Impact of inverter configuration on PV system reliability and energy production Conference Paper

abstract

• The loss of potential revenues due to PV system failures should be taken into consideration when the system's life cycle cost predictions are calculated. We demonstrate a procedure for quantifying the effects of inverter failures (as most dominant) on total lifetime PV system energy production, and investigate the suitability of several inverter configurations based on criteria of total lifetime energy output and life cycle costs. The overall PV system performance penalty due to inverter failures depends on several factors, such as the reliability characteristics of the inverter, inverter configuration and repair time. Using Monte Carlo analysis, a performance-adjusting coefficient that accounts for these factors is proposed, and a straight-forward analysis for determining the optimal inverter configuration is described.

name of conference

• Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002.

authors

• Begovic, Miroslav

published proceedings

• Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

author list (cited authors)

• Pregelj, A., Begovic, M., & Rohatgi, A.

complete list of authors

• Pregelj, A||Begovic, M||Rohatgi, A

publication date

• December 2002

published in

• Conference Record IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference  Journal

keywords

• Costs
• Energy Production
• Fuels
• Inverter Configuration
• Inverters
• Invertors
• Life Cycle Cost Predictions
• Life Cycle Costing
• Monte Carlo Analysis
• Monte Carlo Methods
• Performance Analysis
• Performance-adjusting Coefficient
• Photovoltaic Power Systems
• Photovoltaic Systems
• Power Engineering And Energy
• Production Systems
• Reliability
• Reliability Engineering
• Repair Time
• Resumes
• System Performance

start page

• 1388

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• 1391