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solar spotlight: performance monitoring
Performance Monitoring
Solar performance monitoring systems are necessary to verify the components within a solar system are performing and producing the energy they should. Here, we highlight some of the performance monitoring systems available on the market today.
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Continental Control Systems
Product: Multi-Circuit Meter for Modbus Voltage: 100-600Vac, wye and delta,
single-phase, and three-phase
Current: 5 – 6000 Amps
Power: 2W
Frequency: 50/60Hz
Output: Requires 0.333Vac current transformers
Sensitivity: 0.5 % when used with 0.3% current transformers
Warranty: 5-year warranty
Certifications: ANSI C12.20, Sunspec Key Features:
• Modular design up to 84 measurement points;
• Revenue-grade accuracy;
• ANSI C12.20 Modbus RTU or TCP/IP;
• Designed for all utility services;
• 100-600Vac NEMA 4 enclosure options.
www.ctlsys.com
Shoals Technologies Group Product: BLM
Voltage: Systems up to 1500V
Current: 12A Isc
Power: Parasitic
Logging Values: Voltage, Current Power,
Temperature, and IV Curve Warranty: 5-year warranty Certifications: UL
Key Features:
• String Current, Panel Voltage, and I-V Performance monitoring;
• Continuously monitor for underperforming panels; with wireless communication and parasitic power;
• No need to run cables; easy installation via integrated connectors.
www.shoals.com
Hukseflux
Product: SR30 digital Pyranometer
Voltage: 5V – 30V
Current: 8.3 - 175 mA @ 12 VDC
Power: 0.1 - 2.3W
Logging values: W/m2 (GHI, POA, DIFF) Warranty: 5-year warranty
Certifications: ISO 9060 spectrally flat Class-A www.hukseflux.com
Spectrafy
Product: SolarSIM-G spectral pyranometer
Voltage: 12Vdc
Power: <1W
Spectral Range: 280-4000nm
Measurement Range: 280-4000nm
Output: RS-485 ASCII
Sensitivity: <1%
Warranty: 5-year warranty Certifications: ISO 9080:2018 Class A
GroundWork Renewables Product: MET System
Voltage: 100 to 240Vac @ 50/60Hz nominal current
Current: 2.1A @ 110Vac
Power: Autonomous, 5 days battery only
Sensitivity: Irradiance: Secondary Standard
Warranty: 5-year warranty Certifications: UL 508A, IEC 61724 1:
2017, CAISO, SCE, PG&E
www.grndwork.com
eGauge Systems Product: eGauge Pro
Voltage: 1-, split-, or 3-phase 0-277Vac and +/-60Vdc
Current: 0-6900A (30 channels)
Power: Any current x voltage combination
Frequency: 50/60 Hz
Logging Values: VAC, VDC, A, W, Wh, Hz, VA, VAr, THD, deg
Warranty: 2-year, or 5-year warranty Certifications: ANSI C12.2 - 0.5% Accuracy,
UL (IEC/UL 61010-1 Ed. 3.0 B:2010)
www.egauge.net
www.spectrafy.com
Eppley Laboratory
Product: GPP Class A Pyranometer
Logging Values: .1 Wm-2
Spectral Range: 285-2800 nm
Measurement Range: 0-2800 Wm-2
Output: 0-10 mV Analog or Modbus Digital Output
Sensitivity: 8 μV / Wm-2 Warranty: 1-year warranty
Certifications: Calibrated to World Radiation Reference (WRR)
www.eppleylab.com
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