Technology developments toward 30-year-life of photovoltaic modulesAs part of the United States National Photovoltaics Program, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Flat-Plate Solar Array Project (FSA) has maintained a comprehensive reliability and engineering sciences activity addressed toward understanding the reliability attributes of terrestrial flat-plate photovoltaic arrays and to deriving analysis and design tools necessary to achieve module designs with a 30-year useful life. The considerable progress to date stemming from the ongoing reliability research is discussed, and the major areas requiring continued research are highlighted. The result is an overview of the total array reliability problem and of available means of achieving high reliability at minimum cost.
Document ID
19850053499
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ross, R. G., Jr. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)