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Solar Radiation

Stationary Solar Simulator

Applications

  • Materials testing
  • Building climate
  • Solar collectors and photovoltaic elements
  • Electronic and electrical components, machines and devices
  • Mechanical constructions and structures
  • Electric, pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical drives
  • Model structures also scale 1: 1, doors, windows and facade elements
  • Vehicle parts
  • Vehicles (automobiles, rail vehicles, aircraft and spacecraft)
  • Characterization of photovoltaic modules and cells for accelerated aging of materials

Our Services

  • Standard tests on PV modules
  • Simulation of solar radiation on the earth‘s surface
  • Simulation of UV radiation
  • UV irradiation (UVA and UVB)
  • Determination of the spectral sensitivity of photovoltaic modules and power measurement of photovoltaic modules
pulsed solar simulator and two scientists holding a photovoltaic modul up UV radiation of a photovoltaic module

pulsed solar simulator ("Flasher")

Testing Equipment

Stationary Solar Simulator

  • Class BBB (IEC 060904-9)
  • 9 m² test area
  • 0-1100 W / m²

Pulsed solar simulator (flasher)

  • Class A + A + A + (IEC 060904-9)
  • 3 m x 3 m test area
  • Homogeneity <+/- 0.3%

Photovoltaic cells solar simulator

  • Class AAA (IEC 060904-9)
  • 20 cm x 20 cm

UV sun simulator

  • UVA & UVB; 0-250 W / m²; 2,3 m x 2 m

Measurement-spectral sensitivity

  • for photovoltaic cells and modules

Standards

  • IEC 60904-1: Messen der photovoltaischen Strom-/Spannungskennlinien
  • IEC 60068-2-5: Environmental Testing: Test Sa: simulted solar radiation at ground level
  • MIL-STD-810E: Test Method Standard for Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests
  • IEC 61215: Crystalline Silicon terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules - design qualification and type approval
  • IEC 61730: Photovoltaic (PV) module safety qualification
  • IEC 60904-8: Spectral response measurement