RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: It's too obvious that more2year said:
Anyway, concerning the Beta test, I assumed that it was to be done byHunan to verify the efficiencies of the AR-coated wafers via the LPDprocess. They validated several already but several, as opposed toseveral thousand or more, is a different story. I did do some generalresearch on this and shared it on a previous post:
"The finaltest for solar modules is field site testing, in which finished modulesare placed where they will actually be used. This provides theresearcher with the best data for determining the
efficiency of a solar cell under ambient conditions and the solar cell's effective lifetime, the most important factors of all."
https://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Solar-Cell.html (QUALITY CONTROL)
When the
thin-film solar company came out of stealth mode last week, it said it was testing panels at 10 beta sites...
On average, the tests have been running six or seven months
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/solyndra-increases-beta-testing-5022/
"The final test for solar modules is field site testing, in whichfinished modules are placed where they will actually be used. Thisprovides the researcher with the best data for determining the
efficiency of a solar cell under ambient conditions and the solar cell's effective lifetime, the most important factors of all."
https://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Solar-Cell.html (QUALITY CONTROL)
When the
thin-film solar company came out of stealth mode last week, it said it was testing panels at 10 beta sites...
On average, the tests have been running six or seven months
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/solyndra-increases-beta-testing-5022/
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Natcore isn't introducing something entirely new - just an improved way of doing it. The AR coating is a complete equivalent to what is already in use - see NR -~ Dec 2009 - so it should work similarly. They were able to manufacture to the specifications requested by international manufacturers - see NR - Feb 2010. So the manufacturers already know what they needed. Wide scale testing across many sites (beta-test sites) might not be necessary in terms of the AR as it would be when you are producing a entirely new way of generating solar energy. I would imagine that a working process - producing so many wafers per hour at the specified quality would be required to sell the process. From the January 2010 release they were stating that the beta-test system gets the green light. I read that to mean that they were ready to scale up the process to allow for production through a LPD module in a manufacturing setting.
Can the module be implemented? How much down-time to implement? Does it work in the existing flow? How reliable is it? How can the module be improved? How often does it need servicing? ect..
I could be wrong but that is what I presumed the company meant by beta-test system.
What might need beta site testing would be the fact that the panels are thinner - how do they perform under the elements? Is the life-span altered? How does heat affect the output of the thinner cells? ect.
Tandem will need to undergo beta-tests and site tests. CdTe will need to undergo beta-tests and site-tests as they would be new technologies. The site tests will allow them to determine the characteristsics of the newly developed panels.
JMHO.