| | |
absolute radiometer | |
AC photovoltaic module | |
AC side | |
AC side switchover | |
acceptance test conditions | |
acceptance tests | |
accessible | |
accessible part | |
active AC energy | |
active aperture area | |
active power | |
actively cooled | |
AC/AC interface | |
air mass index | |
albedo | |
ambient temperature | |
ambient temperature | |
ammeter | |
amorphous photovoltaic material | |
amorphous silicon | |
Ampere | |
ampere-hour efficiency | |
angle | |
annealing conditioning | |
anti-reflective coating | |
AOMR actions
acceptance, operation, maintenance and replacement actions | |
AOMR actions | |
aperture angle | |
aperture area | |
aperture area efficiency | |
apparent power | |
applicant | |
area | |
array | |
array cable | |
array capture losses | |
array efficiency | |
array field | |
array junction box | |
array yield | |
assembly | |
assumed non-sunshine period | |
atmospheric | |
automatic start/stop | |
available, readily | |
azimuth angle | |
back surface field effect | |
backfeed operation | |
balance of system | |
band gap energy | |
bandwidth | |
barrier energy | |
basic insulation | |
basic insulation | |
basic protection | |
battery - non-sealed | |
battery - sealed | |
battery - valve regulated | |
battery charge controller (BCC) | |
battery type | |
bipolar photovoltaic (PV) array | |
block | |
block | |
blocking diode | |
blocking diode | |
BMS | |
BMS | |
bonding conductor | |
BOS losses | |
built-in shunt resistors | |
bulk charge | |
bulk charge delay time | |
bulk voltage | |
bus lines | |
bypass diode | |
bypass diode | |
bypass diode | |
bypass diode (on a module level) | |
bypass diode (on a PV system level) | |
cable | |
cable | |
cable | |
cable anchorage | |
cable core | |
cable core | |
cable gland | |
calibration | |
calibration traceability | |
cap | |
capacity | |
capacity | |
carrier | |
carrier (messenger) | |
cell | |
cell area | |
cell barrier | |
cell junction | |
cell junction temperature | |
cell manufacturer | |
centralized photovoltaic system | |
certificate of conformity | |
certification | |
certified reference photovoltaic material | |
CES | |
CES | |
charge rate | |
charge rate | |
charging efficiency | |
CIS photovoltaic cell | |
Class A: General access | |
Class B: Restricted access | |
Class C: Limited voltage | |
class I equipment | |
class I equipment | |
class II equipment | |
class II equipment | |
class III equipment | |
class III equipment | |
clearance | |
clearance | |
closed electrical operating area | |
coefficient | |
collection efficiency | |
collective electrification system | |
Collective Electrification System | |
Collective Electrification System, CES | |
color | |
color color temperature | |
colour | |
colour temperature | |
commissioning | |
commissioning | |
commutation (static inverters) | |
compact fluorescent lamp | |
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) | |
comparative tracking index (CTI) | |
comparitive tracking index | |
competent person | |
compound semiconductor photovoltaic cell | |
concentrating photovoltaics, CPV | |
concentration ratio | |
concentrator | |
concentrator | |
concentrator assembly | |
concentrator assembly | |
concentrator cell | |
concentrator module | |
concentrator module | |
concentrator module, CPV module | |
concentrator optics | |
concentrator optics | |
concentrator photovoltaics | |
concentrator receiver | |
conditioning | |
conditions | |
conformity | |
connector for photovoltaic-systems | |
constant current charge | |
constant current charge | |
conversion efficiency | |
conversion factor | |
coolant | |
cosphiac | |
CPV array | |
CPV assembly | |
CPV module | |
CPV power plant | |
CPV receiver | |
creepage distance | |
creepage distance | |
crystalline silicon | |
current | |
current-carrying conductor | |
current-temperature coefficient | |
current-voltage characteristic | |
current control type inverter | |
current density (photovoltaic cell) | |
current stiff type inverter | |
cycle | |
cycle | |
cycling (of a cell or battery) | |
cycling | |
Czochralski process | |
damp heat test | |
dark current | |
data acquisition system | |
data acquisition time | |
