EN 60904-3:2016

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Photovoltaic devices - Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV)
solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60904-3:2016
ICS:
17.240 Merjenje sevanja Radiation measurements
27.160 6RQþQDHQHUJLMD Solar energy engineering
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60904-3
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2016
ICS 27.160 Supersedes EN 60904-3:2008
English Version
Photovoltaic devices - Part 3: Measurement principles for
terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) solar devices with reference spectral
irradiance data
(IEC 60904-3:2016)
Dispositifs photovoltaïques - Partie 3: Principes de mesure Photovoltaische Einrichtungen - Teil 3: Messgrundsätze für
des dispositifs solaires photovoltaïques (PV) à usage terrestrische photovoltaische (PV) Einrichtungen mit
terrestre incluant les données de l'éclairement spectral de Angaben über die spektrale Strahlungsverteilung
référence (IEC 60904-3:2016)
(IEC 60904-3:2016)
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Ref. No. EN 60904-3:2016 E
European foreword
The text of document 82/1071/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 60904-3, prepared by IEC/TC 82 "Solar
photovoltaic energy systems" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN 60904-3:2016.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2017-02-20
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2019-05-20
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60904-3:2008.

Attention is 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 60904-3:2016 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:

IEC 60904-9 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60904-9.
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 are
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), 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 60891 -  Photovoltaic devices - Procedures for EN 60891 -
temperature and irradiance corrections to
measured I-V characteristics
IEC 60904-1 -  Photovoltaic devices - EN 60904-1 -
Part 1: Measurement of photovoltaic
current-voltage characteristics
IEC 60904-2 -  Photovoltaic devices - EN 60904-2 -
Part 2: Requirements for photovoltaic
reference devices
IEC 60904-5 -  Photovoltaic devices - EN 60904-5 -
Part 5: Determination of the equivalent cell
temperature (ECT) of photovoltaic (PV)
devices by the open-circuit voltage method
IEC 60904-7 -  Photovoltaic devices - EN 60904-7 -
Part 7: Computation of the spectral
mismatch correction for measurements of
photovoltaic devices
IEC 60904-8 -  Photovoltaic devices - EN 60904-8 -
Part 8: Measurement of spectral
responsivity of a photovoltaic (PV) device

IEC 60904-3 ®
Edition 3.0 2016-04
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Photovoltaic devices –
Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) solar devices

with reference spectral irradiance data

Dispositifs photovoltaïques –
Partie 3: Principes de mesure des dispositifs solaires photovoltaïques (PV) à

usage terrestre incluant les données de l'éclairement spectral de référence

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 27.160 ISBN 978-2-8322-3294-1

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CONTENTS
FO R EW O RD . 3
1 Scope and object . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Measurement principles . 6
4 Reference solar spectral irradiance distribution . 6
Annex A (informative) Use of SMARTS . 58
B i b l i o gr a p h y . 59

Figure 1 – Global and direct reference solar spectral irradiance distribution listed in
Table 1 . 57

Table 1 – Reference solar spectral irradiance distribution . 7
Table A.1 – Input data for generation of reference solar spectral irradiance distribution . 58

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PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES –
Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV)
solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 60904-3 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 82: Solar
photovoltaic energy systems.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2008. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) the direct beam irradiance corresponding to the global irradiance in Table 1 was included;
b) the term “Global photon irradiance” in Table 1 was changed to “Global photon flux”;
c) the titles of some clauses have been changed (others have been added) in accordance
with the usual structure of IEC standards.
This publication contains an attached file in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. This file is
intended to be used as a complement and does not form an integral part of the publication.

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
82/1071/FDIS 82/1096/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.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts of the IEC 60904 series, published under the general title Photovoltaic
devices, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data
related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES –
Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV)
solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data

1 Scope and object
This part of IEC 60904 applies to the following photovoltaic devices for terrestrial applications:
– solar cells with or without a protective cover;
– sub-assemblies of solar cells;
– modules; and
– systems.
NOTE The term “test specimen” is used to denote any of these devices.
The principles contained in this standard cover testing in both natural and simulated sunlight.
Photovoltaic conversion is spectrally selective due to the nature of the semiconductor
materials used in PV solar cells and modules. To compare the relative performance of
different PV devices and materials a reference standard solar spectral distribution is
necessary. This standard includes such a reference solar spectral
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