TY - GEN
T1 - Failure analysis of module design qualification testing - III
T2 - 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2010
AU - TamizhMani, G.
AU - Li, B.
AU - Arends, T.
AU - Kuitche, J.
AU - Raghuraman, B.
AU - Shisler, W.
AU - Farnsworth, K.
AU - Voropayev, A.
AU - Parker, D.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Qualification testing of photovoltaic modules is a set of well-defined accelerated stress tests with strict pass/fail criteria based on functionality / performance, safety / insulation and visual requirements. This paper, third in series from the Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory of ASU / TUV Rheinland PTL, compares the overall failure rates obtained in three consecutive periods: 1997-2005, 2005- 2007 and 2007-2009. This paper also presents a distribution of failures, for the 2007-2009 period, among the four pass criteria defined in the standard: Visual failure (for example, extensive delamination), dry insulation failure (safety issue), wet resistance failure (safety issue) and performance failure (power drop).
AB - Qualification testing of photovoltaic modules is a set of well-defined accelerated stress tests with strict pass/fail criteria based on functionality / performance, safety / insulation and visual requirements. This paper, third in series from the Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory of ASU / TUV Rheinland PTL, compares the overall failure rates obtained in three consecutive periods: 1997-2005, 2005- 2007 and 2007-2009. This paper also presents a distribution of failures, for the 2007-2009 period, among the four pass criteria defined in the standard: Visual failure (for example, extensive delamination), dry insulation failure (safety issue), wet resistance failure (safety issue) and performance failure (power drop).
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614459
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614459
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78650152365
SN - 9781424458912
T3 - Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
SP - 251
EP - 255
BT - Program - 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2010
Y2 - 20 June 2010 through 25 June 2010
ER -