Analysis on the Features of NOCT and NMOT Tests With Photovoltaic Module

Abstract

The operating temperature of the photovoltaic (PV) module plays a major role among the parameters affecting the energy yield of photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems. This paper compared the requirements of Nominal Operating Cell Temperature (NOCT), which is used to estimate the PV module operating temperature according to IEC 61215:2005, with those of the recently revised IEC 61215: 2016 Nominal Module Operating Temperature (NMOT). Through this, each feature of the parameters used to calculate the NOCT and NMOT could be determined, and it was assumed that the NMOT is lower than NOCT. And, among the parameters, the wind speed was found to be a significant variable affecting the temperature, and non-linear clusters and skewed data are improved if some data in the morning were deleted considering the period of module activation. Moreover, it is found that the method summing up the daily data for the calculation can reduce the correlation and deviation of NMOT.

Keywords

• NMOT
• NOCT
• photovoltaic power system
• operating temperature
• reliability