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Experimental information
3.5 Commercialisation
A spin-off of this thesis is the commercialisation of this setup, due to extensive market
interest. A Dutch consortium, consisting of Eternal Sun, Hielkema Testequipment, ReRa
Solutions and Solliance partners ECN and TNO has begon to develop a commercial
variant of setup. The first commercial version will be in operation in 2015 and will have
2
a 1x1 m AAA calibrated illumination area (Figure 3.9). In comparison to the setup as
designed, built and used in this thesis, the following five general improvements are
implemented:
1. The intensity of the lamps can be controlled individually in order to obtain the
desired spectra and irradiance.
2. The test area is enlarged to 1x1 m in order to be able to test more cells at
2
the same time and thus increase the accuracy of the measurements, or to
accommodate larger PV products.
3. A faster shutter is added to be able to rapidly perform ´dark´ measurements
between illuminated measurements.
4. Irradiance ranges have been programmed in order to be able to test with
2
low irradiance (200 W/m ), or with irradiance used for Nominal Operating Cell
Temperature (NOCT) measurements (800 W/m ).
2
5. The setup is designed in such a way that the climate chamber and the solar
simulator can also be used separately.
3.6 Acknowledgements
For this chapter, I would really like to thank Henk Steijvers for all his contributions.
Furthermore, I would like to thank all employees of Eternal Sun, Hielkema Testequipment
and ReRa Solutions, and especially Stefan Roest, Robert-Jan van Vugt, Peter Hielkema
and Erik Haverkamp for the nice collaboration and their excellent support.
3.7 References
[1] F. Couzinie-Devy, E. Cadel, N. Barreau, L. Arzel, [4] P. Singh, N. Ravindra, Solar Energy Material & So -
P. Pareige, Applied Physics Letters 99 (2011) lar Cells 101 (2012) 36-54
232108 [5] S. Hegedus, W. Shafarman, Prog. Photovolt: Res.
[2] IEC norm 60904-9, Photovoltaic devices – Part9: Appl. 12 (2-3), (2004 155–176)
Solar simulator performance requirements
[3] PVeducation http://www.pvcdrom.org/ ac-
cessed on 5 November 2014
103
3.5 Commercialisation
A spin-off of this thesis is the commercialisation of this setup, due to extensive market
interest. A Dutch consortium, consisting of Eternal Sun, Hielkema Testequipment, ReRa
Solutions and Solliance partners ECN and TNO has begon to develop a commercial
variant of setup. The first commercial version will be in operation in 2015 and will have
2
a 1x1 m AAA calibrated illumination area (Figure 3.9). In comparison to the setup as
designed, built and used in this thesis, the following five general improvements are
implemented:
1. The intensity of the lamps can be controlled individually in order to obtain the
desired spectra and irradiance.
2. The test area is enlarged to 1x1 m in order to be able to test more cells at
2
the same time and thus increase the accuracy of the measurements, or to
accommodate larger PV products.
3. A faster shutter is added to be able to rapidly perform ´dark´ measurements
between illuminated measurements.
4. Irradiance ranges have been programmed in order to be able to test with
2
low irradiance (200 W/m ), or with irradiance used for Nominal Operating Cell
Temperature (NOCT) measurements (800 W/m ).
2
5. The setup is designed in such a way that the climate chamber and the solar
simulator can also be used separately.
3.6 Acknowledgements
For this chapter, I would really like to thank Henk Steijvers for all his contributions.
Furthermore, I would like to thank all employees of Eternal Sun, Hielkema Testequipment
and ReRa Solutions, and especially Stefan Roest, Robert-Jan van Vugt, Peter Hielkema
and Erik Haverkamp for the nice collaboration and their excellent support.
3.7 References
[1] F. Couzinie-Devy, E. Cadel, N. Barreau, L. Arzel, [4] P. Singh, N. Ravindra, Solar Energy Material & So -
P. Pareige, Applied Physics Letters 99 (2011) lar Cells 101 (2012) 36-54
232108 [5] S. Hegedus, W. Shafarman, Prog. Photovolt: Res.
[2] IEC norm 60904-9, Photovoltaic devices – Part9: Appl. 12 (2-3), (2004 155–176)
Solar simulator performance requirements
[3] PVeducation http://www.pvcdrom.org/ ac-
cessed on 5 November 2014
103
