XEROCOAT, INC.
Grant: $1,025,000 - Department of Energy - Aug. 1, 2009
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Award Description: The Project will develop a new and revolutionary materials coating technology which allows a PV module maker to apply an antireflection coating to the cover glass of their modules in their own facility, and thus gain at least a 3% increase in the light passing through the glass and being converted to electricity. Furthermore, the unique features of this technology allow it to be applied to thin film PV technologies, geometrically complex systems such as concentrating lenses and systems which use plastic components ? previously there has been no cost-effective method to deliver high transmission antireflection components for these PV technologies. The Project has the following objectives: 1. Develop coating technology equipment to apply XeroCoat?s antireflection technology which is suited for commercial scale production levels for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. 2. Build and demonstrate a pilot line which can verify the low cost and high performance of XeroCoat?s antireflection coating on PV cover glass. 3. Design and specify a full scale production system capable of coating 100 MW of PV modules per year with XeroCoat?s high performance antireflection coating. At the conclusion of this Project XeroCoat, Inc. will be ready to accept orders for coating systems, and enable the USA solar energy market to take advantage of an in-house and on-demand coating to provide high transmission glass for solar module construction. The Project will develop a new and revolutionary materials coating technology which allows a PV module maker to apply an antireflection coating to the cover glass of their modules in their own facility, and thus gain at least a 3% increase in the light passing through the glass and being converted to electricity. Furthermore, the unique features of this technology allow it to be applied to thin film PV technologies, geometrically complex systems such as concentrating lenses and systems which use plastic components ? previously there has been no cost-effective method to deliver high transmission antireflection components for these PV technologies. The Project has the following objectives: 1. Develop coating technology equipment to apply XeroCoat?s antireflection technology which is suited for commercial scale production levels for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. 2. Build and demonstrate a pilot line which can verify the low cost and high performance of XeroCoat?s antireflection coating on PV cover glass. 3. Design and specify a full scale production system capable of coating 100 MW of PV modules per year with XeroCoat?s high performance antireflection coating. At the conclusion of this Project XeroCoat, Inc. will be ready to accept orders for coating systems, and enable the USA solar energy market to take advantage of an in-house and on-demand coating to provide high transmission glass for solar module construction.
Project Description: Laboratory demonstration Various candidate coating technologies will be identified and tested at the laboratory scale in order to select the best for commercialisation of XeroCoat?s liquid AR coating technology. The selected technology will be further developed in the laboratory to verify performance and to inform the engineering decisions required to construct a pilot scale system for coating glass for customer evaluation. Deliverables This task will deliver a method for producing an antireflection coating on glass using a lab (R&D) coating system and feed into the engineering design of a pilot scale system. This will then form the basis of testing and customer evaluation and serve as an engineering test-bed for scale-up activities. Success will be determined by the ability of the method to produce an anti-reflection coating on glass coupons showing a benefit of >2% added transmittance. Laboratory demonstration Various candidate coating technologies will be identified and tested at the laboratory scale in order to select the best for commercialisation of XeroCoat?s liquid AR coating technology. The selected technology will be further developed in the laboratory to verify performance and to inform the engineering decisions required to construct a pilot scale system for coating glass for customer evaluation. Deliverables This task will deliver a method for producing an antireflection coating on glass using a lab (R&D) coating system and feed into the engineering design of a pilot scale system. This will then form the basis of testing and customer evaluation and serve as an engineering test-bed for scale-up activities. Success will be determined by the ability of the method to produce an anti-reflection coating on glass coupons showing a benefit of >2% added transmittance.
Jobs Summary: Sr Scientist - Spray Development, Sr. Test Engineer, Laboratory Technician, Metrology Technician, Process Engineer and Mechnical Engineer (Total jobs reported: 1)
Project Status: Less Than 50% Completed
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