Thermal performance of microinverters on dual-axis trackers

Mohammad A. Hossain; Timothy J. Peshek; Yifan Xu; Liang Ji; Jiayang Sun; Alexis Abramson; Roger H. French

doi:10.1117/12.2061235

8 October 2014 Thermal performance of microinverters on dual-axis trackers

Mohammad A. Hossain, Timothy J. Peshek, Yifan Xu, Liang Ji, Jiayang Sun, Alexis Abramson, Roger H. French

Proceedings Volume 9179, Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems VII; 91790J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061235
Event: SPIE Solar Energy + Technology, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Time-series insolation, environmental, thermal and power data were analyzed in a statistical analytical approach to identify the thermal performance of microinverters on dual-axis trackers under real-world operating conditions. This study analyzed 24 microinverters connected to 8 different brands of photovoltaic (PV) modules from July through October 2013 at the Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension (SDLE) SunFarm at Case Western Reserve University. Exploratory data analysis shows that the microinverter's temperature is strongly correlated with ambient temperature and PV module temperature, and moderately correlated with irradiance and AC power. Noontime data analysis reveals the variations of thermal behavior across different brands of PV module. Hierarchical clustering using the Euclidean distance measure principle was applied to noontime microinverter temperature data to group the similarly behaved microinverters. A multiple regression predictive model has been developed based on ambient temperature, PV module temperature, irradiance and AC power data to predict the microinverters temperature connected with different brands PV modules on dual-axis trackers.

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Mohammad A. Hossain, Timothy J. Peshek, Yifan Xu, Liang Ji, Jiayang Sun, Alexis Abramson, and Roger H. French "Thermal performance of microinverters on dual-axis trackers", Proc. SPIE 9179, Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems VII, 91790J (8 October 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061235

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