IEC 62759-1:2022
(Main)Photovoltaic (PV) modules - Transportation testing - Part 1: Transportation and shipping of module package units
Photovoltaic (PV) modules - Transportation testing - Part 1: Transportation and shipping of module package units
IEC 62759-1:2022 describes methods for the simulation of transportation of complete package units of modules and combined subsequent environmental impacts.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2015. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a. Cancellation of tests and references to relevant standards for CPV.
b. Deletion of different classes for PV modules.
c. Deletion of requirement for minimum 10 modules per shipping unit.
d. Implementation of stabilization as intermediate measurement.
e. Addition of pass/fail criteria.
f. Change of requirements for retesting.
g. Change of number of cycles in dynamic mechanical load test.
Modules photovoltaïques (PV) - Essais de transport - Partie 1: Transport et expédition d'unités d'emballage de modules
IEC 62759-1:2022 décrit les méthodes de simulation de transport de l’ensemble des unités d’emballage des modules et des impacts environnementaux résultants combinés. Le présent document s’applique aux modules photovoltaïques à plaque plane.
Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 2015. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l’édition précédente:
a. annulation des essais et des références relatifs aux normes applicables aux modules photovoltaïques à concentration (CPV);
b. suppression des différentes classes de modules PV;
c. suppression du minimum exigé de 10 modules par colis d’expédition;
d. mise en place de la stabilisation comme mesurage intermédiaire;
e. ajout des critères d’acceptation/de rejet;
f. modification des exigences pour les contre-essais;
g. modification du nombre de cycles dans l’essai de charge mécanique dynamique.
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD .3
1 Scope and object .5
2 Normative references .5
3 Terms and definitions .5
4 Sampling .7
5 Handling .8
6 Testing procedures .8
6.1 General .8
6.2 Measurements .8
6.3 Transportation testing . 13
6.3.1 General . 13
6.3.2 Random vibration testing . 13
6.3.3 Shock testing . 14
6.4 Environmental stress tests . 15
6.4.1 PV modules .
6.4.1 Path A . 15
6.4.2 Path B . 16
6.4.2 CPV modules and receivers .
7 Pass criteria. 16
8 Reporting . 17
Annex A (normative informative) Test profiles . 18
A.1 Overview . 18
A.2 Data points of appropriate PSD test profiles . 18
Annex B (normative) Retesting . 22
B.1 Overview of transportation tests after modification . 22
Bibliography . 24
List of comments . 25
Figure 1 – Test sequences for PV modules . 11
Figure 2 – Test sequences for CPV modules .
Figure A.1 – Appropriate PSD test profile . 21
Table A.1 – Severity of common transport test profiles: complete and in range
(5 1 Hz to 200 Hz) . 18
Table A.2 – Main reference ASTM D4169 (truck medium) .
Table A.2 – ASTM D4169-16 (medium) and ISTA 3E:2017 . 20
Table A.3 – Grid points ISO 13355.
Table A.4 – IEC 60068-2-64 / MIL STD 810G .
Table A.5 – ISTA 3E.
Table B.1 – Retests . 22
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IEC 62759-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 82: Solar photovoltaic energy
systems. It is an International Standard.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2015. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) Cancellation of tests and references to relevant standards for CPV.
b) Deletion of different classes for PV modules.
c) Deletion of requirement for minimum 10 modules per shipping unit.
d) Implementation of stabilization as intermediate measurement.
e) Addition of pass/fail criteria.
f) Change of requirements for retesting.
g) Change of number of cycles in dynamic mechanical load test. See also clause 6.4.2.1.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
82/2029/FDIS 82/2052/RVD
Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in
the above table.
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PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) MODULES –
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1 Scope and object
Photovoltaic (PV) modules are electrical devices intended for continuous outdoor exposure
during their lifetime. Existing type approval standards do not consider mechanical stresses that
may occur during transportation to the PV installation destination.
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Photovoltaic (PV) modules – Transportation testing –
Part 1: Transportation and shipping of module package units
Modules photovoltaïques (PV) – Essais de transport –
Partie 1: Transport et expédition d'unités d'emballage de modules
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Sampling . 7
5 Handling . 7
6 Testing procedures . 7
6.1 General . 7
6.2 Measurements . 8
6.3 Transportation testing . 9
6.3.1 General . 9
6.3.2 Random vibration testing . 9
6.3.3 Shock testing . 10
6.4 Environmental stress tests . 11
6.4.1 Path A . 11
6.4.2 Path B . 11
7 Pass criteria . 12
8 Reporting. 12
Annex A (informative) Test profiles . 14
A.1 Overview. 14
A.2 Data points of appropriate PSD test profiles . 14
Annex B (normative) Retesting . 17
B.1 Overview of transportation tests after modification . 17
Bibliography . 19
Figure 1 – Test sequences for PV modules . 8
Figure A.1 – Appropriate PSD test profile. 16
Table A.1 – Severity of common transport test profiles: complete and in range
(1 Hz to 200 Hz) . 14
Table A.2 – ASTM D4169-16 (medium) and ISTA 3E:2017 . 15
Table B.1 – Retests . 17
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TRANSPORTATION TESTING –
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FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
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IEC 62759-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 82: Solar photovoltaic energy
systems. It is an International Standard.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2015. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) Cancellation of tests and references to relevant standards for CPV.
b) Deletion of different classes for PV modules.
c) Deletion of requirement for minimum 10 modules per shipping unit.
d) Implementation of stabilization as intermediate measurement.
e) Addition of pass/fail criteria.
f) Change of requirements for retesting.
– 4 – IEC 62759-1:2022 © IEC 2022
g) Change of number of cycles in dynamic mechanical load test. See also clause 6.4.2.1.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
82/2029/FDIS 82/2052/RVD
Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in
the above table.
The language used for the development of this International Standard is English.
A list of all parts in the IEC 62759 series, published under the general title Photovoltaic (PV)
modules – Transportation testing, can be found on the IEC website.
This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in
accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 and ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement, avai
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