Review of current state-of-the-art research on photovoltaic Soiling, anti-reflective coating, and solar roads deployment supported by a pilot experiment on a PV Road

S Hassan, M Dhimish - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this review paper is to provide an overview of the current state-of-the-art in
solar road deployment, including the availability of anti-reflection and anti-soiling coating …

Dual spin max pooling convolutional neural network for solar cell crack detection

S Hassan, M Dhimish - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
This paper presents a solar cell crack detection system for use in photovoltaic (PV) assembly
units. The system utilizes four different Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architectures …

Investigating the impact of cracks on solar cells performance: Analysis based on nonuniform and uniform crack distributions

M Dhimish, V d'Alessandro… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The article investigates the detrimental effect of nonuniform and uniform crack distributions
over a solar cell in terms of open-circuit voltage (), short-circuit current density (), and output …

[HTML][HTML] Defining the best-fit machine learning classifier to early diagnose photovoltaic solar cells hot-spots

M Dhimish - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) hot-spots is a reliability problem in PV modules, where a cell or group of
cells heats up significantly, dissipating rather than producing power, and resulting in a loss …

Enhancing solar photovoltaic modules quality assurance through convolutional neural network-aided automated defect detection

S Hassan, M Dhimish - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Detecting cracks in solar photovoltaic (PV) modules plays an important role in ensuring their
performance and reliability. The development of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) has …

Automatic pixel-wise detection of evolving cracks on rock surface in video data

D Ai, G Jiang, SK Lam, P He, C Li - Automation in Construction, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurately detecting the presence and evolving boundaries of cracks on rock surfaces is
critical for understanding the behavior of crack evolutions and facture mechanism of rock …

[PDF][PDF] Deep Learning-Based Algorithm for Multi-Type Defects Detection in Solar Cells with Aerial EL Images for Photovoltaic Plants.

W Tang, Q Yang, W Yan - CMES-Computer Modeling in …, 2022 - cdn.techscience.cn
Defects detection with Electroluminescence (EL) image for photovoltaic (PV) module has
become a standard test procedure during the process of production, installation, and …

Impact of solar cell cracks caused during potential-induced degradation (PID) tests

M Dhimish, J Kettle - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Potential-induced degradation (PID) of photovoltaic (PV) modules is one of the most severe
types of degradation in modern modules, where power losses depend on the strength of the …

Recovery of photovoltaic potential-induced degradation utilizing automatic indirect voltage source

M Dhimish, G Badran - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Potential-induced degradation (PID) of photovoltaic (PV) modules is one of the most severe
types of degradation in modern modules. PID can affect crystalline silicon PV modules, and …

[HTML][HTML] High-Precision Defect Detection in Solar Cells Using YOLOv10 Deep Learning Model

L Aktouf, Y Shivanna, M Dhimish - Solar, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study presents an advanced defect detection approach for solar cells using the
YOLOv10 deep learning model. Leveraging a comprehensive dataset of 10,500 solar cell …