Development of Automated Production Line Processes for Solar Brightfield Modules: Final Report, 1 June 2003-30 November 2007

Nowlan, M. J.

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“…National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the US, in cooperation with Spire Corporation, has completed a project for automated production line for solar modules during 2003-2007 named NREL's Photovoltaic Manufacturing R&D (PVMRD) [122]. The project comprising of three phases included the realization of large-area PV arrays (5ft by 12 ft), development of automated production tools for large scale manufacturing and design of solar modules simulator.…”

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Robotics Inspired Renewable Energy Developments: Prospective Opportunities and Challenges

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The domain of Robotics is a good partner of renewable energy and is becoming critical to the sustainability and survival of the energy industry. The multi-disciplinary nature of robots offers precision, repeatability, reliability, productivity and intelligence, thus rendering their services in diversified tasks ranging from manufacturing, assembling, and installation to inspection and maintenance of renewable resources. This paper explores applications of real robots in four feasible renewable energy domains; solar, wind, hydro, and biological setups. In each case, existing state-of-the-art innovative robotic systems are investigated that have the potential to create a difference in the corresponding renewable sector in terms of reduced set-up time, lesser cost, improved quality, enhanced productivity and exceptional competitiveness in the global market. Instrumental opportunities and challenges of robot deployment in the renewable sector are also discussed with a brief case study of Saudi Arabia. It is expected that the wider dissemination of the instrumental role of robotics in renewable energy will contribute to further developments and stimulate more collaborations and partnerships between professionals of robotics and energy communities.INDEX TERMS Applied robotics, automation in renewable energy, mobile robots, robotic manipulators, solar PV module, wind turbines.

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“…Tedlar plastic serves as the backsheet of PV-module supporting the entire structure of it. An EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) polymer foil is used for welding solar cells with the glass sheet and the Tedlar backsheet (Nowlan et al 2005). The glass manufacturing and assembly processes are also included in the PV-module"s subsystem (Figure 2).…”

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“…PV-module fabrication flow diagram(Nowlan et al 2005;Koroneos et al 2006a). 5.1.2 Analysis of PV System Balance -Of-System Components (BOS-Components)…”

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Exergetic life cycle assessment of a grid-connected, polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic system

Koroneos

Stylos

2014

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Purpose\ud \ud Nowadays, the intensive use of natural resources in order to satisfy the increasing energy demand suggests a threat to the implementation of the principles of sustainable development. The present study attempts to approach thermodynamically the depletion of natural resources in the methodological framework and the principles of life cycle assessment (LCA).\ud \ud Methods\ud \ud An environmental decision support tool is studied, the exergetic life cycle assessment (ELCA). It arises from the convergence of the LCA and exergy analysis (EA) methodologies and attempts to identify the exergetic parameters that are related to the life cycle of the examined system or process. The ELCA methodology, beside the fact that it locates the system parts which involve greater exergy losses, examines the depletion of natural resources (biotic and abiotic) and the sustainable prospective of the examined system or process, under the scope of exergy. In order to obtain concrete results, the ELCA methodology is applied to a large-scale, grid-connected, photovoltaic (PV) system with energy storage that is designed to entirely electrify the Greek island of Nisyros.\ud \ud Results and discussion\ud \ud Four discerned cases were studied that reflect the present state and the future development of the PV technology. The exergy flows and balance for the life cycle of the PV system, as they were formed in the ELCA study, showed that the incoming exergy (solar radiation, energy sources, and materials) is not efficiently utilized. The greater exergy losses appear at the stage of the operation of the PV installation. Due to the fact that contribution of the renewable exergy (solar radiation) to the formation of the total incoming exergy of Life Cycle is significant, it emerges that satisfaction of electric power needs with a PV system appears to be exergetic sustainable. The increase of the Life Cycle exergetic efficiency supported by the future technological scenario in contrast to present scenarios emerges from the increased electricity output of the PV system. Consequently, the increased exergetic efficiency involves decreased irreversibility (exergy losses) of the PV system’s life cycle.\ud \ud Conclusions\ud \ud The application of ELCA in electricity production technologies exceeds the proven sustainable prospective of the PV systems; however, it aims to show the essence of the application of ELCA methodology in the environmental decision making process. ELCA can be a useful tool for the support and formation of the environmental decision making that can illustrate in terms of exergetic sustainability the examined energy system or process

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Mechanical problems of novel back contact solar modules

Kraemer¹,

Wiese²,

Peter³

et al. 2013

Microelectronics Reliability

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Development of Automated Production Line Processes for Solar Brightfield Modules: Final Report, 1 June 2003-30 November 2007

Cited by 3 publications

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Robotics Inspired Renewable Energy Developments: Prospective Opportunities and Challenges

Robotics Inspired Renewable Energy Developments: Prospective Opportunities and Challenges

Exergetic life cycle assessment of a grid-connected, polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic system

Mechanical problems of novel back contact solar modules

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