1、Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules Design qualificationand type approvalPart 1: Test requirementsBS EN 61215-1:2016BSI Standards PublicationWB11885_BSI_StandardCovs_2013_AW.indd 1 15/05/2013 15:06National forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 61215-1:2016. It is identical t
2、o IEC 61215-1:2016. Together with BS EN 61215-1-1:2016, BS EN 61215-1-2, BS EN 61215-1-3 and BS EN 61215-1-4, it partially supersedes BS EN 61215:2005.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to TechnicalCommittee GEL/82, Photovoltaic Energy Systems.A list of organizations represented o
3、n this committee can be obtained onrequest to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions ofa contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. The British Standards Institution 2017. Published by BSI Standards Limited 2017ISBN 978 0 580 77802 5
4、ICS 27.160Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 January 2017.Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicationDate Text affectedBRITISH STANDARDBS EN 61
5、215-1:2016EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 61215-1 December 2016 ICS 27.160 Supersedes EN 61215:2005 (partially) English Version Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 1: Test requirements (IEC 61215-1:2016) Modules photovoltaques (P
6、V) pour applications terrestres - Qualification de la conception et homologation - Partie 1: Exigences dessai (IEC 61215-1:2016) Terrestrische Photovoltaik-(PV-)Module - Bauarteignung und Bauartzulassung - Part 1: Prfanforderungen (IEC 61215-1:2016) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on
7、2016-04-13. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may
8、be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and not
9、ified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
10、 Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comit Europen de Normalisation E
11、lectrotechnique Europisches Komitee fr Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2016 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members. Ref. No. EN 61215-1:2016 E BS EN 61215-1:2016EN 61215-1:2016
12、2 European foreword The text of document 82/1046/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 61215-1, prepared by IEC/TC 82 “Solar photovoltaic energy systems“ was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 61215-1:2016. The following dates are fixed: latest date by which the documen
13、t has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2017-01-13 latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the document have to be withdrawn (dow) 2019-04-13 This document supersedes partially EN 61215:2005. Attention is
14、 drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC and/or CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 61215-1:2016 was approved by CENELEC
15、 as a European Standard without any modification. BS EN 61215-1:2016EN 61215-1:2016 3 Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and a
16、re indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod)
17、, the relevant EN/HD applies. NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here: www.cenelec.eu. Publication Year Title EN/HD Year IEC 60050 series International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - series IEC 60269-6 - Low-voltage fuses -
18、 Part 6: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of solar photovoltaic energy systems EN 60269-6 - IEC 60891 - Photovoltaic devices - Procedures for temperature and irradiance corrections to measured I-V characteristics EN 60891 - IEC 60904-1 - Photovoltaic devices - Part 1: Mea
19、surement of photovoltaic current-voltage characteristics EN 60904-1 - IEC 60904-3 - Photovoltaic devices - Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data EN 60904-3 - IEC 60904-10 - Photovoltaic devices - Part 10: Methods of lin
20、earity measurement EN 60904-10 - IEC 61215-2 - Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - Design qualification and type approval - Part 2: Test procedures EN 61215-2 - IEC 61730-2 - Photovoltaic (PV) module safety qualification - Part 2: Requirements for testing EN 61730-2 - IEC 61853-1 - Photovoltaic
21、(PV) module performance testing and energy rating - Part 1: Irradiance and temperature performance measurements and power rating EN 61853-1 - IEC 61853-2 - Photovoltaic (PV) module performance testing and energy rating - Part 2: Spectral response, incidence angle and module operating temperature mea
22、surements - - IEC/TS 61836 - Solar photovoltaic energy systems - Terms, definitions and symbols CLC/TS 61836 - IEC/TS 62915 - Photovoltaic (PV) Modules - Retesting for type approval, design and safety qualification - - ISO/IEC 17025 - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibratio
23、n laboratories EN ISO/IEC 17025 - ISO/IEC Guide 98-3 - Uncertainty of measurement - Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995) - - BS EN 61215-1:2016 2 IEC 61215-1:2016 IEC 2016 CONTENTS FOREWORD . 3 INTRODUCTION . 5 1 Scope and object . 6 2 Normative references. 6 3 Te
24、rms, definitions and abbreviations 7 4 Test samples . 8 5 Marking and documentation . 8 5.1 Name plate . 8 5.2 Documentation 9 5.2.1 Minimum requirements . 9 5.2.2 Information to be given in the documentation 9 5.2.3 Assembly instructions 10 6 Testing 10 7 Pass criteria 11 7.1 General . 11 7.2 Power
