Data loggers Data loggers ensure the targeted collection of all relevant information about the PV park. They always provide the system operator with an overview of the current status of the photovoltaic system.
The challenge
All data at a glance
In order to operate large-scale photovoltaics systems efficiently, ongoing monitoring and control is required. A solar system in the order of 10 MW is composed of some 1000 strings for every 30 solar panels. The photovoltaic system consists of a variety of string combiner boxes, inverters, and additional monitoring components such as weather stations, environmental sensors, and energy measuring devices. Countless amounts of measurement data must be acquired, inverters must be controlled, and the system status must be transmitted to a higher-level data management system.
The solution
Example modular design of the data logger control cabinet
Data collection and data distribution
Our data logger takes on the function of collecting and processing the data. It records all the relevant data on ambient conditions and the status of the inverter. The systems can be flexibly integrated into PLCnext Engineer using function blocks. The acquired data is either stored locally on the SD card or transmitted to a higher-level portal.
Network components for the safe operation of photovoltaic systems
Networking your photovoltaic systems
Network your ground-mounted system quickly and easily with components from Phoenix Contact. In this way, you create redundant and firewall-protected networks. Regardless of which transmission medium you use, we have the right network components for you to set up a failsafe communications solution. The basis for this includes the high-performance Gigabit switches, modems, and media converters.
Your advantages
- Low engineering and operating costs with intelligent automation solutions
- Redundant, and therefore failsafe, networks
- Fewer errors during configuration with Auto Detection Mode
- Avoidance of data gaps through temporary data storage
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