Performance monitoring results of the first grid-connected BIPV system in Colombia

A.J. Aristizábal and G. Gordillo

Renewable Energy, 2008, vol. 33, issue 11, 2475-2484

Abstract: This paper summarizes the operational performance results of the first grid-connected building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system installed in Colombia (in Bogotá, at 4°35′ latitude and 2.580m altitude) after two years of monitoring. The performance monitoring was carried out with a sophisticated monitoring system, designed and implemented by us using the virtual instrumentation concept. The following parameters were measured: DC and AC power, inverter and system conversion efficiency, energy generated by the PV array, AC energy produced by the BIPV system, parameters to analyze power quality (%THD, harmonic components, frequency, voltage, flickers, power factor, active power, apparent power and reactive power), solar radiation in the inclination plane of the panels and environment temperature.

Keywords: Building integrated PV systems; Power quality; PV performance; Virtual instrumentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.01.018

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