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Off-grid inverter faults: diagnosis, symptoms and cause of failure

Off-grid inverter faults: diagnosis, symptoms and cause of failure
Off-grid inverter faults: diagnosis, symptoms and cause of failure

In this paper, statistical data regarding off-grid inverter faults are presented, derived from the maintenance records of a major service center in Greece. Several commercial types of inverters for autonomous photovoltaic (PV) systems have been examined, presenting different types of faults and malfunctions. The service procedures recorded encompass fault diagnosis, specific failed parts, symptoms indicating malfunction and estimated cause of failure for each case. The statistical analysis undertaken leads to useful conclusions about the robustness and weak points for off-grid equipment, as well as the common failure causes and malfunction indications.

Autonomous PV systems, Failures, Off-grid inverters, Statistical analysis
0255-5476
315-321
Trans Tech Publications
Batzelis, Efstratios
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Samaras, Konstantinos
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Vokas, Georgios
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Papathanassiou, Stavros
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Mamalis, A.G.
Kladas, Antonios G.
Enokizono, Masato
Enokizono, Masato
Lazarov, Vladimir
Batzelis, Efstratios
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Samaras, Konstantinos
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Vokas, Georgios
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Papathanassiou, Stavros
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Mamalis, A.G.
Kladas, Antonios G.
Enokizono, Masato
Enokizono, Masato
Lazarov, Vladimir

Batzelis, Efstratios, Samaras, Konstantinos, Vokas, Georgios and Papathanassiou, Stavros (2016) Off-grid inverter faults: diagnosis, symptoms and cause of failure. Mamalis, A.G., Kladas, Antonios G., Enokizono, Masato, Enokizono, Masato and Lazarov, Vladimir (eds.) In Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Advanced Materials from Macroto Nanoscale. vol. 856, Trans Tech Publications. pp. 315-321 . (doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.856.315).

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Abstract

In this paper, statistical data regarding off-grid inverter faults are presented, derived from the maintenance records of a major service center in Greece. Several commercial types of inverters for autonomous photovoltaic (PV) systems have been examined, presenting different types of faults and malfunctions. The service procedures recorded encompass fault diagnosis, specific failed parts, symptoms indicating malfunction and estimated cause of failure for each case. The statistical analysis undertaken leads to useful conclusions about the robustness and weak points for off-grid equipment, as well as the common failure causes and malfunction indications.

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Published date: 2016
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Venue - Dates: 9th Japanese-Mediterranean Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic, Superconducting, Multifunctional and Nano Materials, 2015, , Sofia, Bulgaria, 2015-07-05 - 2015-07-08
Keywords: Autonomous PV systems, Failures, Off-grid inverters, Statistical analysis

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Local EPrints ID: 449662
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/449662
ISSN: 0255-5476
PURE UUID: 6d0aa025-0ec2-41da-9ecb-987b287dcc1e
ORCID for Efstratios Batzelis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2967-3677

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Author: Efstratios Batzelis ORCID iD
Author: Konstantinos Samaras
Author: Georgios Vokas
Author: Stavros Papathanassiou
Editor: A.G. Mamalis
Editor: Antonios G. Kladas
Editor: Masato Enokizono
Editor: Masato Enokizono
Editor: Vladimir Lazarov

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