Thermal stress analysis/life prediction of concentrating photovoltaic module

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0210111-0210119

  Cao, M ^a   Butler, S ^b   Benoit, J T ^c   Jiang, Y ^b   Radhakrishnan, R ^b   Chen, Y ^d   Bendapudi, S ^b   Home, Steve ^e  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UTC Power   (United States)

^d UTC Carrier ^*

^e SolFocus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrating photovoltaic cell (CPV); Fatigue test; Life prediction; Reliability; Thermal stress; Viscoplastic

Indexed keywords

(8 HYDROXY QUINOLINE) ALUMINUM; (ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; BONDING MATERIALS; CELL TEMPERATURES; FATIGUE TESTS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); LEAD-FREE SOLDER (SN-3.5AG-0.5CU); MODULE CONFIGURATIONS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV); PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE (PVM); RESEARCH CENTERS; RESIDUAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ROUGH ESTIMATION; STEADY STATE OPERATIONS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); STRUCTURAL FAILURES; SYSTEM START-UP; TEMPERATURE PROFILING; UNITED TECHNOLOGIES (CO); VISCO-PLASTIC;

ALUMINUM; BRAZING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HEAT STORAGE; LEAD; LIGHT METALS; METAL CLADDING; METALS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NITRIDES; PAINTING; PIGMENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLDERED JOINTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; TECHNOLOGY; TESTING; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY; WELDING;

NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

EID: 45249095589     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2840572     Document Type: Article

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