Using Thermographic Searches in the Digital Twin

The Digital Twin page is a geospatial representation of the site which shows all the main electrical components of the site: transformers, inverters, combiner boxes, strings and modules. The Digital Twin aggregates all information based on a component, rather than in a single Thermographic report. Some might have observations linked to that component, that help see the visual evidence and any other valuable information tied to that component.

This functionality is available on the solar plants which are on a PRO subscription. Please see the examples below:

Preventative Maintenance

Preventative maintenance is a proactive strategy involving routine checks, cleaning, adjustments, and replacements of parts to reduce the likelihood of equipment failure and unplanned downtime. 

• Locate new thermal anomalies: Identifies early-stage faults so they can be monitored or addressed before failure.

• Locate persisting thermal anomalies: Flags issues that haven’t worsened yet but need tracking to prevent escalation.

• Locate modules with a thermal anomaly and visual damage: Helps prioritise modules with both thermal and physical signs of wear, before they cause generation loss.

• Locate modules with thermal anomalies, belonging to different electrical zones: Useful for identifying patterns across zones that could indicate emerging systemic problems.

• Locate underperforming strings: Supports ongoing string-level performance monitoring to avoid larger output drops.
  

Corrective Maintenance

Corrective maintenance is a reactive approach that involves fixing equipment or components after a failure has been detected, whether by remote monitoring or during an inspection.

• Locate new thermal anomalies: Highlights emerging faults that need fresh investigation.

• Locate thermal anomalies resolved: Tracks whether maintenance actions have fixed previously detected issues.

• Locate persisting thermal anomalies: Identifies recurring or unresolved issues requiring attention.

• Locate modules with a thermal anomaly and visual damage: Helps maintenance teams prioritise modules that show both thermal and visible physical issues.

• Locate modules with thermal anomalies, belonging to different electrical zones: Useful for diagnosing wider system-level issues across strings/zones.

• Locate underperforming strings: Directs maintenance to string-level issues affecting generation performance.

Search Examples

Locate thermal anomalies resolved

Anomalies appear in a given year, absent in subsequent analysis.

Locate new thermal anomalies

Anomalies identified in a recent year, not observed in previous reports.

Locate persisting thermal anomalies 

Anomalies detected in a specific year, continuing through to subsequent years. 

 

Locate modules with a thermal anomaly and visual damage

Modules with a thermal anomaly and visual evidence attached.

Locate modules with thermal anomalies, belonging to different electrical zones

Anomalies contained on a transformer level

Anomalies contained on an inverter level 

Anomalies contained on a string level

Locate underperforming strings

Any string with a RISO test under 15 M ohm

Locate underperforming strings

Any string with a RISO test under 15 M ohm

For more information about the Digital Twin functionality, please click here.

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