data sampling time | |
data sheet | |
DC conditioner | |
DC interface | |
DC main cable | |
DC ripple factor | |
DC side | |
DC side switchover | |
DC/DC interface | |
decentralized rural electrification system, DRES | |
decisive voltage | |
decorative part | |
demonstration programme | |
demonstration project | |
density | |
density | |
dependency on solar energy | |
depth of discharge | |
designated test area | |
device | |
device under test | |
diffuse irradiance | |
diffuse irradiation | |
diffusion layer | |
direct current (DC) interface | |
direct irradiance | |
direct irradiation | |
direct normal irradiance | |
direct plane of array irradiance | |
direct plug-in equipment | |
directional solidification | |
disconnector | |
dispatchable electric system | |
dispatchable power system | |
dispatchable power system | |
dispersed array system | |
dispersed photovoltaic system | |
distributed generation PV system | |
distributed generation system | |
distributed generator | |
distribution network | |
distribution system | |
domestic photovoltaic system | |
donor (in photovoltaic cells) | |
dopant (in photovoltaic cells) | |
double drop | |
double insulation | |
double insulation | |
DRES | |
drop depth | |
dry charged battery | |
dry charged battery | |
dual-axis tracker | |
duration of service | |
duration of service | |
DVC A | |
DVC B | |
DVC C | |
DWQIT | |
DWQIT | |
dye-sensitized photovoltaic cell | |
earth | |
earth | |
earthed line conductor (identification: LE) | |
earthing | |
earthing | |
earthing arrangement, grounding arrangement, US | |
effect | |
effective energy efficiency | |
effective irradiance | |
efficiency | |
electric equipment | |
electric equipment | |
electric utility | |
electrical installation of building | |
electrical utility | |
electrify | |
electrochemical cell or battery | |
electrochemical cell or battery | |
electrolyte | |
electrolyte | |
electromagnetic casting | |
electromagnetic interference | |
encapsulated reference cell | |
enclosure | |
energy | |
energy gap | |
engineering consultant | |
engineering consultant | |
environmental category | |
environmental conditions | |
environmental conditions | |
environmental conditions | |
environmental test | |
equalise charge | |
equalise current | |
equalise time | |
equalise voltage | |
equipment under test | |
equipotential bonding | |
equipotential bonding | |
equipotential bonding conductor | |
equipotential bonding system, EBS | |
equivalent photovoltaic cell temperature | |
EUT | |
EUT | |
external lightning protection system | |
extra-low voltage | |
extra-low voltage, ELV | |
Extra Low Voltage (ELV) | |
extra low voltage, ELV | |
extraneous conductive part | |
fault protection | |
field test programme | |
fill factor | |
final annual yield | |
final system yield | |
fire enclosure | |
fixed | |
fixed equipment | |
fixed voltage operation | |
flammability classification of materials | |
float charge | |
float voltage | |
float zone melting | |
Fresnel lens | |
fulfilment of service | |
fulfilment of service | |
full width half maximum | |
functional earth terminal | |
functional insulation | |
functional insulation (FI) | |
functionally earthed PV array | |
functionally grounded array | |
gassing of a cell | |
gassing of a cell | |
general specification | |
General Specification | |
generator | |
generator junction box | |
generator set | |
genset | |
geometric concentration ratio | |
global irradiance | |
global irradiation | |
global plane of array irradiance | |
goniophotometer | |
grade A PV modules | |
grade B or lower PV modules | |
grid | |
grid-connected operation | |
grid-connected photovoltaic system | |
grid-interactive inverter | |
grid backed-up photovoltaic system | |
grid lines | |
gross power/energy | |
grounded array | |
GS | |
GS | |
hail test | |
hand-held equipment | |
hazard | |
hazardous-live-part | |
hazardous energy level | |
hazardous live | |
hazardous voltage | |
heterojunction | |
high frequency link type inverter | |
HMPS | |
HMPS | |
homogeneous field (distribution) | |
hot-spot endurance test | |
hot spot | |
humidity freeze test | |
hybrid photovoltaic system | |
hybrid system | |
