Low-Cost Solar Array Project. LSA field test annual report, August 1978-August 1979 [electronic resource].

Published:: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1979.
Physical Description:: Pages: 50 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary:

In the course of three years of testing no evidence has resulted to suggest that the twenty-year-life goal for photovoltaic modules will not be met. Results of studies of more than 600 modules under test show that they are generally enduring well both electrically and physically, particularly those from more recent procurements. Degradation tests performed at JPL indicate that electrical degradation is not a slow monotonically increasing phenomenon as originally thought but occurs abruptly as the result of some traumatic event. This finding has led to a change in the test philosophy. The report includes a discussion of this change, a summary of degradation and failure data from all the sites, results from a variety of special tests, and a description of new instrumentation for in-field measurements. The field testing activity was expanded by the addition of twelve remote sites located as far away as Alaska and the Canal Zone. A description of the new sites is also included.

Report Numbers:

E 1.99:doe/jpl/1012-38
doe/jpl/1012-38

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Solar Energy

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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/15/1979.
"doe/jpl/1012-38"
Jaffe, P.
Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)

Funding Information:

EX-76-A-29-1012

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