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Analysis of PV Modules by Electroluminescence and Ir Thermography
Analysis of PV Modules by Electroluminescence and Ir Thermography
Analysis of PV Modules by Electroluminescence and Ir Thermography
INTRODUCTION
Pixel 2
Pixel n
Cell N
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Figure 2: The I-V curves of the single cells show
different short circuit currents. In the modules short
circuit state (blue horizontal line) some of the cells are
operated in positive others in negative voltage direction.
2.2 Power loss in the series resistance
Inside of a cell the discrete areas, represented by the
pixels, are parallel connected. In this case the voltage is
the same for every pixel, after Kirchhoffs law and the
currents split according to the resistance combinations of
the diodes and resistors. If all parts with low series
resistance rS are combined to one and all parts with high
RS into one part the equivalent circuit the equivalent
circuit is depicted in Figure 3. The parallel resistance is
neglected.
rS
RS
EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
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RESULTS
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CONCLUSION
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Part of this work was supported by Deutsche
Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU).
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REFERENCES
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