Photovoltaic System Design and Performance

This editorial summarizes the collection of papers in the Special Issue entitled Photovoltaic System Design and Performance, which was published in MDPI’s Energies journal. Papers on this topic were submitted in 2017 and 2018, and a total of 21 papers were published. Main topics included data analysis for optimal performance and fault analysis, causes for energy loss, and design and integration issues. The papers in this Special Issue demonstrate the importance of designing and properly monitoring photovoltaic systems in the field in order to ensure maintaining good performance.

[1]  Hyung-Keun Ahn,et al.  Prediction Model of Photovoltaic Module Temperature for Power Performance of Floating PVs , 2018 .

[2]  Wilfried van Sark,et al.  Urban Environment and Solar PV Performance: The Case of the Netherlands , 2018 .

[3]  Xin Liu,et al.  A New PV Array Fault Diagnosis Method Using Fuzzy C-Mean Clustering and Fuzzy Membership Algorithm , 2018 .

[4]  Markus Schubert,et al.  Quantitative prediction of power loss for damaged photovoltaic modules using electroluminescence , 2018 .

[5]  Corinne Alonso,et al.  Shading Ratio Impact on Photovoltaic Modules and Correlation with Shading Patterns , 2018 .

[6]  José Roberto Cardoso,et al.  Evaluation of the Reactive Power Support Capability and Associated Technical Costs of Photovoltaic Farms’ Operation , 2018 .

[7]  Jae D. Chang,et al.  Variations of PV Panel Performance Installed over a Vegetated Roof and a Conventional Black Roof , 2018 .

[8]  Odysseas Tsafarakis,et al.  PV System Performance Evaluation by Clustering Production Data to Normal and Non-Normal Operation , 2018 .

[9]  C. Hirschl,et al.  Non-Destructive Failure Detection and Visualization of Artificially and Naturally Aged PV Modules , 2018 .

[10]  Omar Rodríguez Álvarez,et al.  Fuzzy Logic Based MPPT Controller for a PV System , 2017 .

[11]  Jyotirmoy Roy,et al.  Impact of Component Reliability on Large Scale Photovoltaic Systems’ Performance , 2018, Energies.

[12]  Isabel García,et al.  Graphical Diagnosis of Performances in Photovoltaic Systems: A Case Study in Southern Spain , 2017 .

[13]  Manuel Collares-Pereira,et al.  Organic Soiling: The Role of Pollen in PV Module Performance Degradation , 2018 .

[14]  Bo Zhang,et al.  Modeling and Stability Analysis of a Single-Phase Two-Stage Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System , 2017 .

[15]  P. Borza,et al.  Solar cell capacitance determination based on an RLC resonant circuit , 2018 .

[16]  Gaëtan Masson,et al.  A Snapshot of Global PV Markets - The Latest Survey Results on PV Markets and Policies from the IEA PVPS Programme in 2017 , 2018, 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC).

[17]  Silvano Vergura,et al.  Hypothesis Tests-Based Analysis for Anomaly Detection in Photovoltaic Systems in the Absence of Environmental Parameters , 2018 .

[18]  Sun Hee Kim,et al.  Design and Construction of 1 MW Class Floating PV Generation Structural System Using FRP Members , 2017 .

[19]  Panagiotis Moraitis,et al.  Visualization of operational performance of grid-connected PV systems in selected European countries , 2015, 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC).

[20]  Jiangang Yao,et al.  A Novel Improved Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Parameter Estimation of Photovoltaic (PV) Models , 2018 .

[21]  Wilfried van Sark,et al.  Improvement of Shade Resilience in Photovoltaic Modules Using Buck Converters in a Smart Module Architecture , 2018 .

[22]  Marko Topič,et al.  Photovoltaics (PV) System Energy Forecast on the Basis of the Local Weather Forecast: Problems, Uncertainties and Solutions , 2018 .