Chapter 11: Combined and Sequential Accelerated Stress Testing for Derisking Photovoltaic Modules

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814501-2.00011-6· OSTI ID:1545976

Hacke, Peter L ^[1]; Owen-Bellini, Michael ^[1]; Kempe, Michael D ^[1]; Miller, David C ^[1]; Tanahashi, Tadonori ^[2]; Sakurai, Keiichiro ^[2]; Gambogi, William J. ^[3]; Trout, John T. ^[3]; Felder, Thomas C. ^[3]; Choudhury, Kaushik Roy ^[3]; Philips, Nancy H. ^[3]; Koehl, Michael ^[4]; Weiss, Karl-Anders ^[4]; Spataru, Sergiu ^[5]; Monokroussos, Christos ^[6]; Mathiak, Gerhard ^[6]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
3. E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
4. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
5. Aalborg University
6. TUV Rheinland Energy GmbH

Application of stress factors in the combinations and sequences as they occur in the natural environment better reproduces failures seen in the field. Further, choice of sample type for testing that best represents the final product is most likely to yield relevant results. Tests meeting these criteria are more likely to discover potential weaknesses that are not a priori known in new module designs, reduce risk, accelerate time to market, achieve bankability and reduce costly overdesign.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1545976
• Report Number(s): NREL/CH-5K00-72451
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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