Working with DuraMAT: Capability Demonstrations and Data
Working with DuraMAT: Capability Demonstrations and Data
The second DuraMAT workshop was held in conjunction with the Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium 2017 spring meeting on May 22–23, 2017, at Stanford University, Stanford, California.
This workshop, titled "Working with DuraMAT: Capability Demonstrations and Data," included oral presentations, poster sessions, and discussion panels. The goals of the workshop were to:
- Convene a group of experts from the national labs, academic institutions, and industry that can contribute to new materials, module, and testing solutions to improve module reliability and performance.
- Identify areas for high impact foundational research with input industrial partners, including photovoltaic manufacturers, module assemblers, and associated supply-chain companies.
The workshop was one of the regular annual meetings during the 5-year DuraMAT program, and it overviewed the Energy Materials Networks and the program objectives.
Agenda
The agenda for the workshop is available.
Presentations
At the workshop, core DuraMAT team members presented their capability demonstration projects, while industry and other national lab members discussed relevant research and manufacturing needs for durable module materials.
Monday, May 22, 2017
DuraMAT Session
- Introduction to DuraMAT, Teresa Barnes, NREL
- DOE's Vision of DuraMAT, Dana Olson, DOE
Invited Session I: PV Durability in the Lab and Outdoors
- What Are Appropriate Accelerated Tests for New Module Components? Ingrid Repins, NREL
- Field Failures and Accelerated Tests, David Meakin, SunPower
- Value of Recycling PV Modules, Market Size and Need for Design for Recycling, Garvin Heath, NREL
DuraMAT Capability Presentations
- Developing an Applied Materials Discovery Workflow, Mike Toney, SLAC (Capability 3: Materials Discovery and Forensics)
- Combined-Accelerated Stress Testing in DuraMAT, Peter Hacke, NREL (Capability 4: Module Durability)
- Thermal-Mechanical-Electrical Model for PV Module-Level Mechanical Failure Mechanisms, James Y. Hartley, Sandia (Capability 2: Predictive Simulation)
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
DuraMAT Session
- Changes in Field Degradation Modes Over Time, Dirk Jordan, NREL
DuraMAT Capability Presentations
- Designing and Developing a Collaborative Data Infrastructure for DuraMAT, Robert White, NREL (Infrastructure: Data Hub)
- Opportunities and Challenges in PV Performance Analytics: A Case Study in Module Soiling, Mike Deceglie, NREL (Capability 1: Data Analytics)
- Field Testing: Overview and Capability Development Activities, Birk Jones, Sandia (Capability 5: Field Deployment)
- Collaborative Tools for Investigating PV Degradation, Ben Ellis, LBL (Infrastructure/Capability 1: Data Hub & Data Analytics)
Invited Session II: Solar and Materials Data
- PV Equipment Testing: Historical Data and Best Practices for Product Qualification, Jenya Meydbray, DNVGL
- Cross-sector Opportunities to Improve Solar Data Analysis and Capabilities, Adam Shinn, kWh Analytics
- Orange Button Data Standards for Solar Financing: Using Common Data Formats and Analysis Tools to Increase Efficiency and Reliability of PV Deployment, Michelle Savage and Tom Tansy, Orange Button
