PLC-based photovoltaic system management for smart home energy management system

Author

Jinsoo Han ; Chang-sic Choi ; Wan-Ki Park ; Ilwoo Lee ; Sang-Ha Kim

fYear

2014

fDate

10-13 Jan. 2014

Firstpage

542

Lastpage

543

Abstract

This paper describes a photovoltaic (PV) system management scheme. A typical PV system installed in home monitors only the status values at the inverter. It has difficulty in localizing failures in the PV system for maintenance. To overcome this, we propose a PLC-based management scheme that consists of a PLC modem, a renewable energy gateway (REG), and a smart device application. The PLC modems measure the status of PV modules. The REG aggregates the measured status values from the PLC modems. The smart device application displays the status of the whole PV system. A user can easily localize failures in the PV system for better performance and maintenance. The proposed scheme enhances a PV system management and can create synergy with smart home energy management system.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; energy management systems; invertors; modems; photovoltaic power systems; PLC modem; PLC-based management; REG; home monitor; inverter; maintenance; photovoltaic system management; power line communication; renewable energy gateway; smart device; smart home energy management system; Energy management; Inverters; Modems; Monitoring; Photovoltaic systems; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

2158-3994

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1290-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2014.6776124

Filename

6776124