scholarly journals New PV Metrology for performance appraisal of PolySilicon PV Modules in Eastern Indian climatic Zone

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 333-337
Author(s):  
Debasish Majumdar ◽  
◽  
Sudipta Basu Pal ◽  
Rajiv Ganguly
Keyword(s):  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Electrical Characterization ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Performance Ratio ◽  
Pv Modules ◽  
Indian Climatic ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Indian Industries

An appropriate number of series-connected supercapacitors (SC) forming an SC bank has been used for the first time as the load to PV generators in course of their electrical characterization. Exhaustive estimates of standard PV parameters along with figures of merits like Fill-factor(FF) and performance ratio(PR) have yielded consistent results under naturally varying levels of insolation and ambient temperature prevalent in West Bengal of India. Regression analysis of selected PV parameters has indicated values above 0.997 for poly-Si PV modules which currently constitute the only essential building blocks for PV arrays in the Indian subcontinent. Work is in progress for the adoption of this simple, user-friendly, and easily scalable I-V plotter in PV Indian industries and field trials.

scholarly journals Supercapacitor based PV measurement technique − quality assessment with poly-Si PV modules at IIEST, Kolkata

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Sudipta Basu Pal ◽  
Rahul Kumar ◽  
Konika Das Bhattacharya ◽  
Dipankar Mukherjee ◽  
Debkalyan Paul
Keyword(s):  
Fill Factor ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Performance Ratio ◽  
Electrical Parameters ◽  
Pv Panel ◽  
Pv Modules ◽  
Cell Modules ◽  
Commercial Testing ◽  
And Performance ◽  
First Time

Supercapacitors have been used for the first time as load to PV cell/modules for characterizing their behavior. In this paper, a novel and essentially simple design of a V–I plotter is attempted with a bank of super capacitors (SC) as the load to the PV modules of varying capacities. The distinct advantages of the SC's over the erstwhile capacitors have been comparatively experimented. Finally, an elaborate regression analysis (RA) of principal electrical parameters have yielded consistently high values exceeding 0.993 experimental evaluation of quality parameters like fill-factor (FF) and performance ratio (PR) have yielded a range of 70–79% while PR values frequently ranges from 90% to 99%. Suitability of poly-Si PV modules at the level of PV panel configurations have been ascertained through experimental estimate of series and parallel relative power loss (RPL) values. Typical values below 2% obtained for widely varying climatic level is also a quality indicator for the new metrology in question. Such a prototype I–V plotter is expected to be duly considered for commercial testing applications in PV industries.

Comparative Analysis of Crystalline and Double-Junction Amorphous Silicon Modules Performance in Outdoor Conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Cornaro ◽  
Davide Musella
Keyword(s):  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Outdoor Exposure ◽  
Complete Characterization ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Performance Ratio ◽  
Energy Yield ◽  
Pv Modules ◽  
Double Junction ◽  
And Performance

The paper deals with an extensive photovoltaic (PV) modules monitoring activity carried out at the outdoor station ESTER (Solar Energy TEst and Research) of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. The purpose of the work was to evaluate and compare the performance of PV silicon modules of polycrystalline (poli-Si) and amorphous (a-Si) technologies during a medium-term outdoor exposure at optimized tilt angle, facing south. Two PV modules, one polycrystalline silicon and one double-junction amorphous silicon, have been exposed since May 2009 until Oct. 2010. A complete characterization of the weather conditions at the site during the test has been performed, and the most relevant parameters for the performance comparison of the two technologies have been derived. In order to compare different technologies and power productions, the energy yield (Y) and performance ratio (PR) for the two modules have been evaluated on a monthly and yearly basis. The typical seasonal trend of PR has been observed for the polycrystalline module, essentially due to the temperature influence on the module performance. For the a-Si module, instead, a degradation trend has been observed for the first months of operation. Subsequently, a significant recovery in the PR and energy production has been registered.

scholarly journals Modified Humic Substances as Soil Conditioners: Laboratory and Field Trials

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Kulikova ◽  
Alexander B. Volikov ◽  
Olga I. Filippova ◽  
Vladimir A. Kholodov ◽  
Nadezhda V. Yaroslavtseva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Humic Substances ◽  
Soil Aggregates ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Performance Testing ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Soil Conditioner ◽  
Model Soil ◽  
Substrate Induced Respiration ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Survival Of Seedlings

