CEL Visit 19.03.2018.

Central Electronics Limited

Overview: CEL, with its commitment to harness the solar energy, has opened up new vistas in the field of
solar photovoltaic. Backed by an integrated production facility to manufacture Crystalline Silicon Solar
Cells and Modules with the state-of-the-art screen-printing technology, the company has supplied more
than 5 Lakhs SPV Systems in India and abroad, covering both rural and industrial applications.

CEL is in process of enhancing its modules manufacturing capacity to 40 MWp and the production is
expected to start by August 2014.

CEL products conform to stringent National & International Standards. The PV modules are tested for
IEC 61215/61730by TUV, Rheinland. Our modules have been successfully tested by Solar Energy Centre
(SEC) of the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES), Govt. of India.

Specifications

Material Crystalline Silicon

Size 156mm x 156mm (Pseudo Squares)
Surface Textured
Thickness 200 +(-20) micro meter
Isc 8.5 Amp
Voc 620 mV
Im 7.8 Amp
vm 510 mV
Pm 4.0 watts
Fill Factor 74.0%

ISHAN MEHROTRA

Participant-ASP course.
Description of process chart
Glass cleaning- It is done with De-ionized water for cleaning, de-ionized is used so that water
salt shall not affect glass performance.

Tabbing and stringing- connection of cells in series to make series string. Bus bars are
overlapped on individual cells.

General check through vision camera for series string correctness. (camera flashes light and if
light passes through the series string then series string is defective or damaged in middle.)

Bussing-Connecting of series string to make one module.

Lamination- preeparing module for lamination. 140’C is maintained in laminators, EVA melts
and gets sticked totally with cells. It is performed under vacuum conditions so that no air bubble
remains inside the module.

EL testing - checking micro cracks, applied voltage is cell voltage, current is Isc in forward
biased.

Framing of modules- Framing is done manually as well as automated machine, RTV (room
temperature vulcanization) material is used with frames which expands and seal the module
and protects the module edges with moisture, dust etc to enter.

JB fixing- junction box is fixed manually, terminals in junction box differs with the requirement
of bypass diodes in the module, generally for 36 cell module, 3 terminals are there out of which
one is for bypass diode and for 72 cell modules 4 terminal are used out of which two terminals
for bypass diodes.

Cabling- Cables and cable lugs are connected and module is ready for transportation.
Additional Points:

1. CEL only manufactures modules here, they purchase solar cells from outside now, earlier
they used to purchase wafers and convert them into cells here in CEL lab but in this
competitive market when the prices for cell purchase is equivalent to wafer purchase,
CEL facility has focused more on correct module production for end users.
2. CEL in their facility has installed solar PV modules for meeting the load demand for
offices, warehouses, test lab in their premises.
3. CEL has installed 1MWh Solar PV plant with Lithium ion batteries as storage media. The
installed plant is basically for checking performance with Li-ion batteries and escalating
its use in the market by other firms also, Li-ion does involve additional cost but certain
advantages like lesser weight and size for same capacity, more efficient during charging
and discharging cycle, lesser environmental impact, maintains voltage levels , recharge
cycle more compared to Pb-acid, etc are few benefits that makes it better than lead acid
storage batteries.
4. Solar tree has been installed in CEL facility.
5. BIPV(building integrated photovoltaic technology) is used in the carpark rooftop in CEL
which fulfils the lighting requirement of carpark in evening time.
6. Solar technologies, keeping architectural beauty in mind is also installed by CEL at
various locations in delhi and all over india also.
7. Walkable modules are installed in warehouse which are supported with few additional
steel supports from the bottom for avoiding any accidents, basically no difference in
general and walkable modules.
8. Flexible modules are also manufactured by CEL for application over train rooftop to
avoid heavy load on the train compartments.
Few PICS taken at CEL campus:

Process chart

Cross section of PV
 Various cell technologies

Application of solar technologies

Solar energy application

Solar energy application

 Solar energy application

Various solar
technologies

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