Experimental Comparison of Visual Inspection and Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Soling and Partial Shading in Photovoltaic Arrays

Leonardo Cardinale-Villalobos; Carlos Meza; Luis D. Murillo-Soto

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-69136-3_21

Experimental Comparison of Visual Inspection and Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Soling and Partial Shading in Photovoltaic Arrays

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Abstract

Soling and partial shading of solar panels are two of the most common conditions that affects the power yield of a photovoltaic (PV) installation. Even though human inspection can easily identify such situations, in the case of large power plants covering thousands of hectares it is not practical. In this regard, unmanned areal systems (UAS) represents a useful tool to gather images in a short time for the inspection of thousands of PV panels. Using RGB and infrared cameras, UAS can be used to perform visual inspection (VI) and infrared thermography (IRT) to detect failures in PV arrays. The present paper presents the results of an experiment designed to evaluate the effectiveness of VI and IRT for detecting soiling and partial shadowing. It has been found that for the aforementioned conditions VI are more effective. Also, the methodology presented can be used as a reference for future research for other techniques and other failures. The results provide technical-scientific information for those in charge of operation and maintenance to make an objective choice of failure detection techniques.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Third Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-Cities 2020, 2020, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Sergio Nesmachnow, Luis Hernández Callejo
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	302-321
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9783030691356
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69136-3_21
State	Published - 2021
Event	3rd Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-CITIES 2020 - Virtual, Online Duration: 9 Nov 2020 → 11 Nov 2020

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1359
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	3rd Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-CITIES 2020
City	Virtual, Online
Period	9/11/20 → 11/11/20

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Fault detection performance
Partial shading
Soiling
Solar PV system
Thermography

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Cardinale-Villalobos, L., Meza, C., & Murillo-Soto, L. D. (2021). Experimental Comparison of Visual Inspection and Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Soling and Partial Shading in Photovoltaic Arrays. In S. Nesmachnow, & L. Hernández Callejo (Eds.), Third Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-Cities 2020, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 302-321). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1359). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69136-3_21

Cardinale-Villalobos, Leonardo ; Meza, Carlos ; Murillo-Soto, Luis D. / Experimental Comparison of Visual Inspection and Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Soling and Partial Shading in Photovoltaic Arrays. Third Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-Cities 2020, 2020, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Sergio Nesmachnow ; Luis Hernández Callejo. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 302-321 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Cardinale-Villalobos, L , Meza, C & Murillo-Soto, LD 2021, Experimental Comparison of Visual Inspection and Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Soling and Partial Shading in Photovoltaic Arrays. in S Nesmachnow & L Hernández Callejo (eds), Third Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-Cities 2020, 2020, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1359, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 302-321, 3rd Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-CITIES 2020, Virtual, Online, 9/11/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69136-3_21

Experimental Comparison of Visual Inspection and Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Soling and Partial Shading in Photovoltaic Arrays. / Cardinale-Villalobos, Leonardo ; Meza, Carlos ; Murillo-Soto, Luis D.
Third Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-Cities 2020, 2020, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Sergio Nesmachnow; Luis Hernández Callejo. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 302-321 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1359).

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Cardinale-Villalobos L , Meza C , Murillo-Soto LD. Experimental Comparison of Visual Inspection and Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Soling and Partial Shading in Photovoltaic Arrays. In Nesmachnow S, Hernández Callejo L, editors, Third Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-Cities 2020, 2020, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 302-321. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-69136-3_21

Experimental Comparison of Visual Inspection and Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Soling and Partial Shading in Photovoltaic Arrays

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