hybrid system | |
identification file | |
identification file, IF | |
IES | |
IK code | |
illuminance | |
illuminance meter | |
illuminance meter | |
illuminance (of an elementary surface) (symbol E) | |
illuminance | |
impact test | |
Impedance matching | |
implementation contract | |
implementation contract | |
impulse withstand voltage | |
in-plane irradiance | |
independent manual operation | |
indicate a fault | |
individual electrification system | |
Individual electrification system | |
Individual Electrification System | |
Individual Electrification System, IES | |
indoor, conditioned | |
indoor, unconditioned | |
ingot manufacturing process | |
inhomogeneous distribution (of an electric field) | |
initial charge | |
initial charge | |
input voltage operating range | |
inspection | |
installed capacity | |
installed power | |
instructed person | |
instructed person | |
insulation test | |
integrated | |
integrated compact fluorescent lamp | |
integrated irradiance | |
integrated LED lamp | |
integrated type photovoltaic cell | |
integrating sphere | |
intended use | |
intentional island | |
interface | |
interlaboratory testing | |
inverter | |
inverter backfeed current | |
inverter efficiency | |
inverter mismatch loss | |
IP class | |
IP degree | |
irradiance | |
irradiance | |
irradiation | |
Isc PV | |
island | |
island | |
islanding operation | |
isolated inverter | |
isolated operation | |
isolated PCE | |
isolated photovoltaic system | |
isolated site | |
IT system | |
IMOD_REVERSE | |
ISC ARRAY | |
ISC MOD | |
junction box | |
junction box | |
junction box for factory wiring | |
junction box for field wiring | |
junction box for re-opening | |
junction (of semiconductors) | |
laboratory | |
lamp | |
lampholder | |
lead-acid battery | |
lead-acid battery | |
LED driver | |
lens efficiency | |
licenced person | |
license for certification | |
licensed person | |
licensee (for certification) | |
life | |
life (of a lamp) | |
life test | |
lifespan | |
light application | |
light confinement effect | |
light emitting diode | |
light output ratio (of a luminaire); luminaire efficiency (USA) | |
light soaking conditioning | |
light unit | |
lighting appliance | |
lighting equipment | |
lighting equipment | |
lighting performance | |
lightning arrester; surge diverter; surge arrester | |
lightning protection system, LPS | |
limited power source | |
line commutation | |
line commutation type | |
linear fluorescent lamp | |
linearity | |
live conductive part | |
live part | |
live part | |
live parts | |
load | |
load disconnect point | |
load offset system | |
load reconnect point | |
losses | |
low-voltage disconnect | |
low voltage | |
low voltage | |
low voltage ride through | |
luminaire | |
luminaire | |
luminous efficacy | |
luminous efficacy (lm/W) | |
lux | |
main earthing terminal | |
main fuel storage | |
mains | |
mains circuit | |
maintenance contractor | |
maintenance contractor | |
manufacturer | |
market deployment initiative | |
master control and monitoring sub-system | |
material | |
maximum frequency | |
maximum grid voltage | |
maximum input current | |
maximum input voltage | |
maximum input voltage | |
maximum MPP voltage | |
maximum output current | |
maximum power | |
maximum power point tracking | |
mean array efficiency | |
mechanical load test | |
memorandum of understanding | |
merchant power system | |
metadata | |
metallisation line | |
microcrystalline silicon | |
microgrid | |
microgrid | |
micropower plant | |
micropower plant | |
micropower system | |
micropower system | |
micropowerplant | |
micropowerplant | |
mini-grid | |
mini-powerplant | |
minimum frequency | |
minimum grid voltage | |
minimum input voltage | |
minimum MPP voltage | |
minor fuel storage | |
mismatch error | |
mismatch loss | |
mode | |
module | |
module area | |
module junction box | |
module manufacturer | |
module mismatch loss | |
module packing factor | |
module surface temperature | |
module temperature | |
monitor and control sub-system | |
monochromatic light source | |
MPPT | |
multi-cell reference devices | |
multi-dispersed photovoltaic system | |
multi-source photovoltaic system | |
