PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES - PART 5: DETERMINATION OF THE EQUIVALENT CELL TEMPERATURE (ECT) OF PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) DEVICES BY THE OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE METHOD
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 Measurement principle and requirements
4 Apparatus
5 Determination of required input parameters
6 Procedure
7 Calculation of equivalent cell temperature
8 Test report
Specifies the preferred method for determining the equivalent cell temperature (ECT) of PV devices (cells, modules and arrays of one type of module), for the purposes of comparing their thermal characteristics, determining NOCT (nominal operating cell temperature) and translating measured I-V characteristics to other temperatures.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 82 |
