Featured in FUTURE PV – 09-2014

New flashing applications

Flashing: Partial shading, low light and diffuse light affect the I-V curve of solar PV cells and modules. Using LED flashers in the lab and on production lines may provide the answers.

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Jonathan Gifford

15 Sep 2014

In June, German company Strama-MPS announced that it had installed another of its LED sun simulator flashers to a Chinese manufacturer. Its latest model, the ProMoSim evo³, employs five color LEDs, which provide the required AM1.5 illumination at 1,600 W/m2, but also a range of other applications. This is according to Strama-MPS’ Manfred Fischer, who …

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