A Research on Power Line Communication Based on Parallel Resonant Coupling Technology in PV Module Monitoring

Abstract

Intelligent photovoltaic (PV) module monitoring can automatically locate the position of panels and monitor the status of PV modules, which is of great significance for PV plants operation and maintenance. As a new communication method in the field of PV monitoring, the monitoring of PV modules based on power line communication is the future trend of PV power plants monitoring due to its low maintenance cost and strong anti-interference ability. This paper presents an intelligent PV module monitoring scheme based on the parallel resonant coupling unit, which uses the dc bus as the communication channel and modula-tes the monitoring data into a high-frequency form to carry out the carrier communication. By using the parallel resonant coupling, the high-frequency carrier wave is injected into the dc bus, which improves the system efficiency and anti-interference ability. In addition, an adaptive level decision circuit is proposed to improve the flexibility and scalability of the communication system by adaptively changing the reference level of the decision circuit. Experimental results achieved by a developed power line transceiver demonstrate both feasibility and validity of the proposed scheme.