Improving IV Curve Classification by Machine Learning Methods Using Deep Autoencoders
Abstract
On-site current-voltage (IV) measurements will play an essential role in the online monitoring of PV systems. However, challenging measurement conditions like inconsistent irradiance levels on PV arrays (e.g., due to local shading) can distort IV curves, leading to inaccurate characterizations. By accurately detecting deformed IV curves, the reliability of both on-site and remote IV measurements is significantly enhanced. For this purpose, several classifiers were evaluated using 4104 manually labeled IV measurements on a mc-Si-PV array. Machine learning tech-niques perform much better than a traditional rule-based filter, with accuracy above 99 %. A deep Autoencoder was employed to reduce IV measurements into a set of 7 features, which encoded the shape of the curves into a low dimen-sionality. The IV-Autoencoder improved the classification of IV curves, yielding better results than a feature reduction with Principal Component Analysis. The proposed classifiers are able to sort out on-site IV measurements under un-satisfactory environmental conditions, benefiting the online monitoring of PV systems. It may also be used as an indi-cator for faulty PV strings.
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| Titel | Improving IV Curve Classification by Machine Learning Methods Using Deep Autoencoders |
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| Medien | Proceedings of 40th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference |
| Verlag | --- |
| Heft | --- |
| Band | 2023 |
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| Verfasser/Herausgeber | Maximilian Schönau, Prof. Dr. Bernd Hüttl, Prof. Dr. Dieter Landes |
| Seiten | --- |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum | 22.09.2023 |
| Projekttitel | --- |
| Zitation | Schönau, Maximilian; Hüttl, Bernd; Landes, Dieter (2023): Improving IV Curve Classification by Machine Learning Methods Using Deep Autoencoders. Proceedings of 40th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2023. |