TY - GEN
T1 - Defect and safety inspection of 6 PV technologies from 56,000 modules representing 257,000 modules in 4 climatic regions of the United States
AU - Tatapudi, Sai
AU - Libby, Cara
AU - Raupp, Christopher
AU - Srinivasan, Devarajan
AU - Kuitche, Joseph
AU - Bicer, Bulent
AU - Tamizhmani, Govindasamy
N1 - Funding Information:
The funding support from EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), SRP (Salt River Project) and SERIIUS (Solar Energy Research Institute for India and United States) is gratefully acknowledged.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Defect and safety inspections were performed on about 56,000 photovoltaic (PV) modules representing 257,000 modules of multiple technologies (mono-Si, poly-Si, a-Si, CdTe and CIGS) aged between 1.3 and 26 years, and operating in four climatic regions (hot-dry, temperate, cold-dry and hot-humid) of the United States. The number (or percentage) and types of defects and safety failures primarily depend on technology, design, installation, climate and age. The results presented in this paper will provide insights into the dominant types of defects and safety failures which are commonly found in multiple climates and that are specific to each climate.
AB - Defect and safety inspections were performed on about 56,000 photovoltaic (PV) modules representing 257,000 modules of multiple technologies (mono-Si, poly-Si, a-Si, CdTe and CIGS) aged between 1.3 and 26 years, and operating in four climatic regions (hot-dry, temperate, cold-dry and hot-humid) of the United States. The number (or percentage) and types of defects and safety failures primarily depend on technology, design, installation, climate and age. The results presented in this paper will provide insights into the dominant types of defects and safety failures which are commonly found in multiple climates and that are specific to each climate.
KW - Amorphous silicon
KW - CIGS
KW - CdTe
KW - Crystalline silicon
KW - Performance defects
KW - Safety failures
KW - Visual inspection
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366381
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366381
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048510711
T3 - 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017
SP - 2301
EP - 2306
BT - 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017
Y2 - 25 June 2017 through 30 June 2017
ER -