Requirements for Quality Management System for PV Module Manufacturing

Yoshihito Eguchi; Govind Ramu; Sumanth V. Lokanath; Masaaki Yamamichi; Sarah Kurtz; John Wohlgemuth; Eiji Yamada; Michio Kondo

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924879

Requirements for Quality Management System for PV Module Manufacturing

Yoshihito Eguchi, Govind Ramu, Sumanth V. Lokanath, Masaaki Yamamichi, Sarah Kurtz, John Wohlgemuth, Eiji Yamada, Michio Kondo

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Abstract

As the PV industry has grown, there is much concern in the markets about whether low photovoltaic (PV) module prices are leading to inferior products being introduced into the market. For protection of consumers, and also industries it is necessary to establish and standardize the suitable evaluation method of long-term reliability of PV modules. A quality management system for PV module production is one of the key elements to secure the long-term reliability of PV modules. This paper describes the requirements for quality management systems for PV module manufacturers to produce PV modules which secure the consistency of the design, production and product warranty.

Original language	American English
Pages	3574-3579
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924879 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924879
State	Published - 15 Oct 2014
Event	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: 8 Jun 2014 → 13 Jun 2014

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Conference	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	8/06/14 → 13/06/14

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NREL/CP-5J00-62137

Keywords

design
photovoltaic module
quality management
reliability
warranty

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Eguchi, Y., Ramu, G., Lokanath, S. V., Yamamichi, M., Kurtz, S., Wohlgemuth, J., Yamada, E., & Kondo, M. (2014). Requirements for Quality Management System for PV Module Manufacturing. 3574-3579. Paper presented at 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, Denver, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924879, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924879

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