Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the Author
- Foreword
- Preface
- Disclaimer Note
- Acknowledgments
- Peer Review of Solar Power Generation Problems, Solutions, and Monitoring
- 1 Types of Energy Sources and Energy Production and Use
- 2 Significance of Large-Scale Photovoltaic Solar Power Energy Production
- 3 Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology
- 4 Issues and Problems Associated with Large-Scale Solar Power Systems
- 5 How to Design and Specify Large-Scale Solar Power Systems
- 6 Solar Power Construction and Project Management
- 7 Solar Power Financing
- 8 Large-Scale Solar Power System Legal Issues
- 9 Proposed Advanced Photovoltaic Solar Power System Technology Requirements
- 10 Microinverters and Peak Power Tracking (PPT) Technologies
- 11 Advanced Solar Power Generation and Integration with Smart Grid
- 12 Large-Scale Energy Storage Systems
- Appendix A Glossary: Solar Energy Power Terms
- Appendix B Feasibility Study and Example
- Appendix C Solar Power System Tests
- Appendix D Bakersfield, California, Solar Power Fire
- Appendix E U.S. Statewide Solar Initiative Programs and International Tariffs
- Appendix F Alternative and Solar Power Engineering Studies Program
- Appendix G Historical Timeline of Solar Power Energy
- Index
9 - Proposed Advanced Photovoltaic Solar Power System Technology Requirements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2016
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the Author
- Foreword
- Preface
- Disclaimer Note
- Acknowledgments
- Peer Review of Solar Power Generation Problems, Solutions, and Monitoring
- 1 Types of Energy Sources and Energy Production and Use
- 2 Significance of Large-Scale Photovoltaic Solar Power Energy Production
- 3 Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology
- 4 Issues and Problems Associated with Large-Scale Solar Power Systems
- 5 How to Design and Specify Large-Scale Solar Power Systems
- 6 Solar Power Construction and Project Management
- 7 Solar Power Financing
- 8 Large-Scale Solar Power System Legal Issues
- 9 Proposed Advanced Photovoltaic Solar Power System Technology Requirements
- 10 Microinverters and Peak Power Tracking (PPT) Technologies
- 11 Advanced Solar Power Generation and Integration with Smart Grid
- 12 Large-Scale Energy Storage Systems
- Appendix A Glossary: Solar Energy Power Terms
- Appendix B Feasibility Study and Example
- Appendix C Solar Power System Tests
- Appendix D Bakersfield, California, Solar Power Fire
- Appendix E U.S. Statewide Solar Initiative Programs and International Tariffs
- Appendix F Alternative and Solar Power Engineering Studies Program
- Appendix G Historical Timeline of Solar Power Energy
- Index
Summary
Technology Feature and Capability Requirements
This chapter explores the features and capabilities of an advanced technology that can mitigate shortcomings associated with large-scale solar photovoltaic power technologies. The main purpose of this document is to define a broad roadmap of the technology research and product development that will be necessary to develop a defined and organized hardware, firmware, and software solution.
Control and Communication Features
Cloud-Based Wireless Communication and Control Capability Requirements
Individual photovoltaic (PV) module ON/OFF control by hard-contact latching relay capable of interrupting short-circuit DC current
Capability to turn ON/OFF any solar power string within a solar power farm by operator command
Capability to turn ON/OFF an entire solar power farm, by operator control
Capability to turn OFF PV modules of an entire solar power system under an emergency situation
Capability to execute all of the above features simultaneously for an unlimited number of solar power farms located in various geographic locations worldwide 6. Execution of control via remote master server location or a field communication and control portable laptop or iPad
Capability of automatic total solar power shut down of roof or ground-mount solar power systems by auxiliary contact from a building fire control panel
Capability for secure emergency solar power system shut down by local fire department
Capability to dial or e-mail emergency messages to predesignated sources
Post emergency sequential controlled start-up of solar power subsystems by operator
Wireless monitoring of nodal inverter
Proposed Advanced PV Submetering Technology Communication Configuration and Solar Power Production Analytics
The following are some of the important requirements for an advanced solar power module submetering system:
Zigbee-based mesh networking communication
Dedicated individual PV module communication and control
Communication gateway monitoring of scalable solar power subarray systems
High-speed cable or cellular modem portal
Reception security encryption code and 128 data transmission
Virtually unlimited PV module addressing capability
Real-time measurement of current, voltage, and temperature of each individual PV module with a solar power system
Real-time power computation of each PV module
Wireless acquisition of field ambient environmental parameters, such as temperature, solar irradiance, and barometric pressure for analytical use to normalize and verify power output production of each and every PV module within a solar power system
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- Solar Power Generation Problems, Solutions, and Monitoring , pp. 177 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016