multicrystalline silicon | |
multijunction photovoltaic cell | |
multimeter | |
multiple mode inverter | |
net power/energy | |
neutral | |
night-time power loss | |
no load loss | |
nominal capacity | |
nominal capacity | |
nominal operating photovoltaic cell temperature | |
nominal operation power factor | |
nominal power of the generator set | |
nominal system power | |
non-dispatchable power system | |
non-dispatchable power system | |
non-domestic photovoltaic system | |
non-integrated compact fluorescent lamp | |
non-integrated LED lamp | |
non-islanding inverter | |
non-islanding inverter | |
non-isolated inverter | |
non-isolated PCE | |
non-routine maintenance | |
non-uniformity | |
non-uniformity of irradiance in the test plane | |
normal condition | |
normal incidence pyrheliometer | |
normal use | |
normalised losses | |
observed battery capacity | |
observed battery capacity | |
off-grid operation | |
off-grid photovoltaic system | |
on-grid | |
open-circuit voltage (photovoltaic devices) | |
operating conditions | |
operation (photovoltaics) | |
operator | |
operator | |
operator access area | |
optional test conditions | |
ordinary person | |
ordinary person | |
organic photovoltaic cell | |
outdoor | |
outdoor exposure test | |
overall system efficiency | |
overall gRMS | |
overload capability | |
overvoltage category | |
overvoltage category (OVC) | |
overvoltage protection | |
owner | |
owner | |
ozone content | |
packaging | |
panel | |
parallel circuit of modules | |
parallel operation | |
parasitic power/energy | |
partial discharge extinction voltage (Ue) | |
partial efficiency | |
partial load efficiency | |
partial state of charge | |
participant | |
passively cooled | |
peak power | |
peak sun hours | |
PEL conductor | |
PEL conductor | |
PELV system | |
PEM conductor | |
PEM conductor | |
PEN conductor | |
PEN conductor | |
performance ratio | |
period of service | |
period of service | |
permanently connected | |
photometer | |
photovoltaic | |
photovoltaic array simulator | |
photovoltaic components | |
photovoltaic elements/equipment | |
photovoltaic energy | |
photovoltaic energy system | |
photovoltaic installation | |
photovoltaic plant | |
photovoltaic power system | |
Photovoltaic pumping systems in stand-alone operation | |
photovoltaic (PV) | |
photovoltaic (PV) array | |
photovoltaic system | |
photovoltaic system, PV system | |
photovoltaics | |
Photovoltaics, PV | |
photovoltaic, photovoltaics | |
PIN junction | |
plane of array irradiance | |
pluggable equipment type A | |
pluggable equipment type B | |
PN junction | |
PN junction photovoltaic cell | |
point of common coupling | |
pointing axis | |
pollution | |
pollution | |
pollution degree | |
pollution degree | |
pollution degree 1 | |
pollution degree 2 | |
pollution degree 3 | |
polycrystalline silicon | |
port | |
portable | |
portable equipment | |
power | |
power conditioner | |
power conditioning sub-system | |
power conditioning unit | |
power conditioning unit, isolated | |
power conditioning unit, non-isolated | |
power conditioning unit, PCU | |
power conversion equipment | |
power conversion equipment (PCE) | |
power efficiency | |
power factor | |
power factor | |
power factor of operation range | |
power line | |
power line | |
power spectral density | |
power supply | |
power system | |
precipitable water vapour content | |
primary reference | |
primary reference device | |
primary reference photovoltaic cell | |
primary standard | |
proficiency testing | |
project co-ordinator or general contractor | |
project developer | |
project developer | |
project developer | |
project implementer or general contractor | |
project implementer, general contractor | |
proportionality constant K | |
protected extra-low voltage | |
protected extra-low voltage, PELV | |
protection against electric shock | |
protective bonding | |
protective bonding conductor | |
protective class I | |
protective class II | |
protective class III | |
protective conductor | |
protective conductor (identification: PE) | |
protective conductor terminal | |
protective conductor; identification, PE | |
