Flir Solar Panel Inspection

This data was captured with a flir thermal camera.

Flir solar panel inspection. Inspecting solar panels with thermal drones in the latest episode of flir delta we will answer the four most commonly asked questions about using thermal drones in solar panel inspections. Inspecting solar farms with thermal imaging. Flir aerial thermal imaging kits make it easy to quickly inspect a large target area and pinpoint solar panel problems from the air. Solar panels that are not operating efficiently tend to have a different temperature signature than panels operating properly.

The thermographic inspection of photovoltaic systems allows the fast localization of potential defects at the cell and module level as well as the detection of possible electrical interconnection problems. Panels that are not operating at peak performance due to issues with inverters combiners string failures module problems trackers out of alignment or even shading become visible in seconds with thermal imaging. Discusses operating drones for inspecting solar farms shares best practices for planning inspections and collecting high quality data. Solar panels that are not operating efficiently tend to have a different temperature signature than panels operating properly.

The inspections are carried out under normal operating conditions and do not require a system shut down. A group of solar panels flown on 10 12 2016 in columbia sc. Why use a thermal drone to inspect solar installations. A uas solution with onboard flir thermal imaging such as the flir m210 xt2 640 13 mm makes it easy to quickly inspect a large target area and pinpoint solar panel problems from the air.