Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Individual Monitoring of Panels in a Photovoltaic Plant

With photovoltaic (PV) systems proliferating in the last few years due to the high prices of fossil fuels and pollution issues, among others, it is extremely important to monitor the efficiency of these plants and optimize the energy production process. This will also result in improvements related...

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Main Authors:	Prieto, Miguel J., Pernía, Alberto M., Nuño, Fernando, Díaz, Juan, Villegas, Pedro J.
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958294/

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spelling	pubmed-39582942014-03-20 Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Individual Monitoring of Panels in a Photovoltaic Plant Prieto, Miguel J. Pernía, Alberto M. Nuño, Fernando Díaz, Juan Villegas, Pedro J. Article With photovoltaic (PV) systems proliferating in the last few years due to the high prices of fossil fuels and pollution issues, among others, it is extremely important to monitor the efficiency of these plants and optimize the energy production process. This will also result in improvements related to the maintenance and security of the installation. In order to do so, the main parameters in the plant must be continuously monitored so that the appropriate actions can be carried out. This monitoring should not only be carried out at a global level, but also at panel-level, so that a better understanding of what is actually happening in the PV plant can be obtained. This paper presents a system based on a wireless sensor network (WSN) that includes all the components required for such monitoring as well as a power supply obtaining the energy required by the sensors from the photovoltaic panels. The system proposed succeeds in identifying all the nodes in the network and provides real-time monitoring while tracking efficiency, features, failures and weaknesses from a single cell up to the whole infrastructure. Thus, the decision-making process is simplified, which contributes to reducing failures, wastes and, consequently, costs. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2014-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3958294/ /pubmed/24487622 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s140202379 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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author	Prieto, Miguel J. Pernía, Alberto M. Nuño, Fernando Díaz, Juan Villegas, Pedro J.
spellingShingle	Prieto, Miguel J. Pernía, Alberto M. Nuño, Fernando Díaz, Juan Villegas, Pedro J. Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Individual Monitoring of Panels in a Photovoltaic Plant
author_facet	Prieto, Miguel J. Pernía, Alberto M. Nuño, Fernando Díaz, Juan Villegas, Pedro J.
author_sort	Prieto, Miguel J.
title	Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Individual Monitoring of Panels in a Photovoltaic Plant
title_short	Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Individual Monitoring of Panels in a Photovoltaic Plant
title_full	Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Individual Monitoring of Panels in a Photovoltaic Plant
title_fullStr	Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Individual Monitoring of Panels in a Photovoltaic Plant
title_full_unstemmed	Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Individual Monitoring of Panels in a Photovoltaic Plant
title_sort	development of a wireless sensor network for individual monitoring of panels in a photovoltaic plant
description	With photovoltaic (PV) systems proliferating in the last few years due to the high prices of fossil fuels and pollution issues, among others, it is extremely important to monitor the efficiency of these plants and optimize the energy production process. This will also result in improvements related to the maintenance and security of the installation. In order to do so, the main parameters in the plant must be continuously monitored so that the appropriate actions can be carried out. This monitoring should not only be carried out at a global level, but also at panel-level, so that a better understanding of what is actually happening in the PV plant can be obtained. This paper presents a system based on a wireless sensor network (WSN) that includes all the components required for such monitoring as well as a power supply obtaining the energy required by the sensors from the photovoltaic panels. The system proposed succeeds in identifying all the nodes in the network and provides real-time monitoring while tracking efficiency, features, failures and weaknesses from a single cell up to the whole infrastructure. Thus, the decision-making process is simplified, which contributes to reducing failures, wastes and, consequently, costs.
publisher	Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
publishDate	2014
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958294/
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Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Individual Monitoring of Panels in a Photovoltaic Plant

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