Design and implementation of a photovoltaic I-V curve tracer: Solar modules characterization under real operating conditions

Amiry, Houssam; Benhmida, Mohammadi; Bendaoud, Rachid; Hajjaj, Charaf; Bounouar, Said; Yadir, Said; Rais, Khalid; Sidki, M.

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2018.05.046

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“…This section assesses the state of the art regarding prototypes of power smart meters for households. Depending on the support platform, these prototypes can be classified as follows: (i) Arduino open-source platform [3,7,14,[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57], (ii) field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology [4,41], (iii) Lopy [5], and (iv) others [6,8,51,52].…”

Section: Research On Power Smart Meter Prototypes For Householdsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Reference [3] arranged a set of sensors based on an Arduino platform for monitoring and controlling household appliances with PV and BESS, which provided significant insights into their respective benefits. The monitoring system in Reference [46] had an Arduino Mega 2560 microcontroller board [58] and different sensors, with a clock speed of 16 MHz. It offered considerable flexibility to acquire data, and interface with the computer.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This literature review [3][4][5][6][7][8][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51] reflects that an accurate low-cost prototype for monitoring PV household-prosumers at temporal high-resolution has still not been developed and validated. Major shortcomings found in the prototypes proposed thus far include the following.…”

Section: Research On Power Smart Meter Prototypes For Householdsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although various references [4][5][6][7]44,[46][47][48][49] state that a low-cost prototype was developed, its actual cost was rarely evaluated, except for Reference [8] with a partial cost of 13 €, [43] with a cost of 25 €, and [45] with a cost of 60 €.…”

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Development and Calibration of an Open Source, Low-Cost Power Smart Meter Prototype for PV Household-Prosumers

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Smart meter roll-out in photovoltaic (PV) household-prosumers provides easy access to granular meter measurements, which enables advanced energy services. The design of these services is based on the training and validation of models. However, this requires temporal high-resolution data for generation/load profiles collected in real-world household facilities. For this purpose, this research developed and successfully calibrated a new prototype for an accurate low-cost On-time Single-Phase Power Smart Meter (OSPPSM), which corresponded to these profiles. This OSPPSM is based on the Arduino open-source electronic platform. Not only can it locally store information, but can also wirelessly send these data to cloud storage in real-time. This paper describes the hardware and software design and its implementation. The experimental results are presented and discussed. The OSPPSM demonstrated that it was capable of in situ real-time processing. Moreover, the OSPPSM was able to meet all of the calibration standard tests in terms of accuracy class 1 (measurement error ≤1%) included in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards for smart meters. In addition, the evaluation of the uncertainty of electrical variables is provided within the context of the law of propagation of uncertainty. The approximate cost of the prototype was 60 € from eBay stores.

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Section: Research On Power Smart Meter Prototypes For Householdsmentioning

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Section: Research On Power Smart Meter Prototypes For Householdsmentioning

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“…Due to its high cost, the acquisition of this equipment is limited to specific centres. Several studies have been carried out to improve the different methodologies of the I-V tracing methods [22][23][24][25][26][27]. Nevertheless, a complete and detailed framework of all the components required to implement the I-V tracer is rarely offered in the literature.…”

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Low-Cost I–V Tracer for PV Modules under Real Operating Conditions

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Solar photovoltaic technologies have undergone significant scientific development. To ensure the transfer of knowledge through the training of qualified personnel, didactic tools that can be acquired or built at a reasonable price are needed. Most training and research centres have restrictions on acquiring specific equipment due to its high cost. With this in mind, this article presents the development and transfer of a low-cost I–V curve tracer acquisition system. The device is made up of embedded systems with all the necessary hardware and software for its operation. The hardware and software presented are open source and have a low cost, i.e., the estimated material cost of the system is less than 200 euros. For its development, four institutions from three different countries participated in the project. Three photovoltaic technologies were used to measure the uncertainties related to the equipment developed. In addition, the system can be transferred for use as an academic or research tool, as long as the measurement does not need to be certified. Two accredited laboratories have certified the low uncertainties in the measurement of the proposed system.

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Design and implementation of a photovoltaic I-V curve tracer: Solar modules characterization under real operating conditions

Cited by 60 publications

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Development and Calibration of an Open Source, Low-Cost Power Smart Meter Prototype for PV Household-Prosumers

Development and Calibration of an Open Source, Low-Cost Power Smart Meter Prototype for PV Household-Prosumers

Low-Cost I–V Tracer for PV Modules under Real Operating Conditions

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