- Title
- Soil erosion and sediment source dynamics of a catchment in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa: an approach using remote sensing and sediment source fingerprinting techniques
- Title
- Microsoft Word - Manjoro_M_PhD Thesis.docx
- Creator
- Manjoro, Munyaradzi
- Subject
- Soil erosion -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2012
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Doctoral
- Type
- PhD
- Identifier
- vital:10663
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1015038
- Description
- This study originated from an evaluation of the performance of a commercially available high concentration point focus concentrator PV system. The effect of module design flaws was studied by using current-voltage (I-V) curves obtained from each module in the array. The position of reverse bias steps revealed the severity of mismatch in a string of series-connected cells. By understanding the effects of the various types of mismatch, power losses and damage to the solar cells resulting from hot spot formation can be minimized and several recommendations for improving the basic performance of similar systems were made. Concern over the extent and type of defect failure of the concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells prompted an investigation into the use of a light beam induced current (LBIC) technique to investigate the spatial distribution of defects. An overview of current and developing LBIC techniques revealed that the original standard LBIC techniques have found widespread application, and that far-reaching and important developments of the technique have taken place over the years. These developments are driven by natural progression as well as the availability of newly developed advanced measurement equipment. Several techniques such as Lock-in Thermography and the use of infrared cameras have developed as complementary techniques to advanced LBIC techniques. As an accurate contactless evaluation tool that is able to image spatially distributed defects in cell material, the basis of this method seemed promising for the evaluation of concentrator cells.
- Format
- xvi, 210 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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