Technical Reports
P1. Manjunath Matam, Hubert Seigneur, Ryan M. Smith, "Best Practices Guide for Utility-Scale PV Monitoring with Advanced Diagnostics and String-Level I-V Curve Measurement", July, 2022, Report for Public Release, US Dept Energy Award: DE-EE-0008157.
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Journal Publications
J8. Smith, Ryan M., Manjunath Matam, and Hubert Seigneur. 2023. "Simulated Impact of Shortened Strings in Commercial and Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Arrays" Energies 16, no. 21: 7222. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16217222.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] J7. Molto, C., Oh, J., Mahmood, F.I., Li, M., Hacke, P., Li, F., Smith, R., Colvin, D., Matam, M., DiRubio, C., Tamizhmani, G. and Seigneur, H. (2023), Review of Potential-Induced Degradation in Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules. Energy Technol. 2200943. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200943 [PDF] [WEBLINK] J6. Ryan M. Smith, Manjunath Matam, Hubert Seigneur, "Mismatch losses in a PV system due to shortened strings", Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 250, 2021, 114891. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890421010670 [PDF] [WEBLINK] J5. Matam Manjunath; Barry Venugopal Reddy; Lehman Brad: “Performance improvement of Dynamic PV array under partial shade conditions using M2 algorithm”, IET Renewable Power Generation, 2019, 13, (8), p. 1239-1249, IET Digital Library, https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/iet-rpg.2018.5675 [PDF] [WEBLINK] [Featured in Top-10 papers of the journal] J4. M. Manjunath and V. R. Barry, “Variable size dynamic pv array for small and various dc loads,” Solar Energy (Elsevier), vol. 163, pp. 581 – 590, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.01.033 [PDF] [WEBLINK] J3. Manjunath Matam and V. R. Barry, “Improved performance of dynamic photovoltaic array under repeating shade conditions,” Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), vol. 168, pp. 639 – 650, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.05.008 [PDF] [WEBLINK] J2. M. Manjunath, V. R. Barry, and A. R. G, “Optimized reconfigurable pv array based photovoltaic water- pumping system,” Solar Energy (Elsevier), vol. 170, pp. 1063 – 1073, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.05.046 [PDF] [WEBLINK] J1. M. Manjunath, P. Singh, A. Mandal, and G. S. Parihar, “Consumer behaviour towards electricity–a field study,” Energy Procedia (Elsevier), vol. 54, pp. 541 – 548, 2014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.07.295 [PDF] [WEBLINK] |
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Conference Proceedings
C18. M. Matam, R. Smith, and H. Seigneur, "PV Module Degradation Due to Frequent and Prolonged Inverter Clipping: A Preliminary Study", 49th PVSC, Philadelphia, 2022, USA.
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C17. R. Smith, M. Matam, H. Seigneur, "Mismatch Losses in Simulated Commercial and Utility-scale PV Arrays due to Shortened Strings", 49th PVSC, Philadelphia, 2022, USA.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Best poster Award]
C16. M. Matam, and H. Seigneur, "PV Fault Detection Threshold at the Module, String, and Inverter Levels," 38th EU PVSEC, 2021, pp. 1284 - 1289.
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C15. M. Matam and H. Seigneur, "An Algorithm for Filtering the Time-series I-V curves of a PV plant," IEEE 48th PVSC, 2021, pp. 0147-0149.
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C14. M. Matam, "PV Array IV Curves: Why We See Them The Way We Do?," 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, 2020, pp. 1578-1580.
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C13. M. Matam, H. Seigneur and J. Walters, "Re-looking the Shunt-Resistance Calculating Methodologies of IV-curves," 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, 2020, pp. 1887-1889.
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C12. M. Matam and J. Walters, "Detecting Abnormal Profiles in the Database of a PV plant Through Programmatic Comparison of Per Unit Profiles," 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, 2020, pp. 1534-1536.
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C11. M. Matam and J. Walters, "Data-integrity Checks and Balances in Monitoring of a Solar PV System," 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Chicago, IL, USA, 2019, pp. 1276-1281.
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C10. J. Walters, H. Seigneur, E. Schneller, M. Matam and M. Hopwood, "Experimental Methods to Replicate Power Loss of PV Modules in the Field for the Purpose of Fault Detection Algorithm Development," 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Chicago, IL, USA, 2019, pp. 1410-1413.