25、 output and electric circuitry . 11 7.2.1 Verification of rated label values Gate No. 1 . 11 7.2.2 Maximum power degradation during type approval testing Gate No. 2 . 12 7.2.3 Electrical circuitry. 13 7.3 Visual defects . 13 7.4 Electrical safety 13 8 Major visual defects . 13 9 Report . 14 10 Modif
26、ications . 15 11 Test flow and procedures . 15 Figure 1 Full test flow for design qualification and type approval of photovoltaic modules . 18 Table 1 Summary of test levels 16 BS EN 61215-1:2016IEC 61215-1:2016 IEC 2016 3 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ TERRESTRIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) MOD
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34、mity. Independent certification bodies provide conformity assessment services and, in some areas, access to IEC marks of conformity. IEC is not responsible for any services carried out by independent certification bodies. 6) All users should ensure that they have the latest edition of this publicati
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36、or costs (including legal fees) and expenses arising out of the publication, use of, or reliance upon, this IEC Publication or any other IEC Publications. 8) Attention is drawn to the normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is indispensable for the correct
37、application of this publication. 9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. International Standard IEC 61215-1 has been prepared by IE
38、C technical committee 82: Solar photovoltaic energy systems. This first edition of IEC 61215-1 cancels and replaces the second edition of IEC 61215, published in 2005; it constitutes a technical revision. This edition of IEC 61215-1 includes the following significant technical changes with respect t
39、o the second edition of IEC 61215:2005 and the second edition of IEC 61646:2008: a) New standard series structure consistent with other IEC standards: Part 1 lists general requirements, Part 1-x specifics for each PV technology and Part 2 defines testing. All tests defined in Part 2 are MQTs (module
40、 quality tests). b) Sampling procedure rewritten (Clause 4). c) Marking requirements better defined for name plate and general documentation. BS EN 61215-1:2016 4 IEC 61215-1:2016 IEC 2016 d) Pass/fail criteria have been divided into two “gates”. Gate No. 1 verifies the initial maximum power at STC
41、with respect to name plate rating and Gate No. 2 defines the power loss during accelerated aging testing. e) Revised hot-spot endurance test (MQT 09). f) Update of the other tests to be consistent with changes in IEC 61646. g) Removal of the method for measuring temperature coefficients and referenc
42、e to IEC 60891. h) Definition of NMOT as the nominal module operating temperature measured with the module under maximum power conditions. i) Rewriting of the standard using NMOT instead of NOCT and reference to future IEC 61853-2 for the test procedure. j) Rewriting of the robustness of termination
43、 test (MQT 14) to include evaluation of both cables and junction boxes. k) Stabilization of PV modules implemented. This replaces either light soaking procedure from IEC 61646 or preconditioning from IEC 61215. The text of this standard is based on the following documents: FDIS Report on voting 82/1
44、046/FDIS 82/1074/RVD Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on voting indicated in the above table. A list of all parts in the IEC 61215 series, published under the general title Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules Design qualification and type
45、approval, can be found on the IEC website. This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under “http:/webstore.iec.ch“ i
46、n the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be reconfirmed, withdrawn, replaced by a revised edition, or amended. BS EN 61215-1:2016IEC 61215-1:2016 IEC 2016 5 INTRODUCTION Whereas Part 1 of this standard series describes requirements (both in general and speci
47、fic with respect to device technology), the sub-parts of Part 1 define technology variations and Part 2 defines a set of test procedures necessary for design qualification and type approval. The test procedures described in Part 2 are valid for all device technologies. BS EN 61215-1:2016 6 IEC 61215
48、-1:2016 IEC 2016 TERRESTRIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) MODULES DESIGN QUALIFICATION AND TYPE APPROVAL Part 1: Test requirements 1 Scope and object This part of IEC 61215 lays down IEC requirements for the design qualification and type approval of terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules suitable for long-term
49、operation in general open-air climates, as defined in IEC 60721-2-1. This standard is intended to apply to all terrestrial flat plate module materials such as crystalline silicon module types as well as thin-film modules. This standard does not apply to modules used with concentrated sunlight although it may be utilized for low concentrator modules (1 to 3 suns). For low concentration modules, all tests are performed using the current, voltage and power levels
