Electric Power ›› 2012, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (9): 60-63.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.2012.9.60.3

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Development of Smart Monitoring System for Small Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Power Stations

SHOU Ting1, ZHANG Si-jian2   

  1. 1. Xiaoshan Electric Power Supply Bureau, Hangzhou 311201, China;
    2. Electric Power Research Institute of Guangdong Power Grid Corporation, Guangzhou 510080, China
  • Received:2012-06-18 Online:2012-09-18 Published:2016-02-29

Abstract: This paper proposes a smart monitoring system based on wireless sensor network (WSN) for small grid-connected PV power stations. The monitoring system provides three fundamental functions: power quality monitoring, energy billing and grid-connection control. The WSN benefits from distributed data sampling and self-configure ability. Thus it can cover many distributed power stations in large scale. The monitoring system consists of the WSN based on ZigBee technology and mobile communication network. The structure and principle of the WSN are introduced. The hardware structures and software flowcharts of coordinators and monitoring nodes in WSN are presented in detail.

Key words: PV power station, grid-connected, wireless sensor network, smart grid

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