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Condition Monitoring, Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) of Photovoltaic System and Its Approaches

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Soft Computing in Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics of Electrical and Mechanical Systems

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Accuracy in measurements of fault is necessary for improving the reliability of PV module. This chapter provides an introduction about various techniques dedicated to identify and categorize the faults along with different types of modeling. This chapter also deals with the faults and its level of severity and can affect the working of the PV module. Different types of computational techniques have been explained in detail. Finally, a recommendation has been presented in form of the research gap of the study.

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Singh, O., Yadav, A.K., Ray, A.K. (2020). Condition Monitoring, Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) of Photovoltaic System and Its Approaches. In: Malik, H., Iqbal, A., Yadav, A. (eds) Soft Computing in Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics of Electrical and Mechanical Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1096. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1532-3_6

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