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain

    A. Luque  & G. Sala  & 

  2. Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

    W. Palz

  3. Secretaria de Estado da Energia, Lisbon, Portugal

    G. Dos Santos

  4. WIP, Munich, F.R. Germany

    P. Helm

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Blaesser, G., Zaaiman, W. (1991). On-Site Power Measurements on Large PV Arrays. In: Luque, A., Sala, G., Palz, W., Dos Santos, G., Helm, P. (eds) Tenth E.C. Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3622-8_313

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