One variation of a method includes: triggering solar devices, arranged in a set of solar strings in a solar array installed on a structure, to output a fixed direct-current voltage in an test mode; triggering a first solar device in the set to output a first alternating test signal at a first…
A photovoltaic system includes: a plurality of solar cell modules each including a plurality of solar cells, at least one monitoring device configured to measure a module voltage of a corresponding solar cell module from among the plurality of solar cell modules, and a current measuring device that…
A shutdown device control method, system and apparatus, and a shutdown controller. If the shutdown controller detects that an input voltage of the shutdown controller is reduced, when the input voltage of the shutdown controller is reduced to a preset protection voltage but has not been reduced to…
An inverter and a method for identifying a fault on an alternating current side of a photovoltaic system are provided. A controller records a waveform of a preset parameter of the photovoltaic system, and then transmits the recorded waveform to an external device. The external device that performs…
A method for acquiring a characteristic curve of a PV generator is disclosed. In a power generation installation, an output side of each PV generator is connected via an assigned DC-DC converter, in parallel to a DC link as the input element of a DC-AC converter. The method includes reducing a…
An impedance detection method and a photovoltaic system are provided to help reduce complexity and costs of impedance detection. The method includes: sampling a voltage between a direct current bus and a protective earthing at each of a first time point and a second time point, to obtain a first…
Disclosed are a constant-power supply apparatus and a solar simulation facility. The constant-power supply apparatus comprises: a power board and a control panel, wherein the power board comprises: a power input circuit for providing a power input, a power conversion circuit connected to the power…
The Disclosed in the present application are a power electronic device on a direct-current side of a photovoltaic system, and a test system and a control method therefor, achieving a simple, fast, and low-cost functional test on the power electronic device during a production process or a…
A system and method for seasonal energy consumption determination using verified energy loads with the aid of a digital computer are provided. A digital computer is operated, including: obtaining energy loads for a building measured over a seasonal time period; obtaining outdoor temperatures for…
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for improved bifacial solar modeling. A method may comprise measuring an albedo of a surface on which an array of bifacial solar modules is disposed and setting an albedo parameter of a bifacial gain model. The method may further comprise…
A photovoltaic system includes: a plurality of solar cell modules each including a plurality of solar cells, at least one monitoring device configured to measure a module voltage of a corresponding solar cell module from among the plurality of solar cell modules, and a current measuring device that…
A fault detection apparatus includes a temperature detection unit, a current detection unit, a controller, and a breaking unit. The temperature detection unit is configured to detect temperatures of the plurality of filter capacitors and output the temperatures to the controller. The current…
A test method for testing a solar power generation system is provided. The solar power generation system includes a DC to AC converter and a control unit. The DC to AC converter is electrically coupled between an external power grid and a solar panel. The control unit is configured to control the…
In order to detect power production degradation of a solar power plant (SPP) with at least one photovoltaic module (PVM), by which the detection of power production degradation, affected for instance by long term aging or soiling of the photovoltaic module of the solar power plant, is automated and…
Disclosed herein is add-on electronic circuit structures and methods for providing protection against reverse-electrical-current failures and for enabling comprehensive electrical (current-voltage sweep) and electro-optical (electroluminescence or EL using reserve current flow) testing of solar…
A method of diagnosing malfunctioning of a bypass diode in a solar photovoltaic battery system is provided. The method may include: collecting solar photovoltaic battery operation information indicating a solar photovoltaic battery operation state, from a signal of a solar photovoltaic battery…
A system and method for determining seasonal energy consumption with the aid of a digital computer is provided. Through a power metering energy loads for a building situated in a known location are assessed as measured over a seasonal time period. Outdoor temperatures for the building are assessed…
A photovoltaic (PV) plant (10) power curve measurement system determines normalized irradiation data in response to algorithmic software based on measured or calculated irradiance at one or more desired PV plant (10) locations. The measurement system also measures PV plant (10) electrical power and…
The arrangement has a photoelectric incident radiation sensor connected to an evaluation unit, as is the photovoltaic system. Instantaneous power values corresponding to the incident radiation are passed to the evaluation unit by the photovoltaic system and sensor at the same time. A nominal value…