Defect and safety inspection of 6 PV technologies from 56,000 modules representing 257,000 modules in 4 climatic regions of the United States

Sai Tatapudi; Cara Libby; Christopher Raupp; Devarajan Srinivasan; Joseph Kuitche; Bulent Bicer; Govindasamy Tamizhmani

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749923

Defect and safety inspection of 6 PV technologies from 56,000 modules representing 257,000 modules in 4 climatic regions of the United States

Sai Tatapudi, Cara Libby, Christopher Raupp, Devarajan Srinivasan, Joseph Kuitche, Bulent Bicer, Govindasamy Tamizhmani

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1747-1751
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509027248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749923
State	Published - Nov 18 2016
Event	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 - Portland, United States Duration: Jun 5 2016 → Jun 10 2016

Publication series

Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Volume	2016-November
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Other	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	6/5/16 → 6/10/16

Keywords

CIGS
CdTe
Visual inspection
amorphous silicon
crystalline silicon
performance defects
safety failures

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Tatapudi, S., Libby, C., Raupp, C., Srinivasan, D., Kuitche, J., Bicer, B., & Tamizhmani, G. (2016). Defect and safety inspection of 6 PV technologies from 56,000 modules representing 257,000 modules in 4 climatic regions of the United States. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 (pp. 1747-1751). [7749923] (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2016-November). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749923

Defect and safety inspection of 6 PV technologies from 56,000 modules representing 257,000 modules in 4 climatic regions of the United States. / Tatapudi, Sai; Libby, Cara; Raupp, Christopher et al.

2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 1747-1751 7749923 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2016-November).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Tatapudi, S, Libby, C, Raupp, C, Srinivasan, D, Kuitche, J, Bicer, B & Tamizhmani, G 2016, Defect and safety inspection of 6 PV technologies from 56,000 modules representing 257,000 modules in 4 climatic regions of the United States. in 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016., 7749923, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, vol. 2016-November, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1747-1751, 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016, Portland, United States, 6/5/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749923

Tatapudi S, Libby C, Raupp C, Srinivasan D, Kuitche J, Bicer B et al. Defect and safety inspection of 6 PV technologies from 56,000 modules representing 257,000 modules in 4 climatic regions of the United States. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 1747-1751. 7749923. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749923

Tatapudi, Sai ; Libby, Cara ; Raupp, Christopher et al. / Defect and safety inspection of 6 PV technologies from 56,000 modules representing 257,000 modules in 4 climatic regions of the United States. 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 1747-1751 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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