Chapter 3: Photovoltaic Module Stability and Reliability

Dirk Jordan; Sarah Kurtz

doi:10.1016/B978-1-78242-336-2.00003-3

Chapter 3: Photovoltaic Module Stability and Reliability

Dirk Jordan, Sarah Kurtz

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Abstract

Profits realized from investment in photovoltaic will benefit from decades of reliable operation. Service life prediction through accelerated tests is only possible if indoor tests duplicate power loss and failure modes observed in fielded systems. Therefore, detailing and quantifying power loss and failure modes is imperative. In the first section, we examine recent trends in degradation rates, the gradual power loss observed for different technologies, climates and other significant factors. In the second section, we provide a summary of the most commonly observed failure modes in fielded systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Performance of Photovoltaic (PV) Systems: Modelling, Measurement and Assessment
Subtitle of host publication	Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy: Number 105
Editors	N. Pearsall
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	71-101
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Electronic)	9781782423546
ISBN (Print)	9781782423362
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-78242-336-2.00003-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-78242-336-2.00003-3
State	Published - 2017

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NREL/CH-5J00-65474

Keywords

Aging
Degradation rates
Durability
Failures
Field test
Reliability

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Jordan, D., & Kurtz, S. (2017). Chapter 3: Photovoltaic Module Stability and Reliability. In N. Pearsall (Ed.), The Performance of Photovoltaic (PV) Systems: Modelling, Measurement and Assessment: Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy: Number 105 (pp. 71-101). Elsevier Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-78242-336-2.00003-3, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-78242-336-2.00003-3

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