Operating instructions for rooftop solar power system

MSV . Factory
Content Guide

I. General Introduction to the System

II. Operation process

II.1 Monitoring system
II.2 Camera system

III. Maintenance process

III.1 Periodic preventive maintenance and report
III.2 Corrective maintenance and report
III.3 Monthly report

IV. Contact Channel

I. General Introduction to the System
- The solar power system at MSV factory is a load tracking system with a capacity of 594kWp, including 900
panels with each panels has capacity 660Wp and 5 inverters with each inverter has capacity 110kVA.
- Including 2 main electrical panel PV - MDB solar located at the inverter station and an MCCB panel located in
the Electric Room

DC

AC

CT
MSB

=> The system will automatically measure the power consumption of the consumed load to generate an
electric capacity equal to the consumed load, without generating excess electricity and without pushing it
to the national grid.
II. Operating Instructions for the solar system.
II.1.1 Instructions for logging in to iSolar Cloud

- Go to CH play or Appstore to download the app

iSolar Cloud to your phone
- Log in with the following account and password:
Account : Irev_project@[Link]
Password : Irev12345
- Or you can log in locally using a Bluetooth
connection then scan the QR code on the
com100E.
- Select “B2112529763 – MSV Hue to check the
information.
II. Operating Instructions for the solar system.
II.1.2. Instructions for checking parameters.
1
Shows the operating status of the normal power station
1
when there is a problem, it will notify in this state.

2 Shows the power output supplied to the plant and the

power output from the grid supplied to the plant 2
Shows the efficiency of the power station, the capacity of
3
the current power station and the installed capacity.

3
II. Operating Instructions for the solar system.
II.1.2. Instructions for checking parameters.

Spontaneous power output – Statistics of electricity The graph shows power,

self-use during the day consumption from the grid radiation intensity, and
and from the solar system weather forecast for the
following days
II. Operating Instructions for the solar system.
II.1.2. Instructions for checking parameters.

4 In the "Devices" section, it will show

you, how many devices are connected
to the Com100E
5 We can check the information of each
device when clicking on each device to
see.
6 Logs report incidents that have
6
occurred

4 5
 II. Operating Instructions for the solar system.
II.1.3. Instructions for logging in to EBX510 (check metter A1700)

7 8
- Visit website and type address: - We can check the information of each device
[Link] when clicking on each device to see.
7 - Log in with the following account and 8
- We can setup The Com’X510 send data from
password: Elster metter by email.
- Account : IREV
Password : MSV@1234
 II.2 Camera System User's Guide.
- Go to CH play or App Store to
2 find Hik - Connect application
1 Log in to the application with the
following account and password:
Account: camerasolarmsv@[Link]
Password: Irev123+-
1 Pass for encoding the video: Irev12345
2 View the camera in live mode via
4 Lan at the receiver with a phone
Watch live on the internet by
3 3
phone

4 Click on each camera window to

see more clearly, use the toolbars
to record, take pictures.
 III. Maintenance Process
III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Cleaning: Carry out solar panel
Check the surface dust of
1 time/ month in Dry season PV module cleaning to ensure
the solar panel
1 time/ 3 months in Wet season performance

Check for tightness, Repair and replace

PV module broken or corroded, damaged areas, tighten
check MC4 connector MC4 connector

Inverters - check
function, clean fans Clean the inverter,
Inverters/Cabling/
DC Cable - Visual check replace the damaged DC
Containment
for damaged or perishing cable
Maintenance every 6 cable.
months
Switch gear/
Ensure all meters and
Protective Visual inspection of the
Pyranometers on site are
equipment measuring system
fully functional.

Racking system Racking system-

suitable replacement
and Roof Spot check for corrosion
and repair
or damage of any parts
 III. Maintenance Process
III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Site Visits - Engineers on-site and
Inspection, Annual
Preventative reporting
Inspection
Maintenance
Check the voltage of AC
Inverters/ cable, DC cable, inverter. Using suitable measuring
Cabling/ Check insulation equipment, repair if
Containment resistance and short problems occur.
circuit current
Ensure switching
through functional test
Annually Switch gear/ Check AC Isolator/ RCD/ and Test equipment,
Maintenance Protective MCB, Combiner clean, check for
equipment boxes/fuses, Panel Board corrosion and/or
water/soiling ingress

Racking system Spot check roof sheet

Check Roof sheets visually for any
and Roof
unexpected damage

Check Walkways / safety To check both walkways

Walkways and
lines. and safety line for any
Safety line
damage
III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Scope of maintenance and system maintenance
 Periodically, there will be a team in charge of inspecting the equipment to repair the damage or replace the
damaged equipment according to the regulations of the solar system maintenance and troubleshooting.
 In addition, the project manager can also unexpectedly inspect the work when the work is damaged due to
environmental influences and other factors causing sudden damage affecting the safety of use and operation of
equipment. of the project
Preparatory work for maintenance
 Cleaning tools: broom, faucet, dust blower, ...
III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Preparatory work for maintenance
 Safety tools: Seat belts, hats, shoes, clothes, protective gloves.

