Fault Diagnosis and Quantification for Photovoltaic Arrays based on Differentiable Physical Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17107v1
• Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:19:25 GMT
• Title: Fault Diagnosis and Quantification for Photovoltaic Arrays based on Differentiable Physical Models
• Authors: Zenan Yang, Yuanliang Li, Jingwei Zhang, Yongjie Liu, Kun Ding,
• Abstract summary: This paper proposes a novel fault quantification approach for PV strings based on a differentiable fast fault simulation model (DFFSM)<n>The proposed DFFSM accurately models I-V characteristics under multiple faults and provides analytical gradients with respect to fault parameters.<n> Experimental results on both simulated and measured I-V curves demonstrate that the proposed GFPI achieves high quantification accuracy across different faults, with the I-V reconstruction error below 3%.
• Score: 8.71780347170974
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Accurate fault diagnosis and quantification are essential for the reliable operation and intelligent maintenance of photovoltaic (PV) arrays. However, existing fault quantification methods often suffer from limited efficiency and interpretability. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a novel fault quantification approach for PV strings based on a differentiable fast fault simulation model (DFFSM). The proposed DFFSM accurately models I-V characteristics under multiple faults and provides analytical gradients with respect to fault parameters. Leveraging this property, a gradient-based fault parameters identification (GFPI) method using the Adahessian optimizer is developed to efficiently quantify partial shading, short-circuit, and series-resistance degradation. Experimental results on both simulated and measured I-V curves demonstrate that the proposed GFPI achieves high quantification accuracy across different faults, with the I-V reconstruction error below 3%, confirming the feasibility and effectiveness of the application of differentiable physical simulators for PV system fault diagnosis.

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