The article “Reliability Evaluation of Solar Photovoltaic Arrays”(Solar Energy, 2002: 129–141) presents various configurations of solar photovoltaic arrays consisting of crystalline silicon solar cells. Consider first the system illustrated in Figure 2.14(a). Series-parallel
. The article “Reliability Evaluation of Solar Photovoltaic Arrays”(Solar Energy, 2002: 129–141) presents various configurations of solar photovoltaic arrays consisting of crystalline silicon solar cells. Consider first the system illustrated in Figure 2.14(a).
Series-parallel Total-cross tied
There are two subsystems connected in parallel, each one containing three cells. In order for the system to
- For the series-parallel circuit, the system works (5)
Next consider the total-cross-tied system shown in Figure 2.14(b), obtained from the series-parallel array by connecting ties across each column of junctions. Now the system fails as soon as an entire column fails, and system lifetime exceeds t0 only if the life of every column does so. Given this, what is the probability that
- The total-cross tied combination works (5)
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