Operation and maintenance of stand-alone photovoltaic systems: data acquisition and analysis

Conference · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Conf. Rec. IEEE Photovoltaic Spec. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5122507

Risser, V V; Hutchinson, P; Watson, G

The U.S. Navy is increasing its use of photovoltaic power systems, particularly in remote areas for stand-alone applications. These systems operate unattended and include little or no instrumentation for data acquisition. Although these systems have operated reliably, a program has been initiated to provide preventive maintenance and to determine if any system problems have occurred. This long-term program calls for periodic site visits for a few days of intensive data collection and maintenance action. Data will be analyzed, normalized, and compared with data collected in succeeding years. The results will be beneficial to the system operator in terms of decreased life cycle cost.

• Research Organization: New Mexico Solar Energy Institute
• OSTI ID: 5122507
• Report Number(s): CONF-840561-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Conf. Rec. IEEE Photovoltaic Spec. Conf.; (United States)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140600* -- Solar Energy-- Photovoltaic Power Systems
COST
DATA ACQUISITION
DATA ANALYSIS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
LIFE-CYCLE COST
MAINTENANCE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
POWER SUPPLIES
REMOTE AREAS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
US DOD
US ORGANIZATIONS