PV System Design and Performance

• Main Author: van Sark, Wilfried (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: fault diagnosis; modeling; simulation; fault tree analysis; photovoltaic system; Bartlett's test; metaheuristic; population density; spatial analyses; AC parameters; parameter estimation; fiber reinforced polymeric plastic (FRP); Hartigan's dip test; energy; image processing; real data; photovoltaic (PV) systems monitoring; forecast; photovoltaic plants; system; graphical malfunction detection; defects; STATCOM; photo-generated current; performance analysis; photovoltaic module performance; solar energy; urban context; thermal interaction; underdamped oscillation; reliability; membership algorithm; photovoltaic systems; availability; fuzzy logic controller; ANOVA; solar farm; energy yield; cluster analysis; photovoltaics; annual yield; residential buildings; PV array; PV system; dc-dc converter; quasi-opposition based learning; grid-connected; performance ratio; organic soiling; vegetated/green roof; conventional roof membrane; UV-fluorescence imaging; PV thermal performance; PV systems; failure mode and effect analysis; ageing and degradation of PV-modules; sheet molding compound FRP; Jarque-Bera's test; Tukey's test; technical costs; Kruskal-Wallis' test; improved cuckoo search algorithm; PV energy performance; pultruded FRP; cracks; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); structural design; software development; floating PV generation structure; malfunction detection; modules; photovoltaic performance; maximum power point; GIS; impedance spectroscopy; floating PV systems (FPV); solar cells; Renewable Energy; loss analysis; shade resilience; Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM); failure detection; optimization problem; failure rates; FCM algorithm; stability analysis; reactive power support; mooring system; buck converter; Mood's Median test; photovoltaic modeling; module architecture; PV module; data analysis; partial shading; opposition-based learning; silicon; floating PV module (FPVM); electroluminescence; urban compactness
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Photovoltaic solar energy technology (PV) has been developing rapidly in the past decades, leading to a multi-billion-dollar global market. It is of paramount importance that PV systems function properly, which requires the generation of expected energy both for small-scale systems that consist of a few solar modules and for very large-scale systems containing millions of modules. This book increases the understanding of the issues relevant to PV system design and correlated performance; moreover, it contains research from scholars across the globe in the fields of data analysis and data mapping for the optimal performance of PV systems, faults analysis, various causes for energy loss, and design and integration issues. The chapters in this book demonstrate the importance of designing and properly monitoring photovoltaic systems in the field in order to ensure continued good performance.