A NEW TEST METHOD FOR SHIPPING PALLETS OF SOLAR PRODUCTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-489
Author(s):  
Shu-Tsung Hsu ◽  
Yean-San Long ◽  
Teng-Chun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Yield Loss ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Package Design ◽  
Rate Analysis ◽  
Energy Demands ◽  
Pv Module ◽  
Cell Module ◽  
Solar Cell Module ◽  
Module System

The photovoltaic (PV) industry is expanding rapidly to meet the growing renewable-energy demands globally. The failure-rate analysis indicated that a large portion of the accelerated PV module qualification failures were related to the failure of PV cell itself, which was leading to the yield loss of PV products during shipping or transportation. Therefore, the damaged cell (or module) caused by shipping is always one of the serious problems to impact the long-term reliability of PV product. This paper aims to propose a new test method of reliability evaluation for shipping pallet of solar product. The first scenario is the test pallet shipped in fab (e.g., fork-lift truck or hand-pallet truck). The second scenario is the test pallet transported from fab to fab by different vehicle (e.g., truck, train, aircraft, and shipboard). Consequently, detailed results were applied to SEMI Doc. 5431 and released as SEMI PV56-1214 by voting in December 2014. The solar cell/module/system makers and buyers, or any other party interested like package design, can thus have a common document to refer to when desired.

Standardize Test Method of Reliability Evaluation for c-Si Photovoltaic Product

2017 ◽  
Vol 870 ◽  
pp. 257-262
Author(s):  
Shu Tsung Hsu ◽  
Yean San Long ◽  
Teng Chun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Pv Module ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Pv Cell ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
Set Up

Shipping damage is one of the key problems of photovoltaic (PV) failures in the field. In addition, the detailed documents and industry standards are necessary, to avoid cell breakages or cracks during transportation. Therefore, ITRI coordinated some TFs to set up a series of experiments on the performance evaluation for PV-cell and PV-module caused by transportation and shipping. This work aims to standardize the test method for performance criteria of PV-cell and PV-module for transportation, and evaluates a guideline and risk analysis for shipped package of PV product to meet the relevant reliability concerns in a long-term perspective. PV products are shipped not only in a fab by forklift trucks or handling, but also transported outside a fab by shipping vehicles such as truck, train, aircraft and shipboard. Consequently, results were applied to SEMI Doc. 5431 and released as SEMI PV56 [1] by voting in 2014. PV product’s makers and buyers, or any other party interested like package designers, can thus have a common testing standard to refer to when desired.

Radiated Electric Field from a Solar Cell Module Set on the Ground Plane

2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (8) ◽  
pp. 724-732
Author(s):  
Ryosuke Hasegawa ◽  
Mariko Tomisawa ◽  
Masamitsu Tokuda
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Cell Module ◽  
Solar Cell Module
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