Reliability and availability analysis of a fielded photovoltaic system

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 002316-002321

  Collins, Elmer ^a   Dvorack, Michael ^a   Mahn, Jeff ^a   Mundt, Michael ^a   Quintana, Michael ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; COST TRADE-OFF; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY GENERATIONS; FAILURE DATA; FIELD DATA; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS; MAIN COMPONENT; MAINTENANCE COST; MODEL SYSTEM; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY; RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAMS; RELIABILITY MODEL; SYSTEM LEVELS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TIME PERIODS; TIME PROJECTION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; REPAIR; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77951565275     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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