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Does PV panel system fire safety increase pre-existing fire risk?
This paper set out to review peer reviewed studies and reports on PV system fire safety to identify real fires in PV panel systems and to notice possible errors within PV panel system elements which could increase the pre-existing fire risk. The fire incidents in PV panel systems were classified based on fire origin.
What causes fire incidents involving photovoltaic (PV) systems?
Currently the number of fire incidents involving photovoltaic (PV) systems are increasing as a result of the strong increase of PV installations. These incidents are terrible and immeasurable on life and properties. It is thus very important to understand the causes, effects and how prevent the occurrence of incidents.
Why are solar panels prone to fire?
The hot spot effect and aging of PV panels were found responsible in previous fire accidents can be caused by the dust density around the PV array, the ambient temperature, and the material structure of the PV array. Preventive solutions to the fire accident can be distinguished into solar panel reconfiguration and fire fault detection algorithm.
What happens if a solar panel is damaged in a fire?
Hydrogen compounds such as HF and HCL that are toxic are produced during the fire accident of solar panels. In 2009, 1826 PV modules with a generation capacity of 383 kW solar PV arrays were damaged in a fire accident in California, USA .
Are PV panels causing fires?
Half of the cases were caused by PV panel systems, and the other half were started from an external source. It is reported that approximately a third of the fires caused by the PV panel systems were due to PV component defects. The rest of the cases were equally caused by planning errors and installation errors (Sepanski et al., 2018).
How to prevent fire accident in solar panels?
Preventive solutions to the fire accident can be distinguished into solar panel reconfiguration and fire fault detection algorithm. The advantages of reconfiguration of PV modules include reducing hot spot and improving power efficiency. Meanwhile, the advantage of the fire fault detection algorithm is to detect faulty position accurately.