MONITORING OF DISTRIBUTED POWER HARVESTING SYSTEMS USING DC POWER SOURCES

摘要

A monitoring system and method for monitoring performance of individual powers sources in a distributed power source system. A monitoring module is coupled to each of the power sources, or to each string of serially connected power sources, to monitor and collect data regarding current, voltage, temperature and other environmental factors at the power source. The collected data is transmitted over a power line to a central analysis station for analysis. Collisions are avoided on minimized by using a unique transmission timing mechanism.