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Life-cycle costs of high-performance cellsA life cycle cost analysis of high efficiency cells was presented. Although high efficiency cells produce more power, they also cost more to make and are more susceptible to array hot-spot heating. Three different computer analysis programs were used: SAMICS (solar array manufacturing industry costing standards), PVARRAY (an array failure mode/degradation simulator), and LCP (lifetime cost and performance). The high efficiency cell modules were found to be more economical in this study, but parallel redundancy is recommended.
Document ID
19860019915
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Daniel, R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Burger, D. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Reiter, L. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Proceedings of the 25th Project Integration Meeting
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Accession Number
86N29387
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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