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BS EN 60904-1:2006

Superseded

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Photovoltaic devices Measurement of photovoltaic current-voltage characteristics

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

18-11-2020

Superseded by

BS EN IEC 60904-1:2020

Language(s)

English

Published date

29-12-2006

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1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 General measurement requirements
4 Apparatus
  4.2 For measurements in natural sunlight
  4.3 For measurements in simulated sunlight
5 Measurements in natural sunlight
6 Measurement in steady-state simulated sunlight
7 Measurement in pulsed simulated sunlight
8 Test report
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
         publications with their corresponding European
         publications

Specifies procedures for the measurement of current-voltage characteristics of photovoltaic devices in natural or simulated sunlight. These procedures are applicable to a single photovoltaic solar cell, a sub-assembly of photovoltaic solar cells, or a PV module.

Committee
GEL/82
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 05/30133231 DC (01/2007)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
16
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Describes procedures for the measurement of current-voltage characteristics of photovoltaic devices in natural or simulated sunlight. Lays down basic requirements for the measurement, defines procedures for different measuring techniques in use and shows practices for minimising measurement uncertainty.

Standards Relationship
SN EN 60904-1 : 1993 Identical
UNE-EN 60904-1:2007 Identical
NBN EN 60904-1 : 2007 Identical
IEC 60904-1:2006 Identical
I.S. EN 60904-1:2006 Identical
DIN EN 60904-1 : 2007 Identical
EN 60904-1:2006 Identical
NF EN 60904-1 : 2007 Identical

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
EN 60904-3:2016 Photovoltaic devices - Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data
EN 60904-2:2015 Photovoltaic devices - Part 2: Requirements for photovoltaic reference devices
IEC 60904-10:2009 Photovoltaic devices - Part 10: Methods of linearity measurement
IEC 60904-5:2011 Photovoltaic devices - Part 5: Determination of the equivalent cell temperature (ECT) of photovoltaic (PV) devices by the open-circuit voltage method
IEC 60904-9:2007 Photovoltaic devices - Part 9: Solar simulator performance requirements
IEC 60904-6:1994 Photovoltaic devices - Part 6: Requirements for reference solar modules
EN 60904-6:1994/A1:1998 PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES - PART 6: REQUIREMENTS FOR REFERENCE SOLAR MODULES
IEC 60904-2:2015 RLV Photovoltaic devices - Part 2: Requirements for photovoltaic reference devices
EN 60904-7:2009 Photovoltaic devices - Part 7: Computation of the spectral mismatch correction for measurements of photovoltaic devices
IEC 60904-7:2008 Photovoltaic devices - Part 7: Computation of the spectral mismatch correction for measurements of photovoltaic devices
EN 60904-5:2011 Photovoltaic devices - Part 5: Determination of the equivalent cell temperature (ECT) of photovoltaic (PV) devices by the open-circuit voltage method
IEC 60904-3:2016 Photovoltaic devices - Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data
EN 60891:2010 Photovoltaic devices - Procedures for temperature and irradiance corrections to measured I-V characteristics
EN 60904-10:2010 Photovoltaic devices - Part 10: Methods of linearity measurement
IEC 60891:2009 Photovoltaic devices - Procedures for temperature and irradiance corrections to measured I-V characteristics

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