protective conductor; (identification, PE) | |
protective earthing | |
protective earthing | |
protective earthing conductor | |
protective impedance | |
protective separation | |
pulse type solar simulator | |
pulse width modulation control | |
PV array | |
PV array | |
PV array cable | |
PV array cable | |
PV array combiner box | |
PV array junction box | |
PV array junction box | |
PV array maximum voltage | |
PV array simulator | |
PV array voltage | |
PV array voltage | |
PV array, earthed | |
PV array, floating | |
PV array, isolated | |
PV array, unearthed | |
PV cell | |
PV cell | |
PV converter | |
PV module | |
PV module | |
PV module junction box | |
PV module junction box | |
PV power system market | |
PV pump aggregate | |
PV pump systems | |
PV pump terminal cable | |
PV simulator MPP voltage | |
PV string | |
PV string | |
PV string cable | |
PV string cable | |
PV string combiner box | |
PV sub-array | |
PV sub-array | |
PV sub-array cable | |
PV sub-array cable | |
PV sub-array junction box | |
PV sub-array junction box | |
pyranometer | |
pyranometer | |
pyrheliometer | |
QI | |
QI | |
qualification test | |
quality factor | |
quality manual | |
quality system | |
radiant concentration ratio | |
radiometer | |
random vibration | |
rated | |
rated capacity (of a cell or a battery) | |
rated capacity (of a cell or a battery) | |
rated color | |
rated colour | |
rated current | |
rated electrical power (nominal power or rated capacity) | |
rated frequency | |
rated frequency | |
rated grid voltage | |
rated impulse voltage | |
rated input voltage | |
rated insulation voltage | |
rated power | |
rated rotation speed | |
rated voltage | |
rated voltage | |
rated voltage v | |
rated voltage v (V) | |
rating | |
RE | |
readily available | |
real (or effective) power | |
real power | |
real power | |
receiver | |
reference cell | |
reference cell with protective cover but without encapsulant | |
reference devices | |
reference earth; reference ground (US) | |
reference irradiation | |
reference irradiation | |
reference material | |
reference module | |
reference photovoltaic cell | |
reference photovoltaic device | |
reference photovoltaic module | |
reference spectral irradiance distribution | |
reference standard | |
reference test conditions | |
reference yield | |
reinforced insulation | |
reinforced insulation | |
relative spectral response | |
relative spectral response under load | |
remote site | |
remote site, remote area | |
remote site/area | |
remote site/area | |
renewable energy, RE | |
Renewable Energy, REN | |
REN, renewable energy | |
reporting | |
residual-current | |
residual capacity | |
residual current monitor | |
responsible body | |
reverse current | |
reverse power flow | |
ribbon | |
ripple-free d.c. | |
ripple-free d.c. | |
risk | |
robustness of terminations test | |
root mean square | |
routine maintenance | |
routine test | |
run-on time | |
rural mini-grid | |
rural mini-power plant | |
r.m.s. withstand voltage | |
safe extra low voltage | |
safety disconnect control and monitoring sub-system | |
safety disconnect control and monitoring subsystem | |
safety extra-low voltage, SELV | |
safety interlock | |
salt mist test | |
sample test | |
Schottky barrier photovoltaic cell | |
Schottky junction | |
sealing | |
secondary cell | |
secondary cell | |
secondary circuit | |
secondary reference | |
secondary reference device | |
secondary reference photovoltaic cell | |
secondary standard | |
section of an overhead line | |
section of an overhead line | |
selectivity | |
selectivity of protection | |
selectivity (or protection coordination) | |
self-adaptive | |
self-commutation | |
self-commutation type | |
self-discharge | |
self-discharge | |
SELV | |
SELV system | |
SELV, safety extra-low voltage | |
semiconductor material | |
separate | |
series resistance | |
service connection line | |
service connection line | |
service life | |
service life (of a battery) | |
service personnel | |
service ratio | |
service ratio | |
Sgood or Sbad | |
shadow cover rate | |
sheet resistance | |
shield | |
shield (of a cable) | |
shield (of a cable) | |
short-circuit current | |
