Modeling and improvement of silicon ingot directional solidification for industrial production systems

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1531-1539

  Wei, Jiuan ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Zheng, Lili ^a,b   Wang, Chenlei ^c   Zhao, Bo ^d  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Solar Power Industries   (United States)

^d Jinggong Science and Technology Co   (China)

Author keywords

Directional solidification; Modeling; Silicon ingot

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION; HEATING POWER; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INSULATION LAYERS; MODELING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SILICON INGOT; SOLIDIFICATION INTERFACE; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; INGOTS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; THERMOANALYSIS;

SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 67649395521     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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