@inproceedings{996f03b593d34e1883de4eae5e390277,
title = "Data acquisition and PV module power production in upgraded TEP/AzRISE solar test yard",
abstract = "The Tucson Electric Power (TEP)/University of Arizona AzRISE (Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy) solar test yard is continuing efforts to improve standardization and data acquisition reliability throughout the facility. Data reliability is ensured through temperature-insensitive data acquisition devices with battery backups in the upgraded test yard. Software improvements allow for real-Time analysis of collected data, while uploading to a web server. Sample data illustrates high fidelity monitoring of the burn-in period of a polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic module test string with no data failures over 365 days of data collection. In addition to improved DAQ systems, precision temperature monitoring has been implemented so that PV module backside temperatures are routinely obtained. Weather station data acquired at the test yard provides local ambient temperature, humidity, wind speed, and irradiance measurements that have been utilized to enable characterization of PV module performance over an extended test period",
keywords = "Data acquisition, Degradation, Field test, Module performance, Photovoltaic, Reliability, Solar test yard",
author = "Bennett, {Whit E.} and Fishgold, {Asher D.} and Teh Lai and Potter, {Barrett G.} and Kelly Simmons-Potter",
note = "Funding Information: This work has been supported by the Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE), Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP), and the University of Arizona. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems X 2017 ; Conference date: 06-08-2017 Through 07-08-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1117/12.2274211",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Kempe, {Michael D.} and Dhere, {Neelkanth G.} and Keiichiro Sakurai",
booktitle = "Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems X",
}