The paper is devoted to the development and performance testing of a soil conditioner based on leonardite humic substances (LHS) modified with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES). The modified HS were obtained by adding APTES to LHS solution at different mass ratios of LHS and APTES, followed by the investigation of siloxane structures using 31Si NMR spectroscopy. The Urbic Technosol was used as a model soil. The size and amount of water-stable soil aggregates were estimated using wet sieving and laser diffraction, respectively. Toxicity was evaluated by monitoring microbial substrate-induced respiration (SIR) and seedling bioassay. Laboratory column experiments demonstrated an increase in water-stability of the 3–5 mm soil aggregates after LHS-APTES application. Field tests showed an increase in the average weighted diameter of micro aggregates (from 59 to 73 μm) and water-stable macroaggregates (from 1.6 to 2.9 mm) due to the LHS-APTES amendment. A substantial increase in SIR from 5 to 9 mg CO2 (kg h)−1 was detected. Better survival of seedlings was observed. The obtained beneficial results indicate that APTES-modified HS can be successfully used as a soil conditioner. The formation of extended siloxane networks was suggested as the main mechanism of the observed improvement in the structure of the amended soils.

Artificial intelligence technique for estimating PV modules performance ratio under outdoor operating conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 053505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain K. Tossa ◽  
Y. M. Soro ◽  
Y. Coulibaly ◽  
Y. Azoumah ◽  
Anne Migan-Dubois ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Performance Ratio ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Technique ◽  
Pv Modules ◽  
Intelligence Technique

scholarly journals A study on the reliability and performance of solar powered street lighting systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebayo Fashina ◽  
Salifu Azeko ◽  
Joseph Asare ◽  
Chukwuemeka Ani ◽  
Vitalis Anye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Performance Ratio ◽  
Energy Yield ◽  
Street Lighting ◽  
Technical Performance ◽  
Humid Environment ◽  
Total Failure ◽  
Lighting Systems ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Solar Powered

This paper presents the results of a study on the reliability and performance of the solar-powered street lighting systems installed at the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) in Nigeria, a hot and humid environment. The technical performance of the systems was studied using the following performance indicators: system energy yield, capture loss, as well as the system performance ratio while the reliability of the systems was examined using a model developed from the findings from the maintenance and fault diagnosis of the systems. The model was used to predict the total failure and survival probability of the systems using the Weibull distribution. The performance evaluation during the monitored period (February 2012 to January 2015) indicated that the performance ratios of the systems vary from 70% to 89% and the energy yields of the systems ranging from 2.87 h/day to 5.57 h/day. The results from the reliability analysis also showed that when the stress concentration factor around the notch between the cable terminals in the charge controller increases, the charge controller will become overheated, which in turn affected other components of the systems. The implications of this study are also discussed for the design and development of future solar-powered street lighting systems.

scholarly journals TESSA: design and implementation of a platform for situational sea awareness

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-196
Author(s):  
Mario Scalas ◽  
Palmalisa Marra ◽  
Luca Tedesco ◽  
Raffaele Quarta ◽  
Emanuele Cantoro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
End User ◽  
Performance Requirements ◽  
Platform Architecture ◽  
Front End ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Key Aspects

Abstract. This article describes the architecture of sea situational awareness (SSA) platform, a major asset within TESSA, an industrial research project funded by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research. The main aim of the platform is to collect, transform and provide forecast and observational data as information suitable for delivery across a variety of channels, like web and mobile; specifically, the ability to produce and provide forecast information suitable for creating SSA-enabled applications has been a critical driving factor when designing and evolving the whole architecture. Thus, starting from functional and performance requirements, the platform architecture is described in terms of its main building blocks and flows among them: front-end components that support end-user applications and map and data analysis components that allow for serving maps and querying data. Focus is directed to key aspects and decisions about the main issues faced, like interoperability, scalability, efficiency and adaptability, but it also considers insights about future works in this and similarly related subjects. Some analysis results are also provided in order to better characterize critical issues and related solutions.

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