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Contemporary Materials II−2 (2011)

Contemporary Materials (Renewable energy sources), II−2 (2011)          Page 191 of 203

UDK 621.311:004.896

SOFTWARE FOR MONITORING A GRID CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT

P. Tsankov

Technical University of Gabrovo, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Electronics 4, Hadji Dimitar Str., 5300 Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Abstract

This paper presents the software products serving the monitoring system of the 10 kWp grid connected photovoltaic power plant in the Technical University of Gabrovo. Software products for monitoring meteorological and electrical operational parameters, electricity production and web-based database for the PV system have been developed.  Information about the software development environment, programming stages and programs functionality is presented.

Keywords: amorphous and polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, PV system monitoring, block diagram-based software development

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