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Modelling of cracking in PV modules:
Physical aspects and computational methods
Prof. Dr. Ing. Marco Paggi
IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy
In collaboration with:
Ing. Irene Berardone (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Prof. Dr. Ing. Mauro Corrado (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Ing. Andrea Infuso (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Dr. Alberto Sapora (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
“Impact of mechanical and thermal loads
on the long term stability of PV modules”
November 5, 2013, ISFH
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Motivations and tasks
Understand and avoid the phenomenon of cracking in PV
modules using multi-scale and multi-physics computational
methods
Tasks:
1. Develop nonlinear fracture mechanics models based on
experimental evidence of cracking in solar cells
2. Simulate cracking due to thermo-mechanical loads by
considering the whole PV module as a composite
3. Predict the electric response resulting from cracking,
damage and impurities in solar cells
Paggi et al., Composite Struct. 2013
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Outline
• Part I: experimental evidence of
thermo-electro-mechanical coupling
• Part II: constitutive modelling of cracks
• Part III: electric model for a defective cell
FIRB Future in Research 2010
RBFR107AKG
ERC Starting Grant IDEAS 2012 CA2PVM
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Part I: experiments
Experimental evidence of
thermo-electro-mechanical coupling
and crack closure effects
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Oscillating behaviour of cracked cells
Weinreich et al., 2011
• Strong coupling between thermal and electric
fields
• Self-healing of the cell due to thermoelastic
deformation (crack closure & contact)?
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A simple test on a “flexible” PV panel in bending
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A simple test on a “flexible” PV panel in bending
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A simple test on a “flexible” PV panel in bending
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Flat
Initial crack pattern
A simple test on a “flexible” PV panel in bending
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Flat
Initial crack pattern
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4 cm deflection
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6 cm deflection
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9 cm deflection
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12 cm deflection
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15 cm deflection
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18 cm deflection
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21 cm deflection
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Unloading
18 cm deflection
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Unloading
15 cm deflection
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Unloading
12 cm deflection
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Unloading
9 cm deflection
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Unloading
6 cm deflection
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Unloading
3 cm deflection
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Unloading
Flat
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A simple test on a “flexible” PV panel in bending
Initial flat configuration Max deflection Final flat configuration
• Some electrically inactive areas conduct again after unloading
(self-healing due to crack closure & contact)
• The amount of electrically inactive areas increases after the
loading cycle (fatigue effects)
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Part II: constitutive modelling of cracks
A thermomechanical cohesive zone
model based on an analogy between
fracture and contact mechanics
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gn
s s
s=s(gn) Q=Q(DT, gn)
Modelling of discrete cracks: thermoelastic CZM
• Cohesive tractions opposing to crack opening and sliding
• Thermal flux dependent on the temperature jump
and on the crack opening
Sapora and Paggi, Comp. Mech., 2013
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pC
gn gnc
gn=0
pC
p
p
gn= gnc gn
No contact
Stress-free crack
Full contact
Perfect bonding
Partial decohesion
Partial contact
p=-s p=pC p=0
gn=0 gn
CONTACT
FRACTURE
Modelling of discrete cracks: thermoelastic CZM
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l0/R
Exponential decay inspired by
micromechanical contact models:
Greenwood & Williamson, Proc. R.
Soc. London (1966)
Lorenz & Persson, J. Phys. Cond.
Matter (2008)
gn/R
Modelling of discrete cracks: thermoelastic CZM
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Q= -kint(gn) DT
Q
Qmax
gnc gn
Kapitza model
Thermal conductance proportional to the normal stiffness:
Paggi & Barber, IJHMT (2011)
Modelling of discrete cracks: thermoelastic CZM
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int
: ( )d ( )d ( )dS ( )dST T T
V V S S
δ V δ V δ δ = S w f w σ w σ w
T =S f 0
V: volume
S: surface
S: Cauchy stress tensor
f: body force vector
w: displacement vector
Strong form:
Weak form:
Finite element formulation
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int
( )d ( ) d ( ) dS ( ) dST T
V V S S
δT V ρcT Q δT V δ q δT = - q q w
T Q ρcT- =q
V: volume
S: surface
q: heat flux vector
Q: heat generation
T: temperature
Strong form:
Weak form (energy balance):
Finite element formulation
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int
int dT
S
δG δ S= g p
int
int dT
S
δG δ S= g Cg
Gap vector:
g=(gt,gn,gT)T
Traction and flux
vector:
p=(τ,σ,q)T
Weak form for the interface elements:
Consistent linearization of the interface constitutive law
(implicit scheme):
=p Cg
Paggi, Wriggers, Comp. Mat. Sci. (2011); JMPS (2012)
Finite element formulation
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T
0
0
t n
t n
t n
τ τ
g g
σ σ
g g
q q q
g g g
=
C
If kint=const (Kapitza model): 0t n
q q
g g
= =
Mechanical part
Thermoelastic part
with coupling
Tangent matrix for the Newton-Raphson algorithm:
Finite element formulation
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Numerical example
DT1=
-100 °C
DT2=
-120 °C
Stress-free temperature coincident
with the lamination temperature
(T0=150°C)
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Numerical example
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Mesh convergence study
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Part III: the electric model
A 2D electric model for a cracked cell
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The electric model
D. Grote, PhD thesis, University of Konstanz, Germany, 2010
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Parameters identification via inverse analysis
EL image
(a.u.)
Current from
EL image
(A)
Fuyuki et al. (2007)
J. Appl. Phys.
Trupke et al. (2007)
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Potthoffy et al. (2010)
Prog. Photov.
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Parameters identification via inverse analysis
Series resistance
• Different resistance values can be identified and associated to
cracks, defects, grain boundaries, etc. (learning stage)
• Those values can be assigned to cracks and other numerically
simulated defects (predictive stage)