YOUR ACCREDITED TESTING PARTNER & PV TECHNOLOGIES February 5 th , 2015 Contact Head Quarter Serge PEETERS - CSO Boulevard de Colonster, 4 P56 B-4000 Liège – Belgium +32 474 57 79 14 serge.peeters@eliosys.eu www.eliosys.eu 432-TEST
The company Our CEO J. Thiry started ELIOSYS sa In August 2009 As a private held company Together with a finance partner MeusInvest. ELIOSYS is active in the renewable energies since 2009 ELIOSYS is a certification and testing body , ISO 17025 accredited by the Ministry of the Belgian Economy (BELAC 432 – TEST) for all tests included in the IEC 61215, 61646 432-TEST and 61730 standards. 2
The company 3
The mission ELIOSYS aims to control, test and certify products under climatic and environmental constraints, without dependence of the weather forecasts by using simulators, proprietary technologies, and adapted test-benches. 4
Product segments for testing services Renewable energies – Photovoltaics for traditional c-Si, 2 nd , 3 rd generation and OPV products – Solar thermal convertors for residential – Heat pumps for residential application Miscellaneous segments – Heating and ventilation systems – Construction material (isolation) – Outdoor lighting (LEDs) – Transportation – railways – Textile 5
Our PV Services for who ? Research centers For R&D on solar converters For manufacturers of PV modules For distributors of PV modules For installers of PV modules Study offices providing technical assistance For insurance companies For banks and financial partners For suppliers/manufacturers of components for PV module construction For solar plants/farms managers For insurance and legal experts And finally all unexplained phenomena with PV modules 6
Services in photovoltaics General services as ISO 17025 Lab 432-TEST TEST, CONTROL AND CERTIFICATION According to the international norms: IEC 61215 IEC 61646 IEC 61730… Performance : standardized or custom conditions Aging : UV and thermal combined w/ humidity wind, hail, shock … Mechanical constraints: lightning, overvoltage, overcurrent … Electrical constraints: 7
Services in photovoltaics Product certification services ELIOCERT Since 2010, through the ISO 17025 certification awarded by the Ministry of economy, ELIOSYS certifies many Belgian and foreign PV modules. This certification is carried out according to international standards: IEC 61215 IEC 61646 IEC 61730 IEC 61853 IEC 62804 (draft) 8
Services in photovoltaics Product quality control services Performances ELIOQUAL Since 2012, ELIOSYS offers a quality charter service called ELIOQUAL. This set of services aims to ensure Performances & Durability the quality of installed, imported, locally produced and sold products. Targeted customers: distributors, integrators, operation company, maintenance partners, insurances, banks, tier Full Control of Product Quality investors … Label recognized by and for industrial installations. 9
Services in photovoltaics Manufacturing site services FACTORY INSPECTION ELIOSYS conducts factory inspections worldwide according to a set of well defined guidelines (recommendations of IECEE). 10
Services in photovoltaics On site services THERMAL AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS ELIOSYS carries out audits and on-site inspections with or without a sample selection for control in the accredited laboratory. 11
Services in photovoltaics Expertise services DETAILED DAMAGES REPORT Delamination ELIOSYS provides services to customers which are confronted to environmental damages on their PV modules. The goal is to help to diagnostic the causality of evident damages (broken glass) and the invisible damages leading to accelerated aging and potential risks in the modules. Snail tracks Hails storm 12
Services in photovoltaics Training services QUALITY in PV INSTALLATION The main purpose is to raise the awareness by the stakeholders in the PV market to the impact of climatic, handling and maintenance on PV modules by the practice of tests in the lab using our solar simulators to quantify performance issues and the thermal camera to highlight the effects. 13
Services in photovoltaics R&D support services TESTING NEW STUFF ELIOSYS’ team provides intelligent testing services for products which are outside of the normalize scoop of existing products such as OPV for instance. 14
Climatic capabilities Our technologies can simulate all kind of climate circumstances from … the desert of Sahara to the Siberian field Temperature : -70C ° To 160 C ° Humidity : 5% To 98% Solar Irradiation : 50 up to 1200 W/m² 15
Climatic capabilities (Solar simulators) Medium Size Solar Simulator Large Size Solar Simulator Flash testing & Thermal behavior Flash testing & Thermal effects • • Dimension of the solar simulators: Dimension of the solar simulators: – – 2 m (w) x 1.15 m (d) x 1.50 m (h) 2 m (w) x 2.60 m (d) x 4.00m (h) • Temperature : -70 ° C to + 160 ° C • Temperature : 0 ° C to + 60 ° C • • Relative Humidity : up to 95% Relative Humidity : ambiant • • Solar irradiation: up to 1200 w/m² Solar irradiation: up to 1200 w/m² • • Test area for PV: 2 m x 1 m Test area for PV : 2 m x 2 m Test area other : 3 m x 4 m Slide 16
Climatic capabilities (Solar simulators) ELIOSYS has simulators capable of recreating the full solar spectrum MHG lights 17
Special accredited test services ELECTROLUMINESCENSE HD ELIOSYS provides unique services for qualitative and quantitative analysis based on the technical publicized literature and internally executed aging tests to define risk and associated dangers. Punching effect on amorphous Forklift impacts 18
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. Thermal Aging (damp/heat) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks > 20% loss Electrical Safety Handling and Storage Shading Effect PID Before damp/heat After damp/heat 19
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. After thermal cycling Thermal Aging (cycling) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks Electrical Safety Handling and Storage Shading Effect PID Before thermal cycling 20
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. Thermal Aging (cycling) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks Electrical Safety Handling and Storage Shading Effect PID 3.5 UV sun aging Solar aging 21
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. Thermal Aging (cycling) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks Electrical Safety Handling and Storage Shading Effect PID 22
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. Thermal Aging (cycling) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks Electrical Safety Handling and Storage Shading Effect PID 23
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. Thermal Aging (cycling) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks 1. 15m/s = no default Electrical Safety 2. 23m/s (IEC 61215) = no default 3. 33m/s (nuts) = no default Handling and Storage 4. 45m/s – first cell crack Shading Effect 5. 55m/s (equivalent energy to the PID impact of a 40mm ice ball) – multi-direction cracks 24
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. Thermal Aging (cycling) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks Electrical Safety Handling and Storage Sliding over the corner of another module will impact the Shading Effect backsheet and introduce cell PID damages. 25
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. Thermal Aging (cycling) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks Electrical Safety Handling and Storage Shading Effect PID 26
Services in photovoltaics Expertise services DETAILED DAMAGES REPORT : Snail tracks 27
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. Thermal Aging (cycling) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks Electrical Safety • Ligthning Handling and Storage • Leakage Shading Effect • Overvoltage PID • Overcurrent • … 28
Environmental testing capabilities Our technologies allow us to simulate almost all types of environmental conditions. Thermal Aging (cycling) Irradiation Aging (Solar or UV) Wind and snow effect Hails impacts Scratch Shocks The packaging ! Electrical Safety Handling and Storage Shading Effect PID 29
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