Design, Development, and Analysis of a Densely Packed 500x Concentrating Photovoltaic Cell Assembly on Insulated Metal Substrate

Table 2

Comparison of the safety factors used by HCPV industries and in the developed system.

Company	Cell dimensions; mm mm	Max CR	Max cell current A	Number of diodes per cell	Maximum forward current per diode A	Safety factor
AZUR SPACE [17]		1000	13.088	2	10	1.53
Emcore [19]		1000	4.4	1	10	2.23
Spectrolab [18]		500	6.95	1	12	1.73
Ergonsolair [31]		500	2	1	10	5.00
		500	4.5	1	10	2.22
		500	7	1	12	1.71
University of Exeter		500	6.587	1	10	1.52