| 9:00:00 -
9:30 |
Registration |
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Welcome
and Introduction to the Workshop |
Prof.
Christopher Linton Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University |
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Reliability
Assessment by Quality Assurance and Service Life Testing |
Prof.
Ralph Gottschalg (CREST)/ |
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Dr.-Ing.
Michael Koehl (ISE) |
| 10:00 – 11:00 Block 1 |
INTRODUCTION
TO ACCELERATEAD TESTING |
Chair:
NN |
| a) |
Requirements
for reliability assurance incl. PVQAT |
Tony
Sample, JRC, IT |
| b) |
Life-time
Energy Yield |
Ralph
Gottschalg, CREST, UK |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Group
Discussion I:Expectations and motivations for this workshop |
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| Group leaders: |
a)
Ralph Gottschalg b) Michael Koehl |
Room
A (Conference Room) Room B |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Coffeebreak |
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| 12:00 – 13:30 Block 2 |
FROM
DEGRADATION FACTOR ASSESSMENT TO TEST CONDITIONS – PART I |
Chair:
NN |
| a) |
UV |
Michael
Koehl, ISE, GER |
| b) |
Water,
Temperature |
Mike
Kempe, NREL, USA |
| c) |
Thermomechanics |
Sascha
Dietrich, CSP, GER |
| 13:30 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30 – 16:00 Block 3 |
FROM
DEGRADATION FACTOR ASSESSMENT TO TEST CONDITIONS – PART II |
Chair:
NN |
| a) |
PID |
Stephan
Hoffmann, ISE, GER |
| b) |
Stress
mapping |
Karolina
Slamova, ISE, GER |
| c) |
Combined
stress testing |
Karl
Berger, AIT, AUT |
| 16:00 – 16:30 |
Group
Discussion II: How can we provide reliable accelerated service life tests? |
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| Group leaders: |
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a)
Ralph Gottschalg |
Room
A Room B |
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b)
Michael Koehl |
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| 16:30 – 17:00 |
Coffeebreak |
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| 19:00 |
Shuttle
to Conference Dinner |
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| 19:30 – 22:30 |
Conference
Dinner, Venue: Browns Lane Bar and Restaurant |
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| Friday,
April 17th Venue: Clyde Williams Building, Loughborough University |
| 08:30 – 10:00 Block 4 |
OPTICAL
METHODS FOR MODULE INSPECTION |
Chair:
NN |
| a) |
Raman
Spectroscopy |
Karl-Anders
Weiss, ISE, GER |
| b) |
Luminescence
spectroscopy as powerful tool for non-destructive inspection of PV module
encapsulants |
Beate
Roeder, HU Berlin, GER |
| c) |
Quantification
of Electroluminescence Spectroscopy |
Karl
Bedrich, CREST, UK |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Coffeebreak |
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| 10:30 – 12:00 Block 5 |
QUALITY
ASSURANCE IN PRODUCTION AND OPERATION |
Chair:
NN |
| a) |
QS
system applied in industry production |
Norbert
Lenk, Consultant, GER |
| b) |
Luminescence
as a tool for the spatially resolved evaluation of EVA crosslinking in PV
modules |
Jan
Schlothauer, HU Berlin, GER |
| c) |
Uncertainty
of Power Rating in Production |
Christos
Monokoussos, TUV Rheinland, CN |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Group
Discussion III: |
How
comprehensive should be quality assurance? |
| Group leaders: |
a)
Ralph Gottschalg |
Room
A Room B |
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b)
Michael Koehl |
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| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
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| 13:30 – 15:00 Block 6 |
FIELD
EXPERIENCE |
Chair:
NN |
| a) |
Financial
Risk Grading of PV Power Plants using Risk Priority Number (RPN) |
Govindasamy
Tamizhmanir, ASU, USA |
| b) |
Correlation
with type approval testing in the lab |
John
Wohlgemuth, NREL, USA |
| c) |
Field
experience with PID and methods of prevention |
Peter
Bentz, Solarfabrik. GER |
| 15:00 -15:30 |
Plenary
discussion With presentation of discussion group results |
Gottschalg
(CREST)/Koehl (ISE) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffeebreak |
(optional) |
| 16:00 – 17:00 |
VISIT
OF CREST FACILITIES |
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