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® COMPILATION OF COMMENTS ON COMMITTEE DRAFT

Project number: Reference number of the CD
IEC 62788-1-5 Ed.1 82/789/CD
IEC/TC or SC Date of circulation
TC 82 2013-12-06
Title of the TC or SC:
Solar photovoltaic energy systems

Title of the committee draft :

IEC 62788-1-5 Ed.1: Measurement procedures for materials used in photovoltaic modules - Part 1-5:
Encapsulants - Measurement of change in linear dimensions of sheet encapsulation material resulting
from applied thermal conditions

The above-mentioned document was distributed to National Committees with a request that comments be submitted

Report of comments

See printout attached

Comments received – see annex 1

DECISION OF THE CHAIRMAN (in cooperation with the secretariat)

a A revised committee draft will be distributed as a committee draft for vote (CDV) by 2014-09

b A revised committee draft will be distributed for comment by (date) ..........

c The committee draft and comments will be discussed at the next meeting (date)

NOTE In the case of a proposal a or b made by the chairman, P-members objecting to such a proposal shall inform the
Central Office with copy to the secretary in writing within 2 months of the circulation of this compilation (see ISO/IEC
Directives, Part 1, 2.5.3).

Name or signature of the Secretary Name or signature of the Chairman

George Kelly Heinz Ossenbrink

Note from the TC 82 Secretariat:

There is a round-robin trial underway to validate the suitability of this procedure. Results from the trial
will be collected and considered for any necessary changes to the procedure before issuing the CDV.

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To be collated on FormComments and annexed
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Report of Comments on 82/789/CD
Circulation Date: 2013-08-16 Closing Date: 2013-11-22
IEC 62788-1-5 Ed.1: Measurement procedures for materials used in photovoltaic modules – Part 1-5: Encapsulants –
Measurement of change in linear dimensions of sheet encapsulation material resulting from applied thermal conditions
Country Status Comments Received
Algeria P
Australia P N 2013-11-22
Austria P N 2013-11-21
Belgium P N 2013-10-28
Brazil O N 2013-11-22
Bulgaria O
Canada P N 2013-11-13
China P N 2013-11-22
Cyprus P
Czech Republic P N 2013-11-13
Denmark P
Egypt P N 2013-11-11
Finland P N 2013-11-20
France P N 2013-11-12
Germany P N 2013-11-20
Greece - N 2013-11-21
Hungary O
India P N 2013-11-08
Indonesia P N 2013-11-21
Iran O
Ireland P N 2013-11-18
Israel P N 2013-11-21
Italy P N 2013-11-19
Japan P Y 2013-11-22
Kenya P
Korea, Republic of P N 2013-11-21
Malaysia P N 2013-11-04
Mexico P N 2013-11-21
Netherlands P N 2013-11-07
New Zealand O
Nigeria P
Norway P N 2013-11-21
Oman O
Poland O
Portugal P Y 2013-11-22
Romania P N 2013-10-08
Russian Federation P N 2013-11-22
Saudi Arabia O
Serbia O
Singapore P
Slovenia O N 2013-11-21
South Africa P N 2013-11-22
Spain P N 2013-11-22
Sweden O N 2013-09-30
Switzerland P N 2013-11-21
Thailand P N 2013-09-17
Turkey O N 2013-11-22
Ukraine O
United Kingdom P N 2013-11-21
United States of America P Y 2013-11-22
P-members O-members Non-members Total
Y : comments received 3 0 0 3
N : no comments 27 4 1 32
- : no response 6 9 0 15
Notes
P-members with no response: Algeria; Cyprus; Denmark; Kenya; Nigeria; Singapore

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Line Clause/ Paragraph/

Type of Observations of the
MB/NC number Subclause Figure/ Table/ Comments Proposed change
comment secretariat
(e.g. 17) (e.g. 3.1) (e.g. Table 1)
JP 4 g Te The type of the oven should be unified, because
of conforming the ratio of temperature increase.
JP 4 h Te Though sand is specified in ASTM C778, Describe preferable specification of sand.
preferable shape, material and size of sand
should be described in this standard.
JP 5 Te In this document, many samples are made from
single roll.
But the deviations of samples made from
different rolls are larger than those from single
roll.
And number of samples needed for evaluating
increases, number of products for sale
decreases. Number of samples should be well-
considered.
JP 5.1 Te Measuring method for thickness should be Describe measuring method for
specified especially about the tip shape of the thickness.
thickness measuring device and the surface
pressure during measuring.
Because most encapsulants have be embossed
and are soft, wrong device or wrong method
cause to wrong measuring thickness value.
JP 6 2 Te “Place a uniformly thick layer of sand on top of Not using sand
the aluminium foil.”
But to place uniformly is difficult.
JP 6 2 Te Thickness of the aluminium foil and the property
of sand should be defined previously.

If the diameter of sand becomes too small , the

agglomeration of sand occurs easier. So it is
difficult to realize the uniformity and low friction
of sand layer.
JP 6 6 Te Because the test duration is much important , so Delete the note “NOTE: If appropriate,
another duration should not be allowed. the test duration may be different from
300 seconds, which should be identified
in the Test Report.”
JP 6 8 Te Because to place a uniformly thick layer of sand
is very difficult, shrunk encapsulant may not
become flat. Therefore it is impossible to
measure accurately.
JP 6 8 Te When measuring the dimension, is the specimen
still on the sand/Al foil?
If the specimen move to another place, is
attached sand removed from the specimen

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Line Clause/ Paragraph/

Type of Observations of the
MB/NC number Subclause Figure/ Table/ Comments Proposed change
comment secretariat
(e.g. 17) (e.g. 3.1) (e.g. Table 1)
surface?
That description is unclear.
PT Several Several ed We must write the proposal using the ISO/IEC Introduce the corrections
directives, Part 2, 2011, in particular the decimal
sign shall be a comma.

PT 6.2 ed Using the same ISO/IEC directives, we must Introduce the corrections
write for example:

“ approximately 2 mm to 4 mm thick ”;

Instead of:

“ approximately 2-4 mm thick ”

US The US TAG affirms with the following

comments
US Page 3 & page There appears to be major discontinuity between
5 the (1) Scope, (3) Principle & (6) Procedure.
The (1) Scope is described as providing a
method for measuring the maximum
representative change in linear dimensions of
encapsulation sheet material that may occur
during the fabrication of photovoltaic (PV)
modules. The (3) Principle & (6) Procedure
observe dimensional changes on a sand bed.
These would appear to be inconsistent without
specific correlation between unrestricted dim
changes on a sand bed vs. restricted dim
changes due to friction, pressure, etc…during
module fab and any known & quantified
remaining forces (stress, strain or even shear)
caused by a restricted dim change (which are
not addressed).
US 7 ed There is a little confusion: Eq. 1 calculates the
“percent size change”, implying that this defines
delta L.
However, later on (final two paragraphs on p. 5
and in 8k) it talks about determining and
reporting the “size change”
This international standard provides a
method for measuring the maximum
representative change in linear
dimensions of encapsulation sheet
material that may occur during the
fabrication of photovoltaic (PV) modules
in an unrestricted thermal exposure as
might or might not be seen during
module fabrication. It does not
necessarily take into account
any resulting stresses which may
develop due to restricted dimensional
changes during actual module
fabrication vs. the test technique
described in this standard.
Explicitly define delta L to be the relative
size change and then use the symbol
delta L in subsequent sections (including
the test report definition) for referring to
the size change that is measured and
selected as being the maximum

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