Quantifying the Thermal Fatigue of CPV Modules

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Abstract

A method is presented to quantify thermal fatigue in the CPV die-attach from meteorological data. A comparative study between cities demonstrates a significant difference in the accumulated damage. These differences are most sensitive to the number of larger (ΔT) thermal cycles experienced for a location. High frequency data (<1/min) may be required to most accurately employ this method.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages225-228
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event6th International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic, ICPV-6 - Freiburg, Germany
Duration: 7 Apr 20109 Apr 2010

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic, ICPV-6
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityFreiburg
Period7/04/109/04/10

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-520-50788

Keywords

  • Accelerated lifetime testing
  • Die-attach
  • Rainflow
  • Thermal fatigue

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