Soil Monitoring System

摘要

A solar panel soiling monitoring system is provided for measuring soiling losses on a photo-voltaic system. The solar panel monitoring system includes: a soil monitoring panel including a plurality of arranged photovoltaic cells connected in series to one another; a measurement unit in electronic communication with a switchbox for controlling measurements of each of the photovoltaic cells; a communication unit in electronic communication with the measurement unit; and a data storage system in electronic communication with the communication unit including a processor, a computer readable storage medium, and one or more computer programs operable on the data storage system. The data storage system determines soiling conditions of the soil monitoring panel based on measured short circuit currents of each of the plurality of photovoltaic cells of the soil monitoring panels.

主权项

1. A solar panel soiling monitoring system for a photo-voltaic (PV) system, the monitoring system comprising:
a soil monitoring panel including a plurality of arranged photovoltaic cells arranged on a rectangular frame and connected in series to one another; a measurement unit including a circuit board in electronic communication with a switchbox for controlling measurements of each of the plurality of photovoltaic cells of the soil monitoring panel, the measurement unit in electronic communication with each of the plurality of photovoltaic cells of the solar monitoring panel; a communication unit in electronic communication with the measurement unit and including a device for transmitting a detected short circuit current of each individual photovoltaic cell of the plurality of photovoltaic cells; and a data storage system in electronic communication with the communication unit including a processor, a computer readable storage medium, and one or more computer programs operable on the data storage system; wherein the data storage system determines soiling conditions of the soil monitoring panel based on measured short circuit currents of each of the plurality of photovoltaic cells of the soil monitoring panels.