Luminescence Imaging Strategies for Drone-Based PV Array Inspection

Gisele Alves dos Reis Benatto, Nicholas Riedel, Claire Mantel, Sune Thorsteinsson, Peter Behrensdorff Poulsen, Mingjun Chi, Anders Thorseth, Ole Bjarlin Jensen, Carsten Dam-Hansen, Søren Forchhammer, Frederiksen Kenn H. B., Jan Vedde, Michael Petersen, Henrik Voss, Michael Messerschmidt, Michael Messerschmidt, Harsh Parikh, Sergiu Spataru, Dezso Sera

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    Abstract

    The goal of this work is to develop outdoor defect detection imaging and understand fully its challenges and limitations. The imaging is based on luminescence strategies that will be used for fast and accurate UAV-based inspection system for PV power plants. We studied electroluminescence (EL) acquisition under natural light conditions during several times of the day, under high sun irradiation, to unveil the sunlight noise characteristics towards an InGaAs detector. In order to bring more freedom to a drone-based inspection, we also show the preliminary results of a laser-line based photoluminescence (PL) strategy as a viable method for an outdoor module PL imaging system.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
    Number of pages5
    Publication date2017
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    Event33rd European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition - RAI Convention & Exhibition Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Duration: 25 Sept 201729 Sept 2017
    Conference number: 33
    http://www.photovoltaic-conference.com

    Conference

    Conference33rd European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
    Number33
    LocationRAI Convention & Exhibition Centre
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    CityAmsterdam
    Period25/09/201729/09/2017
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    Keywords

    • Electroluminescence
    • Photoluminescence
    • Defects
    • Inspections

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