Abstract: A system for field measurement and calibration of photovoltaic reference devices, including a reference device electronics unit that measures the electrical output of a photovoltaic reference module and provides data to determine the solar irradiance received by the reference module as a function of its electrical output; and a calibrator unit that is used to routinely recalibrate the reference device electronics unit and the reference module, wherein the calibrator unit contains one or more calibrated photovoltaic reference cell(s).
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 18, 2013
Publication date:
October 29, 2015
Applicant:
ATONOMETRICS
Inventors:
WILLIAM STUEVE, MICHAEL GOSTEIN, LAWRENCE R. DUNN, STAN FAULLIN