BS EN IEC 61724-1:2021 – TC:2022 Edition
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Tracked Changes. Photovoltaic system performance – Monitoring
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
BSI | 2022 | 172 |
This International Standard outlines terminology, equipment, and methods for performance monitoring and analysis of photovoltaic (PV) systems. It also serves as a basis for other standards which rely upon the data collected.
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105 | Annex ZA (normative)Normative references to international publicationswith their corresponding European publications |
107 | English CONTENTS |
111 | FOREWORD |
113 | INTRODUCTION Figure 1 – Possible elements of PV systems |
114 | Figures |
115 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
116 | 3 Terms and definitions |
120 | 4 Monitoring system classification |
121 | 5 General 5.1 Measurement precision and uncertainty 5.2 Calibration 5.3 Repeated elements 5.4 Power consumption 5.5 Documentation 5.6 Inspection 6 Data acquisition timing and reporting 6.1 Samples, records, and reports |
122 | Figure 2 – Samples, records and reports |
123 | 6.2 Timestamps 6.3 Parameter names 7 Required measurements Tables Table 1 – Sampling and recording interval requirements |
125 | Table 2 – Measured parameters and requirements |
128 | 8 Irradiance 8.1 Sensor types 8.2 General requirements 8.2.1 Overview 8.2.2 Sensor requirements Table 3 – Multiplier referenced in Table 2 |
129 | 8.2.3 Sensor locations Table 4 – Irradiance sensor requirements |
130 | 8.2.4 Recalibration 8.2.5 Soiling mitigation 8.2.6 Dew and frost mitigation |
131 | 8.2.7 Inspection and maintenance 8.2.8 Sensor alignment 8.3 Measurements 8.3.1 Global horizontal irradiance 8.3.2 In-plane irradiance |
132 | 8.3.3 In-plane rear-side irradiance 8.3.4 In-plane rear-side irradiance ratio 8.3.5 Horizontal albedo 8.3.6 Direct normal irradiance 8.3.7 Diffuse horizontal irradiance 8.3.8 Spectrally matched irradiance |
133 | 8.3.9 In-plane irradiance for concentrator systems |
134 | 8.3.10 Spectral irradiance for concentrator systems 8.3.11 Circumsolar measurements for concentrator systems |
135 | 8.3.12 Satellite remote sensing of irradiance |
136 | 9 Environmental factors 9.1 PV module temperature 9.2 Ambient air temperature |
137 | 9.3 Wind speed and direction 9.4 Soiling ratio |
138 | 9.5 Rainfall 9.6 Snow 9.7 Humidity 10 Tracker system 10.1 Single-axis trackers 10.2 Dual-axis trackers 10.2.1 Monitoring 10.2.2 Pointing error sensor alignment |
139 | 11 Electrical measurements 11.1 Inverter-level measurements 11.2 Plant-level measurements Table 5 – Inverter-level electrical measurement requirements Table 6 – Plant-level AC electrical output measurement requirements |
140 | 12 Data processing and quality check 12.1 Night 12.2 Quality check 12.2.1 Removing invalid readings 12.2.2 Treatment of missing data |
141 | 13 Calculated parameters 13.1 Overview 13.2 Summations 13.3 Irradiation Table 7 – Calculated parameters |
142 | 13.4 Electrical energy 13.4.1 General 13.4.2 DC output energy 13.4.3 AC output energy 13.5 Array power rating 13.5.1 DC power rating |
143 | 13.5.2 AC power rating 13.6 Yields 13.6.1 General 13.6.2 PV array energy yield 13.6.3 Final system yield |
144 | 13.6.4 Reference yield 13.6.5 Bifacial reference yield 13.7 Yield losses 13.7.1 General 13.7.2 Array capture loss |
145 | 13.7.3 Balance of systems (BOS) loss 13.8 Efficiencies 13.8.1 Array (DC) efficiency 13.8.2 System (AC) efficiency 13.8.3 BOS efficiency |
146 | 14 Performance metrics 14.1 Overview 14.2 Summations 14.3 Performance ratios 14.3.1 Performance ratio Table 8 – Performance metrics |
147 | 14.3.2 Temperature-corrected performance ratios |
149 | 14.3.3 Bifacial performance ratios 14.4 Performance indices |
150 | 15 Data filtering 15.1 Use of available data 15.2 Filtering data to specific conditions 15.3 Reduced inverter, grid, or load availability |
151 | Annexes Annex A (informative) Sampling interval A.1 General considerations A.2 Time constants A.3 Aliasing error |
152 | A.4 Example |
153 | Annex B (informative) Module temperature sensor selection and attachment B.1 Objective B.2 Sensor and material selection B.2.1 Optimal sensor types B.2.2 Optimal tapes |
154 | B.2.3 Cyanoacrylate adhesives and backsheet integrity B.3 Sensor attachment B.3.1 Permanent versus temporary B.3.2 Attachment location B.3.3 Bifacial modules B.3.4 Method |
155 | Figure B.1 – Sensor attachment, permanent Figure B.2 – Sensor attachment, temporary |
156 | Figure B.3 – Sensor element wire strain relief |
157 | Annex C (normative) Soiling measurement using clean and soiled PV reference device pair C.1 Overview C.2 Equipment C.3 Normalization |
158 | C.4 Measurement method 1 – max power reduction due to soiling C.5 Measurement method 2 – short-circuit current reduction due to soiling C.6 Non-uniform soiling |
159 | C.7 Daily average value C.8 Renormalization |
160 | Annex D (informative) Derate factors |
162 | Annex E (normative) Systems with local loads, storage, or auxiliary sources E.1 System types Figure E.1 – Energy flow between possible elements of different PV system types |
163 | Table E.1 – Elements of different PV system types |
164 | E.2 Parameters and formulas Table E.2 – Parameters and formulas for different system types |
171 | Bibliography |