Solar cell segmentation

The general framework for segmenting the solar cells in EL images of PV modules is illustrated in Fig. 2and consists of the following steps. First, we locate the busbars and the inter solar cell borders by extracting the ridge edges. The ridge edges are extracted at subpixel accuracy and approximated by a set of smooth.
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SolarX: Solar Panel Segmentation and Classification

Through various hyper-parameter tuning and experimentation, we seek to optimize a model for the task of PV segmentation and classification. 1. Introduction. Unprecedented levels of

SolarX: Solar Panel Segmentation and Classification

Through various hyper-parameter tuning and experimentation, we seek to optimize a model for the task of PV segmentation and classification. 1. Introduction. Unprecedented levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth''s atmosphere have resulted in detrimental climate and envi-ronmental impacts that threaten planetary extinction.

Segmentation of cell-level anomalies in electroluminescence

A novel cell-level anomaly segmentation pipeline for solar panels is proposed. Several cutting-edge deep learning techniques are used to achieve robust performance.

Benchmark datasets for defect detection in EL images of solar cells

This site hosts benchmark datasets for multi-class semantic segmentation of electroluminescence (EL) imagess of silicon wafer-based solar cells. Labelled and unlabelled images are provided.

Segmentation of photovoltaic module cells in uncalibrated

In this work, we propose a robust automated segmentation method for extraction of individual solar cells from EL images of PV modules. This enables controlled studies on large amounts of data...

A PV cell defect detector combined with transformer and attention

Anwar, S. A. & Abdullah, M. Z. Micro-crack detection of multicrystalline solar cells featuring an improved anisotropic diffusion filter and image segmentation technique. EURASIP J. Image Video

Automatic Segmentation Algorithm of Solar Cells Based on Grid

To overcome these issues, algorithm ASSC(Automatic Segmentation of Solar Cells) is proposed. Concretely, a combination of Image processing techniques and convolutional network is employed to address these problem. Additionally, image deformation is tackled by implementing perspective correction, which transforms the PV panel into a front view

Efficient Cell Segmentation from Electroluminescent Images of

First, in solar cell segmentation, we assume that the size of solar cell is in a typical range, e.g., about α pixels in cell width, given a fixed camera capturing setting. Such typical parameters of cell size in width and height are applied to the selections of cell corner points in Algorithm 4. Furthermore, the panel structure consisting of gridlines and busbars is

Segmentation of photovoltaic module cells in uncalibrated

In this work, we propose a robust automated segmentation method for extraction of individual solar cells from EL images of PV modules. This enables controlled studies on large amounts of data to understanding the effects of module degradation over time—a process not yet fully understood.

A benchmark dataset for defect detection and classification in

The models were trained to simultaneously detect 24 classes in EL images of solar PV cells using semantic segmentation. Twelve classes correspond to intrinsic features of a solar cell, and twelve classes correspond to extrinsic defects. This paper focused on the detection of three critical defects and two common features in crystalline silicon

Segmented Multi-Junction Solar Cells: A New Opportunity for Cell

Multi-junction solar cell design can be enhanced using a process of subcell segmentation, whereby each subcell is further sub-divided into multiple optically-thin pn junctions. This design increases output voltage, reduces current (and associated resistive losses), and crucially, adds a degree of freedom to achieve current-matching

Segmentation of Thermography Image of Solar Cells and Panels

Two segmentation techniques for photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are explored: filtering by area and the second to the method of active contours level-set method (ACM LS). In this work, two segmentation techniques for photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are explored: filtering by area and the second to the method of active contours level-set method (ACM LS). Tuning these techniques

JOURNAL OF LA SIGAN: A Novel Image Generation Method for Solar Cell

of solar cell defects segmentation results. Index Terms—solar cell, image generation, generative adver-sarial network, defect2defect-free, defect-free2defect I. INTRODUCTION T ODAY, when non-renewable energy such as oil and coal are about to be exhausted, solar energy is becoming the focus of the world. Photovoltaic solar cells are the main products that convert solar energy

SEiPV-Net: An Efficient Deep Learning Framework for Autonomous

A robust and efficient segmentation framework is essential for accurately detecting and classifying various defects in electroluminescence images of solar PV modules. With the increasing global focus on renewable energy resources, solar PV energy systems are gaining significant attention. The inspection of PV modules throughout their manufacturing

RERN: Rich Edge Features Refinement Detection Network for

A bidirectional strip refinement attention (BSRA) adaptively capturing long-range spatial dependency with direction information and long-range channel dependency is proposed, outperforming existing state-of-the-art methods. High-performance defect segmentation techniques are essential for the high-quality manufacturing of polycrystalline solar cells. Edge

RERN: Rich Edge Features Refinement Detection Network for

We construct a polycrystalline solar cell defect edge (PSCDE) dataset, which is the first high-quality solar cell segmentation dataset. We adopt the electroluminescence imaging technique collecting 700 challenging defect images with 512×512 resolution, such as multi-scale defects, occlusion defects, dense tiny defects, low contrast defects, and combination defects.

