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Performance assessment of a grid-connected mc-Si PV system made up of silicon material from different manufacturing routes

Tor Oskar SaetreMuhammad TayyibT.s. SurendraN. RamchanderR. MuneeshwarA. V. SarmaM. RamanjaneyuluJan Ove OddenM. B. Prakash

subject

Siliconbusiness.industryPhotovoltaic systemElectrical engineeringchemistry.chemical_elementGridAutomotive engineeringPhotovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collectorSolar micro-inverterchemistryPhotovoltaicsEnvironmental scienceSolar cablebusinessRooftop photovoltaic power station

description

Summarises the performance of an Elkem Solar photovoltaic (PV) system installed in the Sunbelt Region (between 35 North and 35 South) in Hyderabad, India, which has been fully operational since August 2012. The PV system consists of 28 multicrystalline silicon PV modules made from the standard Siemens process and from material produced by a metallurgical route - the Elkem Solar Silicon (ESS™) process. A comparative performance study of the ESS™ modules with respect to standard polysilicon has been carried out under the various climatic and solar radiation conditions at the location. The present study suggests that the ESS™ PV modules have a slightly better performance than standard polysilicon modules as a function of solar irradiation, and thereby the total kWh generated has also been higher for the ESS™ modules.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-06-012013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2013.6744110