Data acquisition system for photovoltaic systems performance monitoring

Author

Benghanem, Mohamed ; Maafi, Abdelbaki

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. Honari Boumedienne, Algiers, Algeria

Volume

47

Issue

1

fYear

1998

fDate

2/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

33

Abstract

In order to analyze the performance of photovoltaic (PV) systems, we have developed a real-time expert system based on a central microcomputer used as a microserver and can be easily consulted from different automatic stations. The developed system is able to ensure the monitoring, supervision, and control of PV systems installed over a wide area, on one hand, and to create a general PV systems database, on the other. This paper presents a design of a universal data acquisition system with available components and which is easily accessible through a server. The hardware and software configuration of the expert system are described. Performance of this system are also presented when applied on PV systems

Keywords

computer architecture; computerised monitoring; data acquisition; diagnostic expert systems; photovoltaic power systems; automatic stations; central microcom; control; data acquisition; hardware; microserver; monitoring; performance monitoring; photovoltaic systems; real-time expert system; software; supervision; Automatic control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Expert systems; Microcomputers; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Photovoltaic systems; Real time systems; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.728784

Filename

728784