Hot spot detection of solar photovoltaic panels

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Accurate classification and detection of hot spots of photovoltaic (PV) panels can help guide operation and maintenance decisions, improve the power generation efficiency of the PV system, and ensure power stations’ safe and stable operation.

This paper presents an active hot-spot detection method to detect hot spotting within a series of PV cells, using ac parameter characterization. A PV cell is comprised of series and parallel resistances and parallel capacitance, which are affected by voltage bias, illumination, and temperature.

In this study, a review of hotspot detection in solar PV panels using the image processing method is established based on the image processing field. The integration of image processing approach can further assist in developing automated fault detection in solar PV farms for effective preventive monitoring methods.

In this paper, a hybrid features based support vector machine (SVM) model is proposed using infrared thermography technique for hotspots detection and classification of photovoltaic (PV) panels. A novel hybrid feature vector consisting of RGB, texture, the histogram of oriented gradient (HOG), and local binary pattern (LBP) as features is .

Hot spot in photovoltaic panels has destructive impact on the system, which results in early degradation and even permanent damage of panels. Using conventional bypass diode to prevent hot spotting is not a perfect remedy and more efficient techniques are necessary. In this study, a simple technique is proposed for detection of hot spotting.

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How to detect hot spot in PV panels?

In [ 10 ], an interesting active method for hot spot detection has been presented based on measurement of DC and AC impedances of PV panels. It is shown that under MPPT control, hot spotting in a single cell results in DC and AC impedances increase. The AC impedance is detected using a signal at 10–70 kHz frequency range.

How to detect hot spot defects in infrared image PV panels?

Aiming at the problem of difficult operation and maintenance of PV power plants in complex backgrounds and combined with image processing technology, a method for detecting hot spot defects in infrared image PV panels that combines segmentation and detection, Deeplab-YOLO, is proposed.

Can thermographic images detect hot-spots in solar panels?

Since most hot-spots are not visibly distinguishable in ordinary optic images, it is necessary to take thermographic images for hot-spot detection. This paper proposes a method to detect hot-spots for thermographic images of solar panels.

Can a deeplab-Yolo hot-spot defect detection method be used to detect PV panels?

This article proposes a Deeplab-YOLO hot-spot defect detection method that combines segmentation and detection with infrared images and based on the differences and features in the shape, size, and color of PV panels and hot spots. On the one hand, it can meet the accuracy of segmentation and enhance the edge features of the target.

Are hot spots prevalent in PV panels in operation?

The hot spots are prevalent in PV panels in operation. In order to provide theoretical support for PV operation and maintenance, this study first researched the formation mechanism of hot spots of PV panels and provided a theoretical basis for the classification of hot spots in PV panels.

Why is early detection of hotspots important in PV systems?

The early detection of hotspots is essential to ensure the reliability and durability of the PV systems. In this work, the PV thermal images classification performance of QDA, n-Bayes, KNN, BE, and SVM algorithms was analyzed using different training datasets.