Atlas Establishes Solar Test Center in Phoenix, AZ
Atlas Material Testing Technology now offers a complete portfolio of testing services to evaluate the performance, durability and reliability of solar cells and modules. Atlas' ISO 17025 accredited laboratory in Phoenix, AZ offers testing programs for full-scale PV arrays, BIPV, complete modules and individual PV cells in a confidential and secure test site.
Performance and Qualification Testing
Atlas' Solar Test Center capabilities include many elements of qualification testing to industry standards such as IEC 61215, IEC 61646 and UL 1703. As product development projects expand in scope and expense, testing is required during the R&D process to validate performance and durability. Atlas can perform many of the individual tests required in these standards or custom, proprietary tests to help you understand your product prior to initiating a costly and time consuming certification program.
Atlas has the resources to help you qualify your PV products, including:
Custom designed SolarConstant source six luminary solar simulator
Walk-in environmental chamber for temperature and moisture cycling
I-V curve tracing measurements
UV pre-conditioning chambers
FLIR thermal imaging and analysis
Outdoor exposure racks
Optical property measurements including hemispherical solar reflectance, transmittance and emissivity
Durability and Reliability Testing
Atlas is the global leader in weathering testing of materials offering ISO accredited test services to understand the impact of long-term exposure of systems in almost any environment. The Solar Test Center provides proprietary R&D testing and exposure in secure and confidential settings. Services include:
Accelerated artificial weathering and durability testing using fluorescent, metal halide and xenon light sources
Atlas SolarClimatic chamber testing with solar loading and temperature and moisture cycling
Accelerated outdoor testing using EMMAQUA® solar
concentrating system
Ultra-accelerated solar exposure (100x optical) — ideal for concentrated photovoltaic materials and testing
Solar radiometric measurements
Complete System Testing
The new Solar Test Center also offers a range of testing options for in-situ testing of complete systems. Solar arrays can be tested grid-tied, under fixed load with periodic performance testing, measurement and evaluation as well as continuous data collection via state-of-the-art data acquisition systems.
Other available services:
I-V curve tracing
Spectroradiometric measurements
Complete meteorological and solar measurements
Reference cell and silicon cell sensor measurements
To learn more about Atlas' Solar Test Center and PV testing services, please contact a client services representative at 1-800-255-3738 or visit us online at www.solardurability.com.
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