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CIEMAT-PV System

[Cheetah Partner]
  • Calibration and characterization of PV Cells and Modules.
  • Reliability of PV modules. Damp-heat degradation studies of several PV devices.

Technical Info

The infrastructure is involved in :

  • Calibration and characterization of PV Cells and Modules.
  • Reliabiltity of PV modules. Damp-heat degradation studies of several PV devices.

MAIN FEATURES:.

  • Solar Cells and PV Module characterization
  • I-V curves at STC (Isc, Voc, Pm, area and efficiency)
  • I-V curves at different irradiance ant temperature condition.
  • Temperature coefficients.
  • Nominal operating   temperature.
  • Low irradiance performance.
  • Spectral response.
  • Global angular and spectral reflectance
  • Detection and analysis of defects of PV modules,
  • Climatic chamber for damp-heat degradation studies.
  • IR imaging (Dark Lock-in Termography -Dlit)
  • Capacitance-Voltage-Frequency Characterization

LIMITATIONS OR CONSTRAINTS:

  • The access will be allowed with technical and scientific assistance from CIEMAT
  • Installations offered as CIEMAT services will need a previous offer from the Technological Services Office

TYPICAL SERVICES OR RESULTS:

  • Calibration and characterization of PV Cells and Modules.
  • Reliability of PV modules. Damp-heat degradation studies of several PV devices
  • Calibrate global and direct solar radiation sensors and spectroradiometers for use in Solar photovoltaic and thermoelectric applications

LIST OF SERVICES AGAINST PAYMENT:

Against particular offer by this link:

Participation to Research Projects:

  • CONFIANZA-FV: Improvement of the confidence of the photovoltaic market: accelerated tests to predict life-time of PV modules and to ensure long-term reliability of the systems.
  • SOLRECYCLE: Research project and development of a repowering technology applied to the recycling of photovoltaic modules.
  • INNDISOL: Innovation in photovoltaic devices and SOlar architectural integration.
  • CALENER-FV: Development of tools for the calculation of energy production from photovoltaic generators.
  • EVADIFOT: New procedure of inverter assessments, premature degradation of modules and integration in a new diagnostic tool for grid-connected photovoltaic plants.

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Equipment & Instruments

PV Technologies

PV RTD Tags

Contacts

Address

CIEMAT | Avda. Complutense 40; |  28040-Madrid | Spain

Main contact

VELA Nieves