Aerial Infrared Thermography of a CdTe Utility-Scale PV Power Plant

Aline Kirsten Vidal De Oliveira; Dominik Amstad; Uzoma Edward Madukanya; Lucas Rafael Do Nascimento; Mohammadreza Aghaei; Ricardo Ruther

doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980575

Aerial Infrared Thermography of a CdTe Utility-Scale PV Power Plant

Aline Kirsten Vidal De Oliveira, Dominik Amstad, Uzoma Edward Madukanya, Lucas Rafael Do Nascimento, Mohammadreza Aghaei, Ricardo Ruther

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Abstract

Aerial Infrared Thermography (aIRT) is a fast and flexible inspection method to monitor and assess utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants. The literature is abundant on aIRT for crystalline silicon (c-Si) modules, but very little investigation has been carried out and reported thin-film PV. As Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) is currently the leading thin-film technology, and a good performer in warm and sunny climates, this paper aims to investigate the application of aIRT on CdTe PV plants in Brazil. Results demonstrate that aIRT is a reliable, cost-effective and fast method to detect faults on CdTe modules in large-scale PV plants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	1335-1340
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728104942
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980575
Publication status	Published - Jun 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 - Chicago, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019

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Conference	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	16/06/19 → 21/06/19

Keywords

Aerial Infrared Thermography (aIRT)
Cadmium Telluride (CdTe)
Fault Inspection
Photovoltaic Power Plants
Thin-Film
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

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Vidal De Oliveira, A. K., Amstad, D., Madukanya, U. E., Rafael Do Nascimento, L., Aghaei, M., & Ruther, R. (2019). Aerial Infrared Thermography of a CdTe Utility-Scale PV Power Plant. In 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 (pp. 1335-1340). Article 8980575 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980575

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Aerial Infrared Thermography of a CdTe Utility-Scale PV Power Plant. / Vidal De Oliveira, Aline Kirsten; Amstad, Dominik; Madukanya, Uzoma Edward et al.
2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019. p. 1335-1340 8980575.

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