Ensuring Quality of PV Modules

Sarah Kurtz; John Wohlgemuth; Tony Sample; Masaaki Yamamichi; James Amano; Peter Hacke; Michael Kempe; Michio Kondo; Takuya Doi; Kenji Otani

doi:10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186084

Ensuring Quality of PV Modules

Sarah Kurtz, John Wohlgemuth, Tony Sample, Masaaki Yamamichi, James Amano, Peter Hacke, Michael Kempe, Michio Kondo, Takuya Doi, Kenji Otani

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Abstract

Photovoltaic (PV) customers need to have confidence in the PV modules they purchase. Currently, no test can quantify a module's lifetime with confidence, but stress tests are routinely used to differentiate PV product designs. We suggest that the industry would be strengthened by using the wisdom of the community to develop a single set of tests that will help customers quantify confidence in PV products. This paper evaluates the need for quality assurance (QA) standards and suggests a path for creating these. Two types of standards are needed: 1) QA of the module design and 2) QA of the manufacturing process.

Original language	American English
Pages	842-847
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186084 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186084
State	Published - 2011
Event	37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011 - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: 19 Jun 2011 → 24 Jun 2011

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Conference	37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle, WA
Period	19/06/11 → 24/06/11

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See NREL/CP-5200-50651 for preprint

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NREL/CP-5200-55729

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Kurtz, S, Wohlgemuth, J, Sample, T, Yamamichi, M, Amano, J, Hacke, P , Kempe, M, Kondo, M, Doi, T & Otani, K 2011, 'Ensuring Quality of PV Modules', Paper presented at 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011, Seattle, WA, United States, 19/06/11 - 24/06/11 pp. 842-847. https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186084, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186084

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