Shading Fault Detection Method for Household Photovoltaic Power Stations Based on Inherent Characteristics of Monthly String Current Data Mapping

作     者：Wenting Ma Mingyao Ma Hai Wang Zhixiang Zhan Rui Zhang Jun Wang 

作者机构：National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Renewable Energy Access to Grid TechnologyHefei University of TechnologyHefei 230009China Murdoch UniversityMurdoch 6150Australia. Sungrow Smart Maintenance Technology Co.Ltd.Hefei 230088China. 

出 版 物：《CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems》 (中国电机工程学会电力与能源系统学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第9卷第4期

页      面：1370-1382页

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学科分类：08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 

基　　金：supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.52061635101. 

主　　题：Terms-Data fitting fault detection household photovoltaic(PV) kernel density estimation(KDE) shading degree. 

摘      要：The poor outdoor operating conditions of household photovoltaic(PV)make the power station prone to various faults.However,the dispersion of household PV installations often increases the difficulty and cost of operation and maintenance(O&M).Although the remote monitoring and fault detection of a PV power station can be realized by the use of operation data,the particularity of a household power station also brings many problems to fault detection.In this study,we propose a shading fault detection method of household PV power based on inherent characteristics of monthly string current data mapping.The ideal current peak obtained by a new fitting method is used to normalize string current data.The current probability density function(PDF)at each time point is estimated by kernel density estimation(KDE).Through the normalized current data corresponding to the maximum probability density,the inherent characteristics of the strings are obtained,such that whether the strings have shading can be judged and the shading degree can then be evaluated.Not only are no additional sensors needed to collect environmental data,such as irradiation and temperature,but also simulating the detailed parameters of the power station is not required.The interference caused by meteorological factors can thus be eliminated,which can be easily used in old power stations and newly constructed power stations.The effectiveness and performance of the proposed shading fault detection method is verified by experimental data collected from the actual household PV power station.Index Terms-Data fitting,fault detection,household photovoltaic(PV),kernel density estimation(KDE),shading degree.