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Impressions of on-site inspections
The smart inspection concept for any PV plant worldwide
Issues with reduced yield? Approaching end of warranty? Aerial PV inspection identifies and locates faults precisely.
We combine and automate classic and preventive inspections of solar power plants with image-based methods like thermography, electroluminescence and UV-fluorescence measurements, and with IV-curve recording by day and night, isolation issues detection, serial number scan, and geography data referencing.
To this end we employ tripod- and drone-based sensor systems, providing a cost-effective check-up by systematic sampling or 100% screening. EL measurements offer a comprehensive and exact assessment of faults on cell level and thus represent the tower of strength of the AePVI concept.
Electroluminescence analysis and combined measurements on-site by spezialised tripod- and UAV-systems
Inspection by remote-controlled measurement devices and power supplies such as AePVISwitch
Electroluminescence measurement without dismounting and transport of solar modules
Complete electroluminescence measurement or systematic sampling with specialized UAV- and tripod-systems such as AirLabONE and SlideAirONE
Measurements in one step: additional IV-curve-measurements by day and night, or isolation checks
Electroluminescence measurement for any PV-plant size worldwide, up to 1.000 pictures per hour with SlideAirONE
Depending on request and failure type, featuring automatized image analysis
Impressions of on-site inspections
Solar panels produce electricity during the day. If connected to a power supply in darkness, however, they emit radiation in the near-infrared light spectrum, which is not visible by the naked eye.
High-resolution electroluminescence (EL) images look similar to x-ray images. Active cells appear bright to grey, while inactive or damaged cells appear dark to black. The grey scale seen in the images allows to determine the cause and the amount of damage already on-site.
As a result, specific solar panels can be selected for further laboratory tests.
With this image-based qualitative measurements, damages caused by mechanical stresses such as transportation, installation, hail, snow can be quickly detected. Moreover deterioration, broken cells, interconnections and defective by-pass diodes can be recognized as well as malfunctioning panels and strings.
Aerial EL testing is the most cost-efficient method currently on the market for the clear and early detection of solar systems affected by potential-induced degradation (PID).
This testing method can furthermore be used to verify the recovery of PID-affected systems. It also enables the reproduction of sytem documentation in case of false or missing string plans.
March 2018
I-V curve, dark-I-V curve and electroluminescence
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February 2018
Drone-based serial number scans - a technical challenge
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January 2018
Combination of measurements - UV-fluoresence and electroluminescence on-site
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December 2017
What you see is what we do in ONE minute (part 2)
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December 2017
What you see is what we do in ONE minute (part 1)
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+49 (0)241 990 3312
Im Johannistal 31a
52064 Aachen
Germany
Aerial PV Inspection GmbH
Managing directors:
Andreas Fladung, Dr. Jan Schlipf
HRB 21551, Aachen
