Degradation analysis of 28 year field exposed mono-c-Si photovoltaic modules of a direct coupled solar water pumping system in western Himalayan region of India

Renewable Energy

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-202

  Chandel, S S ^a   Nagaraju Naik, M ^a   Sharma, Vikrant ^a   Chandel, Rahul ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Solar Photo Voltaic Division Gensol Consultants Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Mono crystalline silicon solar cells; PV degradation; Solar photovoltaic water pump; Thermal imaging; Western Himalayas

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; INFRARED IMAGING; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PUMPS; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; DEGRADATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV DEGRADATION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; WESTERN HIMALAYAS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; IMAGING METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PUMPING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SILICON; SIMULATION; SOLAR POWER;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84921445612     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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