short-circuit current | |
shunt resistance | |
silicon | |
silicon photovoltaic cell | |
simple separation | |
simple separation | |
simultaneously accessible parts | |
single-axis tracker | |
single crystalline silicon | |
single drop | |
single fault condition | |
single reference cell in a multi-cell package | |
site | |
skilled person | |
skilled person | |
soft-start | |
solar | |
solar elevation angle | |
solar home system | |
solar photovoltaic | |
solar photovoltaic, solar photovoltaics | |
solar simulator | |
solar simulator classification | |
span | |
span | |
SPD | |
spectral irradiance | |
spectral irradiance distribution | |
spectral match | |
spectral photon irradiance | |
spectral range | |
spectral responsivity | |
spectroradiometer | |
spectrum | |
spout hub | |
stacked photovoltaic cell | |
stand-alone inverter | |
stand-alone operation | |
stand-alone photovoltaic system | |
standard | |
standard operating conditions | |
standard test conditions | |
standard test conditions | |
standby loss | |
standby loss | |
start-up input voltage | |
state of charge | |
stay | |
stay | |
STC | |
STC, standard test conditions | |
steady-state type solar simulator | |
stopping signal | |
storage | |
storage | |
storage battery (secondary battery) | |
storage battery (secondary battery) | |
storage sub-system | |
string | |
string cable | |
string inverter | |
sub-array | |
sub-contractor | |
sub-system | |
subcontractor | |
subcontractor | |
supplementary insulation | |
supplementary insulation | |
supply cable | |
supply point | |
supply point | |
support structure | |
surge arrester | |
Surge Protection Device, SPD | |
Surge Protective Device | |
Surge Protective Device; SPD | |
switch-disconnector | |
system | |
system efficiency | |
system output energy | |
system power | |
system producer | |
Sgood, Sbad and Sd | |
tandem photovoltaic cell | |
technical room / cabinet | |
technical room / cabinet | |
technical room/cabinet | |
temperature compensation for end of charge voltage set-points | |
temporal instability of irradiance | |
temporal simulator instability | |
terminal | |
terminal | |
terminal (pole) | |
test | |
test and calibration procedures manual | |
test conditions | |
test irradiance | |
test method | |
test plane | |
test sequence | |
testing | |
testing laboratory | |
testing laboratory (third-party) | |
textured surface | |
thermal cycling test | |
thin film photovoltaic cell | |
third-party certification | |
tilt angle | |
time for acquiring the I-V characteristic | |
tool | |
total harmonic distortion | |
total harmonic distortion | |
total harmonic distortion (THD) | |
total irradiance | |
total irradiation | |
traceability | |
tracker | |
training provider | |
training provider | |
transformerless type inverter | |
transmissivity | |
transparent conducting oxide layer | |
transparent electrode | |
transportable equipment | |
trip current | |
trip current | |
turbidity | |
turnkey price | |
twist test | |
TWQIT | |
TWQIT | |
type approval | |
type of system earthing | |
type test | |
undervoltage protection | |
uniformity | |
unintentional island | |
user | |
user | |
user installation | |
utility frequency link type inverter | |
utility grid | |
utility interactive inverter | |
utility interactive photovoltaic system | |
utility interface | |
utility interface disconnect switch | |
UV test | |
valve regulated lead-acid battery | |
vented lead-acid battery | |
verification | |
verification testing | |
Vmax PV | |
voltage | |
voltage | |
voltage-irradiance coefficient | |
voltage-temperature coefficient | |
voltage control type inverter | |
voltage stiff type inverter | |
voltmeter | |
VOC ARRAY | |
VOC MOD | |
wafer | |
watt-hour efficiency | |
weighted average conversion efficiency | |
wet leakage current test | |
wet location | |
white bias light | |
working reference device | |
working voltage | |
working voltage | |
yield | |
IMOD_MAX_OCPR | |
In | |
Iq | |
ISC ARRAY | |
ISC MOD | |
ISC S-ARRAY | |
NEUT | |
PN | |
SA | |
SEUT | |
VOC ARRAY | |
VOC MOD | |
Zgrid | |
Zi | |
Zp | |
ISC S-ARRAY | |
IMOD_REVERSE | |
ISC-ARRAY | |
ISC ARRAY | |
ISC MOD | |
VOC ARRAY | |
VOC MOD | |