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Sandia Research on PV Arc-Fault Detection Submitted for US Patent
News Article, March 4, 2015 • Different types of parallel arc-faults on the DC side of a PV array. Sandia National Laboratories/Tigo Energy researchers recently submitted an application for a US patent related to research on arc-fault detection and circuit interruption in solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. Sandia’s patent-pending methods, filed as Identifying an Arc-Fault Type in...

Sandians Win ‘Best Paper’ Award at Photovoltaic Conference in Japan
News Article, March 4, 2015 • Prediction – Measured maximum power point (PMP) plotted with respect to plane-of-array (POA) irradiance using the Sandia PV Array Performance Model (SAPM, top) and California Energy Commission model (CEC, bottom) for the Kyocera poly-Si (235 W) module. A research team that included Sandians received a Best Paper Award for their...