Automatic fault detection of utility-scale photovoltaic solar generators applying aerial infrared thermography and orthomosaicking

• Published in: Solar energy Vol. 252; pp. 272 - 283
• Main Authors: Oliveira, Aline Kirsten Vidal de, Bracht, Matheus Körbes, Aghaei, Mohammadreza, Rüther, Ricardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Aerial inspection; Fault detection; Infrared thermography; Operation and maintenance (O&M); Solar photovoltaics; Utility-scale photovoltaic systems; Infrared thermography; Operation and maintenance (O&M); Utility-scale photovoltaic systems; Fault detection; Solar photovoltaics; Aerial inspection

•Development of a fault detection algorithm on aIRT images highlighting its main challenges, shortcomes, and workarounds;•Utilization of an orthomosaic reconstruction software package describing the challenges that the workflow impose for the automatic fault detection algorithms;•Evaluation of the i...