CORE - MODULE - TOPIC IEC Stadards

IEC STANDARDS
SOLAR PV
INSTALLATION
JANUARY 12, 2024
NC II
TESDA TRAINING CENTER
LIMAY, BATAAN
ENGR. ANGELO N. RODRIGUEZ
Trainer
SOLAR PV INSTALLATION NC
II
MODULE TOPICS HOURS
BASIC COMPETENCIES 9 18
COMMON COMPETENCIES 5 72
CORE COMPETENCIES 4 194
INTRODUCTION
• A reliable and safe product is basic need of any investment. Product
Certifications may demonstrate or depict quality, durability, safety and longer
life of a product. A rigorous testing of a product affirms that products has
achieved a specific benchmark of either performance or quality in accordance
with the international standard(s).
• Solar photovoltaic (PV) Modules or commonly called, Solar

Panels or Plates, must also confirm to a range of regulations and
standards to Qualify before then can be considered for sale or
installation at a specific location.
Importance of Standard
Field Failures in a Solar PV Module • Junction box and module connection
failures
• Broken interconnects
• Structural failures
• Broken cells
• Bypass Diode failures
• Corrosion
• Open circuiting leading to arcing
• Delamination and/or loss of elastomeric
properties of encapsulate • Broken glass
• Solder bond failures • Hot Spots
• Ground faults
IEC STANDARDS
WHAT IS IEC STANDARD?
• The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland, is the organization that prepares and publishes international
Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies.
• is a non-profit, non-governmental international standards

organization that develops and publishes standards for
electrical, electronic, and related technologies.
IEC STANDARDS
THE GOAL OF IEC
 Ensure the safety, efficiency, and interoperability of
electrical and electronic systems on a global scale.
 These standards are developed through a consensus-based
process that involves experts from various countries and
industries.
 IEC standards are recognized and adopted by many
countries around the world, helping to facilitate international
trade and collaboration by providing a common set of technical
specifications.
 The standards cover a broad spectrum of topics, from the
design and testing of specific devices to the overall
management of electrical and electronic systems.
PV TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS
IEC 61215
IEC 61215 Ed 2.0 – Crystalline Silicon PV
Module Design Qualification and Type
Approval.
Lays down requirements for the
design qualification and type
approval of terrestrial
photovoltaic modules suitable for
long-term operation in general
open air climates.
IEC 61730
IEC61730 Ed. 2 - PV Module Safety
Qualification
As with any electronic device, solar panels
carry the risk of electrical shock if improperly
built.
This standard address the safety aspects of a
solar panel, encompassing both an
assessment of the module’s construction and
the testing requirements to evaluate
electrical, mechanical, thermal, and fire safety
and to show, as far as is possible within
reasonable constraints of cost and time, that
the module is capable of withstanding
prolonged exposure in general open-air
climates.
IEC 61730
IEC61730 Ed. 2 - PV Module Safety
Qualification
Another important consideration in the IEC
61730 2nd edition is to define equipment
class. Four classes (Class 0, I, II and III) are
defined in IEC 61140, “Protection against
electric shock - Common aspects for
installations and equipment.”
The fundamental idea behind the
classes is to categorize electronic
equipment according to the
respective methods used to
protect against electric shock.
OTHER IEC STANDARDS
IEC 61701 – Salt Mist Corrosion IEC 62804 –Type Test Approval to
Type Test Approval detect Potential induced
degradation (PID)
Highly corrosive wet
atmospheres, such as marine Potential-induced degradation (PID)
environments or locations near the refers to any PV module degradation
ocean or other large bodies of salt that is caused by the stress of an
water, could eventually degrade electric potential between the
some of the PV module components active cell circuit and the external
(corrosion of metallic parts, surfaces or parts of the PV module.
deterioration of the properties of This part of IEC 62804 is for testing
some non-metallic materials – such and evaluating the durability of
as protective coatings and plastics – crystalline silicon PV modules for PID
by assimilation of salts, etc.) causing in the mode of delamination (PID-d),
permanent degradation that could as may be induced by the stress
impair their functioning. factors of moisture and system
voltage.
OTHER IEC STANDARDS
IEC 60904-1 – Measurement of PV
Current-Voltage Characteristics
This part of IEC 60904 describes
procedures for the measurement of
current-voltage characteristics (I-V
curves) of photovoltaic (PV) devices
in natural or simulated sunlight.
The purposes of this document are to
lay down basic requirements for the
measurement of I-V curves of PV
devices, to define procedures for
different measuring techniques in use
and to show practices for minimizing
measurement uncertainty.

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• Solar photovoltaic (PV) Modules or commonly called, Solar

• is a non-profit, non-governmental international standards

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