BS EN 60904-9:2007 PDF

Scope: IEC standards for photovoltaic devices require the use of specific classes of solar simulators deemed appropriate for specific tests. Solar simulators can be either used for performance measurements of PV devices or endurance irradiation tests. This part of IEC 60904 provides the definitions of and means for determining simulator classifications. In the case of PV performance measurements, using a solar simulator of high class does not eliminate the need to quantify the influence of the simulator on the measurement by making spectral mismatch corrections and analyzing the influences of uniformity of irradiance of the test plane and temporal stability on that measurement. Test reports for devices tested with the simulator shall list the class of simulator used for the measurement and the method used to quantify the simulator’s effect on the results.

BS EN 60904-9:2007 Referenced Document

EN 60904-10:1998 Photovoltaic Devices Part 10: Methods of Linearity Measurement
EN 60904-1:2006 Photovoltaic devices Part 1: Measurement of photovoltaic current-voltage characteristics*， 2024-04-18 Update
EN 60904-2:2007 Photovoltaic devices - Part 2: Requirements for reference solar devices
EN 60904-7:1998 Photovoltaic Devices Part 7: Computation of Spectral Mismatch Error Introduced in the Testing of a Photovoltaic Device
EN 60904-8:1998 Photovoltaic Devices Part 8: Measurement of Spectral Response of a Photovoltaic (PV) Device
EN 61215:2005 Crystalline Silicon Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) Modules Design Qualification and Type Approval
EN 61646:1997 Thin-film terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval
IEC 60904-1 Photovoltaic devices - Part 1: Measurement of photovoltaic current-voltage characteristics*， 2020-09-25 Update
IEC 60904-2 Photovoltaic devices - Part 2: Requirements for photovoltaic reference devices*， 2023-06-19 Update
IEC 60904-7 Photovoltaic devices - Part 7: Computation of the spectral mismatch correction for measurements of photovoltaic devices*， 2019-08-20 Update
IEC 60904-8 Photovoltaic devices - Part 8: Measurement of spectral responsivity of a photovoltaic (PV) device*， 2014-05-01 Update
IEC 61215 Crystalline silicon terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval
IEC 61646 Thin-film terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval*， 2008-05-01 Update

2020 BS EN IEC 60904-9:2020 Photovoltaic devices. Classification of solar simulator characteristics
2008 BS EN 60904-9:2007 Photovoltaic devices. Part 9: Solar simulator performance requirements