 Mechanical tools: Set of wrenches, hexagons, screwdrivers, pliers ...

III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Preparatory work for maintenance
 Make sure to isolate the inverter from the grid, the DC switches.

 Time of implementation: In the evening, the day is less sunny.

III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Cleaning PV module

Frequency and implementation plan :

- Wash the PV module periodically at least once a month for the dry season and every 3 months for the rainy
season depending on how dirty the PV module surface is.
- The implementation plan must ensure the division of the sanitary area for each area, each PV module system
connected to each inverter. To ensure the performance of the system when cleaning the PV module.
- The process of washing PV module absolutely must not step on or walk on the PV module.
 III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Cleaning PV module
Electrical safety warning :
- Cleaning the PV module risks damage to the PV module and PV strings and increases the risk of
potential electric shock.
- Damaged PV modules can cause electrical leakage especially when wet. Therefore, to avoid the risk
of electric shock, before cleaning, it is necessary to carefully check whether the PV module has
cracked glass or loose connectors.
- The high voltage and current present on the PV String during the day is enough to cause a fatal
electric shock.
- The condition of the grounding system of the frame, bracket, and PV module must be checked
before starting to clean to prevent the risk of electric shock due to electric leakage from live parts of
the system.
- Wear suitable insulated boots and gloves when cleaning PV modules
General Instructions :
- It is allowed to use suitable cleaning agents such as glass cleaner, alcohol, ... in case of washing with
water but not clean
- It is recommended to clean the PV module during the early morning, evening, rainy or cloudy days
with low radiation (<200W/m2) to avoid thermal shock of the PV module.
- Do not use sharp tools and abrasive materials during PV module cleaning
- Do not spray water directly on MC4 connectors.
- Do not clean when detecting broken glass or damaged DC cable, loose connectors, short-circuit to
avoid the risk of electric shock. Repair or replacement must be carried out before continuing work.
III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Cleaning PV module
General Instructions :
III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Cleaning PV module
Certain acts are prohibited:
 III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Maintenance and maintenance of inverters
 Check the external appearance of the inverter to make sure there is no distortion.

 Check the operation status of the inverter

 III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Maintenance of inverters
 Check that the inverter operates in the permissible conditions (ambient obstructions, temperature of
the place of installation, ...)
 Check the inverter cooling system: Check the cooling fan on the inverter to make sure it works and
clean it; Check whether the aluminum foil is deformed or not, if there are insects, spider webs or
not and clean it.
 Check the inverter rack system to ensure that it is intact, sure, bolts are not rusty or deformed.
 Check the cable connections to the inverter to make sure they are intact.
 Check to ensure the grounding of the inverter
 Measure and check the parameters on the DC side, AC connected to the inverter.
III.1. Periodic preventive maintenance and report.
Maintenance of the monitoring system
 Check that the monitoring device is firmly connected
 Check that the wifi router has a network and that the logger is still connected to the router.

Maintenance and maintenance of electrical panel

 Check the appearance of the electrical panel, perform proper cleaning
 Check to make sure the aptomat is working properly
 Check condition of fuses and headlights.
III. Maintenance Process
III.2. Corrective maintenance and report.

Solar system has

a problem - When there is a problem affecting the factory, MSV
will press the emergency stop button at PVDB panel or
at electrical room. TT will come then check, correct
errors and report to related MSV, IREV.

Affect the
factory
N
TT check supplier and
Y
report plan and fix it
MSV Press the emergency
stop button then inform TT After handle TT Report
and IREV to the IREV and MSV
Y
TT come check &
If Device
fix error the solar N
error
system
III.2. Corrective maintenance and report.
Functions of fire protection equipment
- Fire alarm button: Press the emergency fire alarm button when detecting a fire incident
- Smoke detectors, heat detectors detect fire incidents through smoke and the temperature generated by
the fire.
- Fire ball: when the surrounding temperature changes significantly above 68 degrees Celsius, the
thermometer breaks and the extinguisher automatically sprays powder to extinguish the fire.
- Push button light bell box: When there is a fire problem, the light bell will alarm.
In the event of a fire or explosion.
- Turn off the electrical system by pressing the emergency button

Emergency button at PV Emergency button at the

– MDB panel electrical room
III.2. Corrective maintenance and report.
Fire protection equipment installed.

