The World Photovoltaic Scale: an international reference cell calibration program

Author

Osterwald, C.R. ; Anevsky, S. ; Barua, A.K. ; Chaudhuri, P. ; Dubard, J. ; Emery, K. ; Hansen, B. ; King, D. ; Metzdorf, J. ; Nagamine, F. ; Shimokawa, R. ; Wang, Y.X. ; Wittchen, T. ; Zaaiman, W. ; Zastrow, A. ; Zhang, J.

Author_Institution

Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

29 Sep-3 Oct 1997

Firstpage

1209

Lastpage

1212

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the World Photovoltaic Scale (WPVS) international reference cell calibration program. The WPVS provides a scale for PV performance measurements that has been established through round-robin calibration of a group of primary reference cells and is traceable to Systeme International (SI) units. Procedures for recalibration of the reference cell group have been devised, along with procedures for admittance and calibration of new reference cells. A reference cell package has been designed that meets the unique needs of the WPVS. It is hoped that the existing WPVS group will eventually be replaced with cells of the new design that have passed an acceptance test procedure

Keywords

calibration; measurement standards; solar cells; testing; PV performance measurements; Systeme International units; World Photovoltaic Scale; acceptance test procedure; admittance; international reference cell calibration program; primary reference cells; round-robin calibration; Calibration; Energy measurement; Laboratories; Metrology; Packaging; Photovoltaic systems; Quality assurance; Renewable energy resources; Solar power generation; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3767-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1997.654306

Filename

654306