Benchmark datasets for defect detection in EL images of solar cells

This site hosts benchmark datasets for multi-class semantic segmentation of electroluminescence (EL) imagess of silicon wafer-based solar cells. Labelled and unlabelled images are provided. The datasets consist of EL images of solar cells originating from three (3) private and two (2) public sources. The three private sources include: 1) The

Efficient Cell Segmentation from Electroluminescent Images of

SCDD is a method to extract cells from an EL image of single-crystalline silicon (sc-Si) PV module, detect defects on the segmented cells using deep learning and enrich

Automatic Segmentation Algorithm of Solar Cells Based on Grid

To overcome these issues, algorithm ASSC(Automatic Segmentation of Solar Cells) is proposed. Concretely, a combination of Image processing techniques and convolutional network is

Segmentation of photovoltaic module cells in uncalibrated

In this work, we propose a robust automated segmentation method for extraction of individual solar cells from EL images of PV modules. This enables controlled studies on

SEiPV-Net: An Efficient Deep Learning Framework for Autonomous

We present a unique lightweight framework for the semantic segmentation of solar cells using EL imagery. While deep learning techniques have yielded promising results in a variety of segmentation problems, current models frequently face constraints such as excessive computational complexity and poor performance on unbalanced classes

A benchmark dataset for defect detection and classification in

The purpose of this work is to present a unique dataset and evaluate several deep learning models for semantic segmentation applied to the detection of defects and

SEiPV-Net: An Efficient Deep Learning Framework for

We present a unique lightweight framework for the semantic segmentation of solar cells using EL imagery. While deep learning techniques have yielded promising results in a variety of segmentation problems, current

An Unsupervised Multi-scale Micro-crack Segmentation Scheme

Request PDF | On Aug 1, 2020, Weijing Dou and others published An Unsupervised Multi-scale Micro-crack Segmentation Scheme for Multicrystalline Solar Cells | Find, read and cite all the research

A benchmark dataset for defect detection and classification in

The purpose of this work is to present a unique dataset and evaluate several deep learning models for semantic segmentation applied to the detection of defects and features in EL images of solar cells. Two U-Nets, a PSPNet, and a DeepLabv3+ model were trained to detect 12 features and 12 defects simultaneously. The objective of the analysis was

6 FAQs about [Solar cell segmentation]

What is a benchmark dataset for semantic segmentation of solar cell images?

A benchmark dataset for semantic segmentation of solar cell images is published. Twelve deep learning models are trained for defect detection in EL images. Benchmark IoU and recall metrics are provided for 5 of the 24 labelled classes.

What are the performance metrics for solar cell segmentation?

The second set of performance metrics are precision, recall, and the \ (F_1\) score . These metrics are computed by considering cell segmentation as a multiclass pixelwise classification into background and active area of individual solar cells.

How is segmentation of PV modules related to calibration patterns?

Finally, the conclusions are given in Sect. 5. The segmentation of PV modules into individual solar cells is related to the detection of calibration patterns, such as checkerboard patterns commonly used for calibrating intrinsic camera and lens parameters [29, 36, 41, 69, 79].

What is the resolution of imaged solar cells?

The solar cells in imaged PV modules have a square aspect ratio (i.e., are quadratic). The average resolution of the EL images is \ (2779.63\times {2087.35}\) pixels with a standard deviation of image width and height of 576.42 and 198.30 pixels, respectively. The median resolution is \ (3152\times 2046 \) pixels.

How accurate is solar segmentation based on a Jaccard index?

The segmentation is highly accurate, which allows to use its output for further inspection tasks, such as automatic classification of defective solar cells and the prediction of power loss. We evaluated the segmentation with the Jaccard index on eight different PV modules consisting of 408 hand-labeled solar cells.

How do we exclude repetitive patterns in the El image of solar cells?

To further exclude repetitive patterns in the EL image of a solar cell, e.g., due to low passivation efficiency in the contact region (see Fig. 8 d), we combine the initial binary mask and the augmented mask via bitwise XOR. We note that solar cells are usually symmetric about both axes.

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