Use of Pyranometers to Estimate PV Module Degradation Rates in the Field

Frank Vignola; Josh Peterson; Rich Kessler; Fotis Mavromatakis; Mike Dooraghi; Manajit Sengupta

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749764

Use of Pyranometers to Estimate PV Module Degradation Rates in the Field

Frank Vignola, Josh Peterson, Rich Kessler, Fotis Mavromatakis, Mike Dooraghi, Manajit Sengupta

Power Systems Engineering

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Abstract

Methodology is described that uses relative measurements to estimate the degradation rates of PV modules in the field. The importance of calibration and cleaning is discussed. The number of years of field measurements needed to measure degradation rates with data from the field is cut in half using relative comparisons.

Original language	American English
Pages	1016-1021
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749764 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749764
State	Published - 18 Nov 2016
Event	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 - Portland, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016

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Conference	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	5/06/16 → 10/06/16

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See NREL/CP-5D00-66498 for preprint

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5D00-67990

Keywords

degradation
PV
pyranometer
uncertainty

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Vignola, F, Peterson, J, Kessler, R, Mavromatakis, F, Dooraghi, M & Sengupta, M 2016, 'Use of Pyranometers to Estimate PV Module Degradation Rates in the Field', Paper presented at 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016, Portland, United States, 5/06/16 - 10/06/16 pp. 1016-1021. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749764, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749764

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