Low-Cost Solar Array Project. Progress report 14, August 1979-December 1979 and proceedings of the 14th Project Integration Meeting

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5198366· OSTI ID:5198366

Progress made by the Low-Cost Solar Array Project during the period August through November 1979, is described. Progress on project analysis and integration; technology development in silicon material, large-area sheet silicon, and encapsulation; production process and equipment development; engineering, and operations, and the steps taken to integrate these efforts are detailed. A report on the Project Integration Meeting held December 5-6, 1979, including copies of the visual materials used, is presented.

• Research Organization: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Jet Propulsion Lab. (JPL)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-76ET20356
• OSTI ID: 5198366
• Report Number(s): DOE/JPL-1012-42; JPL-PUB-80-21
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
SILICON
CRYSTAL GROWTH
PRODUCTION
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS
COST
CUTTING
DATA
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC CONTACTS
ENCAPSULATION
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
FAILURES
GRAPHS
MONOCRYSTALS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLYCRYSTALS
PRICES
PROTECTIVE COATINGS
PURIFICATION
SAFETY
TABLES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
US DOE
COATINGS
CRYSTALS
DATA FORMS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
INFORMATION
MACHINING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SEMIMETALS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TESTING
US ORGANIZATIONS
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion
360601 - Other Materials- Preparation & Manufacture