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C9. M. Matam and B. V. Reddy, "Converter-less MPPT for rural area applications," IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, India, 2018, pp. 1-6.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C8. M. Matam, B. V. Reddy, Y. Zhao, and B. Lehman, “On-line global maximum power point (gmpp) identification of solar pv plants,” in Proc. of 33rd Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), March 2018, pp. 1109–1114.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C7. M. Matam, B. V. Reddy, Y. Zhao, and B. Lehman, “On-line health monitoring of pv plants,” in Proc. of 9th Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct 2017, pp. 4061–4068.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C6. M. Matam, A. Samuel, V. Birodkar, and M. O. Beg, “A novel proposal for electrical load online census (eloc),” in 10th IEEE INDICON, IIT Bombay, Dec 2013, pp. 1–6.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C5. M. Matam, R. Naik, and S. desouza, “Academ 1.0- a power saving model for academic institution,” in 4th ICAER, IIT Bombay, Dec 2013, pp. 1215–1232.
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C4. M. Matam and S. Gupta, “Opportunities and obstacles for renewable energy india 2020,” in 4th ICAER, IIT Bombay, Dec 2013, pp. 1259–1267.
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C3. M. Matam and K. P. D. Costa, “Multi time zone system -india,” in 4th ICAER, IIT Bombay, Dec 2013, pp. 1268–1275.
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C2. M. Matam, B. V. Reddy, and G. A. Reddy, “Optimized reconfigurable solar pv battery charger using relay switch matrix,” in 7th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), India, 2015, pp. 1–6.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C1. M. Matam, A. S. Gaur, and S. Pissurlenkar, “Underground cable laying: Proposal to lay power cable and ofc in one trench,” in 8th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), India, Dec 2014.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C17. R. Smith, M. Matam, H. Seigneur, "Mismatch Losses in Simulated Commercial and Utility-scale PV Arrays due to Shortened Strings", 49th PVSC, Philadelphia, 2022, USA.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Best poster Award]
C16. M. Matam, and H. Seigneur, "PV Fault Detection Threshold at the Module, String, and Inverter Levels," 38th EU PVSEC, 2021, pp. 1284 - 1289.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C15. M. Matam and H. Seigneur, "An Algorithm for Filtering the Time-series I-V curves of a PV plant," IEEE 48th PVSC, 2021, pp. 0147-0149.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C14. M. Matam, "PV Array IV Curves: Why We See Them The Way We Do?," 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, 2020, pp. 1578-1580.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C13. M. Matam, H. Seigneur and J. Walters, "Re-looking the Shunt-Resistance Calculating Methodologies of IV-curves," 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, 2020, pp. 1887-1889.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C12. M. Matam and J. Walters, "Detecting Abnormal Profiles in the Database of a PV plant Through Programmatic Comparison of Per Unit Profiles," 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, 2020, pp. 1534-1536.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C11. M. Matam and J. Walters, "Data-integrity Checks and Balances in Monitoring of a Solar PV System," 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Chicago, IL, USA, 2019, pp. 1276-1281.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C10. J. Walters, H. Seigneur, E. Schneller, M. Matam and M. Hopwood, "Experimental Methods to Replicate Power Loss of PV Modules in the Field for the Purpose of Fault Detection Algorithm Development," 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Chicago, IL, USA, 2019, pp. 1410-1413.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C9. M. Matam and B. V. Reddy, "Converter-less MPPT for rural area applications," IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, India, 2018, pp. 1-6.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C8. M. Matam, B. V. Reddy, Y. Zhao, and B. Lehman, “On-line global maximum power point (gmpp) identification of solar pv plants,” in Proc. of 33rd Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), March 2018, pp. 1109–1114.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C7. M. Matam, B. V. Reddy, Y. Zhao, and B. Lehman, “On-line health monitoring of pv plants,” in Proc. of 9th Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct 2017, pp. 4061–4068.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C6. M. Matam, A. Samuel, V. Birodkar, and M. O. Beg, “A novel proposal for electrical load online census (eloc),” in 10th IEEE INDICON, IIT Bombay, Dec 2013, pp. 1–6.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C5. M. Matam, R. Naik, and S. desouza, “Academ 1.0- a power saving model for academic institution,” in 4th ICAER, IIT Bombay, Dec 2013, pp. 1215–1232.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C4. M. Matam and S. Gupta, “Opportunities and obstacles for renewable energy india 2020,” in 4th ICAER, IIT Bombay, Dec 2013, pp. 1259–1267.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C3. M. Matam and K. P. D. Costa, “Multi time zone system -india,” in 4th ICAER, IIT Bombay, Dec 2013, pp. 1268–1275.
[PDF] [WEBLINK]
C2. M. Matam, B. V. Reddy, and G. A. Reddy, “Optimized reconfigurable solar pv battery charger using relay switch matrix,” in 7th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), India, 2015, pp. 1–6.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]
C1. M. Matam, A. S. Gaur, and S. Pissurlenkar, “Underground cable laying: Proposal to lay power cable and ofc in one trench,” in 8th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), India, Dec 2014.
[PDF] [WEBLINK] [Oral]