Fire alarm button Fireball Light bell box

button

Smoke detector Heat detectors Fire extinguisher

III.2. Corrective maintenance and report.
In the event of a fire or explosion.
- Press the fire alarm button to warn everyone - Proceed to extinguisher the fire with a fire
extinguisher if the fire is small

- Follow the steps in accordance with the fire-

fighting orders.
III.2. Corrective maintenance and report.
Problems related to inverter

Problem Reason Treatment

- Low insulation - DC string cable is handicapped due - Isolate INV, PV - MDB cabinets,
- Abnormal residual to damage to the insulation sheath conduct measurements to
current - The MC4 Jacks have poor contact determine fault points on Jack
- Abnormal string with moisture, causing electrical MC4, string, PV-MDB panels.
capacity discharge and short-circuiting.
- Arc discharge - The panels are damp, short-circuited
due to broken tempered glass

- Short circuit to earth - Discharge of the phase conductor and - Rework the insulation at the
ground wire ground of the LV cable due to point of failure or replace the
damage to the cable insulation. cable
- Discharge of cable ends due to - Rework the cable ends,
reduced insulation or poor contact tighten the cable ends.
- Abnormal battery - The string of panels is shaded, or - Check that the panel is not
string capacity dirty covered or dirty.
- Performance degradation for panel - Re-measure I-V
quality or cell damage by lightning characteristics to determine
panel efficiency
III.2. Corrective maintenance and report.
Problems related to panels

Problem Reason Treatment

- Output over current - The mains voltage drops sharply or the - INV will automatically return to
grid short circuit causes the output the grid when the problem is
current to exceed the working threshold resolved.
of INV
- Reversed panel string - The string of panels connecting the INV - Off DC switch, reverse the plugs
connection unit is polarized (+), (-).

- Lost String - Broken DC cable, Jack MC4 - Check to replace Jack MC4, DC
cable according to procedure.

- Battery string - Improperly configured battery string - Reduce the number of PV

overvoltage causes the open circuit voltage to exceed module of string so that the open
the maximum operating voltage of the circuit voltage is lower than the
INV when the temperature is low operating voltage value at all
temperature conditions.
- Disconnected - Loose pins communication signal - Check alternate signal pins
- Error board communication board communication, cable.
- Lost 3G/4G connection - Check if the wifi connection
is stable, the 4G sim has run
out of data traffic or not.
III.2. Corrective maintenance and report.
Problems related to panels

Problem Reason Treatment

- Cracked PV module - Due to the impact of foreign objects, - Check the tightening of the
hard objects PV clamp according to
- PV clamp is too tight factory's recommendations
- Uneven thermal expansion on the PV - Clean PV module properly, do
module surface due to rain, improper not do it at high radiation
cleaning time.

- Broken Jack MC4 - The MC4 jack is not properly - Check MC4 . Jack
plugged in, leading to discharge due Replacement
to poor contact or moisture
- Cell PV is discolored, - Poor quality PV cells - Replace Junction box or
burned, bypass diode is - Tempered glass broken with moisture replace PV Module
damaged cell
- Lightning strikes PV module
- Hotspost effect - PV module is dusty, shaded. - Periodic cleaning inspection
- Error due to manufacturing process of PV module
- Replace the damaged PV
module
III.2. Corrective maintenance and report.
PV module related problems
 III.3. Monthly report.
- Besides maintenance report, TT also sends to IREV monthly report to inform about system working
status and system PR.
- PR of system will be calculated based on data exported from monitoring system of Isolarcloud.
- The sample data exported from Isolarcloud will be 5 minutes data as below:
 III.3. Monthly report.

- The data exported from Isolarcloud including:

- (kWh/m2) irradiance data measured by RT1 weather station.

- will be converted to by using the PVsyst report to define a simple linear transposition model from
horizontal to the PV module field orientation.
 III.3. Monthly report.
- The theoretical Operation Time of a solar plant is the total time during which the plant receives enough
radiation to work. Insufficient radiation is defined as solar radiation in the plane of the array such that the
panels do not reach their minimum operating voltage and the inverter is not able to start (defined as
irradiance 50 to 70W/m2).
- Therefore, a limit of 50 to 70 W/m2 was defined for starting to compute the PR calculation in order to
eliminate the outputs in case of low irradiance, this irradiation level is also named the “Minimum
Irradiance Threshold”(MIT).
- Refer to “Technical Availability is defined in “SolarPower Europe O&M best practice guidelines version
4.0” and follow IEC TS 63019:2019” Page 76 Chapter 11/ Sub‐section 11.2.7. Technical Availability or
Uptime

- The monthly report sample in the attached.

IV. Contact Chanel
The contact channel for the claim the warranty is “Thang Tien”.
Thang Tien will contact to each supplier and claim the warranty on behalf of the owner.

 Emergency case contact O&M:

• Mr. Le Dinh Thinh Phone number: 0978 767 088 | 0782 661 999.
 Technical, installation contact:
• Mr. Phan Cong Nguyen Phone number: 0962 762 164.
 Contract and Documents contact:
• Mr. Le Dinh Thinh Phone number: 0978 767 088 | 0782 661 999.