<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents theoretical foundations of application of the reduced <italic>I-V</italic> Blaesser’s characteristics in predicting a photovoltaic cell/module (PV) efficiency, together with calculation procedures. A detailed analysis of the error of this transformation method of characteristics was carried out. Its practical application in predicting efficiency of operation of various PV cells and modules in medium and high insulation conditions was demonstrated. The practical suitability of the presented method in early detection of ageing phenomena, such as, for example, absorber degradation taking place in PV modules, was demonstrated. The article was prepared on the basis of the results of testing five different PV modules with various constructions, made of different materials and absorbers, such as: c-Si, mc-Si, CIS, a-Si_SJ, a-Si_TJ. The used measurement data were collected during the 16-year period of the experimental PV modules testing system operation in Opole University, equipped with a data acquisition system.</p></abstract>

The article presents theoretical foundations of application of the reduced I-V Blaesser’s characteristics in predicting a photovoltaic cell/module (PV) efficiency, together with calculation procedures. A detailed analysis of the error of this transformation method of characteristics was carried out. Its practical application in predicting efficiency of operation of various PV cells and modules in medium and high insulation conditions was demonstrated. The practical suitability of the presented method in early detection of ageing phenomena, such as, for example, absorber degradation taking place in PV modules, was demonstrated. The article was prepared on the basis of the results of testing five different PV modules with various constructions, made of different materials and absorbers, such as: c-Si, mc-Si, CIS, a-Si_SJ, a-Si_TJ. The used measurement data were collected during the 16-year period of the experimental PV modules testing system operation in Opole University, equipped with a data acquisition system.

Application of the reduced <italic>I-V</italic> Blaesser’s characteristics in predicting PV modules and cells conversion efficiency in medium and high insolation conditions

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Application of the reduced  Blaesser’s characteristics in predicting PV modules and cells conversion efficiency in medium and high insolation conditions

The article presents theoretical foundations of application of the reduced I-V Blaesser’s characteristics in predicting a photovoltaic cell/module (PV)...

Application of the reduced I-V Blaesser’s characteristics in predicting PV modules and cells conversion efficiency in medium and high insolation conditions

Data publikacji: 11 paź 2017

Zakres stron: 345 - 369

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2017-0023

Słowa kluczowe
photovoltaic conversion, PV cells/modules quality assessment, PV cells/modules degradation, PV cells/modules reduced I-U Blaesser’s characteristics

© 2017 Tadeusz Rodziewicz et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Application of the reduced I-V Blaesser’s characteristics in predicting PV modules and cells conversion efficiency in medium and high insolation conditions

Data publikacji: 11 paź 2017

Zakres stron: 345 - 369

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2017-0023

Słowa kluczowephotovoltaic conversion, PV cells/modules quality assessment, PV cells/modules degradation, PV cells/modules reduced I-U Blaesser’s characteristics

© 2017 Tadeusz Rodziewicz et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
photovoltaic conversion, PV cells/modules quality assessment, PV cells/modules degradation, PV cells/modules reduced I-U Blaesser’s characteristics