RRC module energy rating: a module survey

Author

Bücher, K. ; Kleiss, G. ; Bätzner, D.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer-Inst. fur Solare Energiesyst., Freiburg, Germany

fYear

1997

fDate

29 Sep-3 Oct 1997

Firstpage

1187

Lastpage

1191

Abstract

Many PV power systems exhibit a poorer performance as is to be expected using installed peak power. Performance ratios of `reasonable´ systems have experimentally been determined in the range of 60%-85% of STC (standard test conditions) performance. A significant part of the losses is due to the performance deviation of PV modules from their rating at STC due to the outdoor conditions (realistic reporting conditions, RRC). To overcome the problems in module performance evaluation and to assist system sizing, a realistic PV efficiency map of America is presented. In a similar way to the European radiation atlas for solar irradiation, this RRC market survey of PV modules gives detailed information on module performance at many sites for various installation conditions

Keywords

losses; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device testing; solar cell arrays; PV efficiency map; PV power system sizing; RRC PV module energy rating; USA; installation conditions; market survey; outdoor conditions; performance deviation; performance evaluation; performance ratios; realistic reporting conditions; Africa; Equations; Performance analysis; Performance loss; Photovoltaic cells; Solar energy; Springs; System testing; Temperature distribution; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3767-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1997.654301

Filename

654301