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Sub-harmonics Based String Fault Assessment in Solar PV Arrays

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Modelling and Simulation in Science, Technology and Engineering Mathematics (MS-17 2017)

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Solar photo voltaic arrays are normally kept at roof top where monitoring of the arrays is challenging task. In this work, an attempt has been taken to monitor the connectivity of the strings feeding energy to the inverter input of a microgrid. The connectivity of the strings has been monitored using inverter output currents waveform. This has been achieved by capturing starting transient of inverter output current. Sub-harmonic components have been measured where from specific relation have been extracted for amplitudes of selected frequencies with percentage of string fault. After selection of certain sub-harmonic components, linear approximation has been done in the relation between amplitude versus percentage of string fault. An algorithm has been proposed for determination of unknown number of faulty strings and has been validated.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, GKCIET (Under MHRD, Government of India), Malda, West Bengal, India

    Tapash Kr. Das & Surajit Chattopadhyay

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India

    Ayan Banik

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

    Arabinda Das

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  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, MCKV Institute of Engineering, Howrah, West Bengal, India

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  3. University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Das, T.K., Banik, A., Chattopadhyay, S., Das, A. (2019). Sub-harmonics Based String Fault Assessment in Solar PV Arrays. In: Chattopadhyay, S., Roy, T., Sengupta, S., Berger-Vachon, C. (eds) Modelling and Simulation in Science, Technology and Engineering Mathematics. MS-17 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 749. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74808-5_25

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