Pulse Analysis Spectroradiometer System for Measuring the Spectral Distribution of Flash Solar Simulators: Preprint

Conference · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.792763· OSTI ID:935589

Andreas, A M; Myers, D R

Flashing artificial light sources are used extensively in photovoltaic module performance testing and plant production lines. There are several means of attempting to measure the spectral distribution of a flash of light; however, many of these approaches generally capture the entire pulse energy. We report here on the design and performance of a system to capture the waveform of flash at individual wavelengths of light. Any period within the flash duration can be selected, over which to integrate the flux intensity at each wavelength. The resulting spectral distribution is compared with the reference spectrum, resulting in a solar simulator classification.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 935589
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-581-43652; TRN: US200816%%741
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 7046; Conference: To be presented at the SPIE Optics and Photonics 2008 Conference: Optical Modeling and Measurements for Solar Energy Systems II, 10-14 August 2008, San Diego, California
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
CLASSIFICATION
DESIGN
DISTRIBUTION
FLASHING
LIGHT SOURCES
OPTICS
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PRODUCTION
SIMULATION
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR SIMULATORS
WAVE FORMS
WAVELENGTHS
SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION
SOLAR SIMULATOR CLASSIFICATION
FLASH SOLAR SIMULATOR
PULSE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
WAVEFORM CAPTURE
SPECTRORADIOMETER
MONOCHROMATOR
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
Electric Systems