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11、-5 Registered trademark of the International Electrotechnical Commission Warning! Make sure that you obtained this publication from an authorized distributor. 2 IEC TS 61836:2016 IEC 2016 CONTENTS FOREWORD . 3 INTRODUCTION . 5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references 6 3 Terms, definitions and symbols for s
12、olar photovoltaic energy systems . 6 3.1 Solar photovoltaic cells and modules 6 3.2 Solar photovoltaic systems components 19 3.3 Solar photovoltaic systems . 26 3.4 Solar photovoltaic system and component performance parameters . 38 3.5 Measurement devices . 58 3.6 Environmental parameters 60 3.7 Qu
13、ality and testing 69 3.8 Concentrator photovoltaics . 74 3.9 Project management . 76 3.10 Miscellaneous . 77 4 Acronyms and abbreviations 78 Bibliography 80 Index of terms and symbols 82 IEC TS 61836:2016 IEC 2016 3 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEMS TERMS,
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27、pared by IEC technical committee 82: Solar photovoltaic energy systems. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2007. This edition constitutes a technical revision. 4 IEC TS 61836:2016 IEC 2016 The main technical change with regard to the previous edition consists of
28、adding / revising terms and definitions which have been discussed and agreed on during recent TC 82 WG 1 meetings, more particularly at the WG 1 meeting in Pretoria in 2015-11. The changes made in this new edition were kept limited deliberately, in order to avoid a long development process and get t
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32、ater date. IEC TS 61836:2016 IEC 2016 5 INTRODUCTION Following the development of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, specific Standards have been prepared by IEC Technical Committee 82 since 1987. The terms and symbols used in the PV industry necessitate a systematisation in order to have a consoli
33、dated glossary for experts common understanding. This Glossary lists the terms and symbols that the PV industry commonly uses. It is a living document that will change as new terms and symbols are added. These have been harmonized with IEC 60050 and other IEC documents as far as possible. All defini
34、tions not included in this Technical Specification may be found elsewhere in other IEC documents. NOTE 1 The terms “PV“, “photovoltaic“ and “solar photovoltaic“ can be read and used interchangeably and without the need for stating each term to show that each is applicable and commonly used by the so
35、lar photovoltaic industry. NOTE 2 All terms beginning with “solar photovoltaic“ and “PV“ are listed under their respective “photovoltaic“ names. NOTE 3 The terms are listed alphabetically in ten categories. Under these categories, some of the terms have been grouped into families of related meaning
36、in order for the reader to readily see the differences between the terms. NOTE 4 This Glossary lists the precise usage of terms. Cross-references are provided to efficiently point the reader to the location of definitions. For example, a “solar photovoltaic array“ may also be referred to as “photovo
37、ltaic array“ or “array“ when the reference to it is particularly clear. The definition for this term, for example, occurs under the family heading of “photovoltaic“ in the “Solar photovoltaic systems“ section. NOTE 5 The colloquial use of “solar“ as the sole adjective of a noun is discouraged. For e
38、xample, though “solar array“ may be commonly used in non-technical conversations, the precise terms are “solar photovoltaic array“, “photovoltaic array“, and “array“. NOTE 6 Unless specifically noted otherwise, the terms “device“, “cell“, “module“, “array“, “sub-array“, “field“, “component“, “system
39、“, and “product“ refer to items incorporating a photovoltaic device. As a result, each of these terms can be understood to read as “PV device“, “PV cell“, “PV module“, etc., without having to re-state the term “PV“ each time, though now and then it is useful to re-state “PV“. NOTE 7 The numeric quan
40、tities described by many of the terms can be expressed in any convenient unit of time that the user may wish, such as day, month or year. NOTE 8 “W p “ is not a recommended unit for rated power. For example for a 50 W module, the correct terminology is “the rated power is 50 W“, and not “the power i
41、s 50 W p “. NOTE 9 The documents from which these terms originated are shown in square brackets . Some adaptations may have occurred. NOTE 10 This Glossary document recognises the related IEC co-ordinating Technical Committees: 1 Terminology 77 Electromagnetic compatibility 21 Secondary cells and ba
42、tteries 82 Solar photovoltaic energy systems 22 Power electronic systems and equipment 88 Wind energy generation systems 47 Semiconductor devices 105 Fuel cell technologies 64 Electrical installations and protection against electric shock 106 Methods for the assessment of electric, magnetic and elec
43、tromagnetic fields associated with human exposure 6 IEC TS 61836:2016 IEC 2016 SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEMS TERMS, DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS 1 Scope This Technical Specification deals with the terms, definitions and symbols from national and international solar photovoltaic standards and relevant
44、 documents used within the field of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy systems. It includes the terms, definitions and symbols compiled from the published IEC technical committee 82 standards. The focus of this document is “what do the words mean“ and not “under what conditions do the terms apply“. 2 No
45、rmative references The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
46、 amendments) applies. IEC 60904-3:2016, Photovoltaic devices Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data 3 Terms, definitions and symbols for solar photovoltaic energy systems 3.1 Solar photovoltaic cells and modules This sub
47、clause addresses vocabulary pertaining to photovoltaic materials, photovoltaic cells and photovoltaic modules. Other photovoltaic components are described in 3.2. Photovoltaic systems are described in 3.3. 3.1.1 amorphous photovoltaic material solid-state material in a semi-stable condition with no
48、long-range order in the structural arrangement of the atoms 3.1.2 amorphous silicon SEE: “silicon/amorphous“, 3.1.67.1 3.1.3 anti-reflective coating layer formed on the surface of a PV cell to reduce reflective loss 3.1.4 Area 3.1.4.1 active cell area part of the total cell area designed to receive
49、solar radiation for creating the photovoltaic effect Note 1 to entry: Active cell area equals the total cell area minus the area contribution of the metallisation lines if any. IEC TS 61836:2016 IEC 2016 7 3.1.4.2 active module area sum of total cell areas of all the cells in the module 3.1.4.3 cell aperture area area that is smaller than the total cell area and bounded by an opaque mask 3.1.4.4 module aperture area area that is smaller than the total module area and bounded by an opaque mask or frame 3.1
