| Analysis of PV module failure and power degradation in Floating Photovoltaic |
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학술지명 2024 41st EUPVSEC
저자 김동환,오원욱,원창섭,정준기,조현식,이지은
발표일 2024-09-24
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Floating photovoltaic (PV) systems are beginning to play an increasing role worldwide in solar generation’s overall contribution to decarbonization and clean energy. With expansion of the solar energy industry, the reliability of PV module have become increasingly important in order to insure commercial viability for such large-scale application. This mass adoption of PV technology brings with it a need to better understand of failure in order to make more informed decisions regarding design and manufacturing processes that work to directly improve reliability and performance. Floating PV systems have not been in operation for as long as those on land-based. In general, it is reported that defects in floating PV would be have result in similar defects as land-based PV, but in reality, there have been no reports of defects and power degradation of operated PV with long-term in a water environment. In this paper, we attempted to analyze the causes of defects that would occur in floating PV modules compared to land-based PV by confirming the power degradation and defects of floating PV modules that have been in operation for 11 to 12 years. As a result, defects such as electrode corrosion and backsheet cracks occurred due to moisture penetration into the module, and power decreased by 2.63% compared to the initial level. This is believed to be caused by moisture penetration into the module due to mooring abnormalities and instability of the structure on the water surface, thereby accelerating the aging of the module |