101. Detection and characterisation of delamination in PV modules by active infrared thermography
- Author
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Archana Sinha, Rajesh Gupta, and O.S. Sastry
- Subjects
Materials science ,Active infrared ,General Physics and Astronomy ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Electronic circuit simulation ,Nondestructive testing ,Electro-Thermal Modelling ,0103 physical sciences ,Thermal ,Electronic engineering ,General Materials Science ,Infrared Thermography ,010302 applied physics ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Photovoltaic system ,Delamination ,Subsurface Defects ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Photovoltaic Module ,Non-Destructive Testing ,Mechanics of Materials ,Thermography ,Image sequence ,Joints ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
The paper presents a fast and efficient method for the detection and characterisation of delamination in photovoltaic (PV) modules by using active infrared thermography approach. A discrete part of PV module was irradiated by step heating and its thermal image sequence was used to detect and analyse delamination. Different types of heating source for thermal excitation for this application have been studied. An electro-thermal model was developed to simulate the active thermography approach for the characterisation of delamination in PV module by equivalent resistance-capacitance (RC) network using a circuit simulator. This simulation approach was used to estimate the extent of delamination in the module and to determine the optimum parameters for the characterisation of delamination. Different applications based on front and backsides of heating the module were also proposed in this paper. The proposed method has the potential to be employed for the quality check of PV modules during inline production as well as for the predictive maintenance of outdoor PV plants.
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- 2016