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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

IoT System Based on Artificial Intelligence for Hot Spot Detection in Photovoltaic Modules for a Wide Range of Irradiances.

Leonardo Cardinale-Villalobos, Efren Jimenez-Delgado, Yariel García-Ramírez, Luis Araya-Solano, Luis Antonio Solís-García, Abel Méndez-Porras, Jorge Alfaro-Velasco

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Leonardo Cardinale-VillalobosSchool of Electronic Engineering, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago 159-7050, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0002-9649-6017
Efren Jimenez-DelgadoSchool of Computer Engineering, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago 159-7050, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0003-3882-8869
Yariel García-RamírezSchool of Electronic Engineering, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago 159-7050, Costa Rica.ORCID 0009-0003-3113-1345
Luis Araya-SolanoSchool of Physics, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago 159-7050, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0002-7941-821X
Luis Antonio Solís-GarcíaSchool of Electronic Engineering, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago 159-7050, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0003-0507-1425
Abel Méndez-PorrasSchool of Computer Engineering, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago 159-7050, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0001-8038-7839
Jorge Alfaro-VelascoSchool of Computer Engineering, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago 159-7050, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0003-3076-4346

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Abstract

Infrared thermography (IRT) is a technique used to diagnose Photovoltaic (PV) installations to detect sub-optimal conditions. The increase of PV installations in smart cities has generated the search for technology that improves the use of IRT, which requires irradiance conditions to be greater than 700 W/m2, making it impossible to use at times when irradiance goes under that value. This project presents an IoT platform working on artificial intelligence (AI) which automatically detects hot spots in PV modules by analyzing the temperature differentials between modules exposed to irradiances greater than 300 W/m2. For this purpose, two AI (Deep learning and machine learning) were trained and tested in a real PV installation where hot spots were induced. The system was able to detect hot spots with a sensitivity of 0.995 and an accuracy of 0.923 under dirty, short-circuited, and partially shaded conditions. This project differs from others because it proposes an alternative to facilitate the implementation of diagnostics with IRT and evaluates the real temperatures of PV modules, which represents a potential economic saving for PV installation managers and inspectors.

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deep learninginfrared thermographyIoT Systemmachine learningMobilenetphotovoltaic installationrandom forestResnet50

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PMCPMC10422287

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