One year submillisecond fast solar database: Collection, investigation, and application

Yue Cao, John A. Magerko, Rodrigo Serna, Shibin Qin, Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, Philip T. Krein

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Abstract

Big data is driving future renewable energy research and, in particular, has implications for fast dynamic control of power electronics. This paper discusses the collection of a full year of rooftop 5 kHz solar data. The database includes open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current, and maximum power information. Data reduction involved remapping of missing intervals, correction of unsynchronized metering, and regularization to go from more than eighteen months of raw data to a consistent full-year database. The results are made available at the full sampling rate. Data analysis shows how much downsampling can be employed without loss of useful information about variability. The downsampled databases are also made available. Given prior work that typically limits sampling rates to 1 Hz or takes fast samples over short intervals, the databases provided here support much more comprehensive examination of photovoltaic energy variability.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2047-2053
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781728103952
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2019
Event11th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019 - Baltimore, United States
Duration: Sep 29 2019Oct 3 2019

Publication series

Name2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019

Conference

Conference11th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore
Period9/29/1910/3/19

Keywords

  • Big data
  • Data analysis
  • Energy conversion
  • Fast dynamics
  • Maximum power point
  • Open circuit voltage
  • Photovoltaic data
  • Power converters
  • Renewable energy variability
  • Short circuit current
  • Solar

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Control and Optimization
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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