LATEST, NEW & UPDATED STANDARDS IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING Written and compiled by Consultant David Richards Hon.FSEE, CEng, CEnv


New standards in this issue include ones on testing photovoltaicmodules, one on environmental durability testing of touch and interactive displays and one on safety requirements for lithium-ion cells for the propulsion of electric road vehicles. New standards are being initiated on the performance and testing of a range of renewable energy generation systems.


BS EN 61215-1 Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV)modules.


This covers the design qualification and type approval of terrestrial photovoltaic (PV)modules suitable for long- termoperation in general open-air climates, as defined in IEC 60721-2-1.


BS EN 61853-2 Photovoltaic (PV)module performance Category


Standard


Environmental Testing Climatic


BS IEC 62908-13-10 BS EN 16841


Shock & Vibration


BS EN ISO 17892-4 BS ISO 5344 BS ISO 8626 BS ISO 15261 BS ISO 20283-5


Electro-Magnetic BS EN 50121


testing and energy rating. Spectral responsivity, incidence angle andmodule operating temperature measurements.


This standard defines procedures formeasuring; the effects of angle of incidence of the irradiance on the output power of PVmodules, determining the operating temperature of amodule for a given set of ambient and mounting conditions andmeasuring spectral responsivity of themodule.


BS IEC 62908-13-10 Touch and interactive displays. Reliability testmethods of touch displays. Environmental durability testmethods.


This standard specifies themethods for testing the Description


Touch and interactive displays. Reliability testmethods of touch displays. Environmental durability testmethods. Ambient air. Determination of odour in ambient air by using field inspection. -1 Gridmethod. -2 Plumemethod.


Geotechnical investigation and testing. Laboratory testing of soil. Determination of particle size distribution. Electrodynamic vibration generating systems. Performance characteristics. Servo-hydraulic test equipment for generating vibration.Method of describing characteristics. Vibration and shock generating systems. Vocabulary.


Mechanical vibration.Measurement of vibration on ships. Guidelines formeasurement, evaluation and reporting of vibration with regard to habitability on passenger andmerchant ships.


Railway applications. Electromagnetic compatibility. -1 General. -2 Emission of the whole railway systemto the outside world. -3-1 Rolling stock. Train and complete vehicle. -3-2 Rolling stock. Apparatus. -4 Emission and immunity of the signalling and telecommunications apparatus.


PD IEC/TR 61000-2-5 BS EN 61340-5-1 BS EN 62209-1


Sustainability


BS EN 62660-3 BS EN 61215-1 BS EN 61853-2


Miscellaneous


BS EN 62282-6-200 IEC 62925 BS EN ISO 148


Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Environment. Description and classification of electromagnetic environments. Electrostatics. Protection of electronic devices fromelectrostatic phenomena. General requirements.


Measurement procedure for the assessment of specific absorption rate of human exposure to radio frequency fields fromhand-held and body-mounted wireless communication devices. Devices used next to the ear (Frequency range of 300MHz to 6 GHz). Secondary lithium-ion cells for the propulsion of electric road vehicles. Safety requirements. Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV)modules. Design qualification and type approval. Test requirements.


Photovoltaic (PV)module performance testing and energy rating. Spectral responsivity, incidence angle andmodule operating temperaturemeasurements. Fuel cell technologies.Micro fuel cell power systems. Performance testmethods. Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV)modules. Thermal cycling test to differentiate increased thermal fatigue durability.


Metallicmaterials. Charpy pendulumimpact test. -1 Testmethod. -2 Verification of testingmachines. -3 Preparation and characterization of Charpy V-notch test pieces for indirect verification of pendulumimpactmachines.


BS EN 4179 BS EN ISO 9934-1 BS EN ISO 14577-4


NewWork Items In order to givemembers the opportunity to take part in the setting of standards, the following are recently announced new standards work, along with the relevant BSI committee (in brackets).


BS EN ISO 17635 BS EN ISO 17637 BS ISO 18251-1 ISO 6721


Aerospace series. Qualification and approval of personnel for non-destructive testing. Non-destructive testing.Magnetic particle testing. General principles.


Metallicmaterials. Instrumented indentation test for hardness andmaterials parameters. Testmethod formetallic and non-metallic coatings. Non-destructive testing of welds. General rules formetallicmaterials. Non-destructive testing of welds. Visual testing of fusion-welded joints. Non-destructive testing. Infrared thermography. Characteristics of systemand equipment.


Plastics. Determination of dynamicmechanical properties. -1 General principles. (PRI/21). -2 Torsion-pendulummethod. (PRI/21). -4 Tensile vibration. Non-resonanceMethod. (PRI/21). -5 Flexural vibration. Non-resonancemethod. (PRI/21). -6 Shear vibration. Non-resonancemethod. (PRI/21). -7 Torsional vibration. Non-resonancemethod. (PRI/21).


ISO 10819


ISO 13588 CEN/TS 17100 EN 61000


Mechanical vibration and shock. Hand-armvibration.Measurement and evaluation of the vibration transmissibility of gloves at the palmof the hand. (GME/21/6).


Non-destructive testing of welds. Ultrasonic testing. Use of automated phased array technology. (WEE/2). Non-destructive testing. Penetrant testing. Reference photographs and sizing of indications. (WEE/46).


Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Testing andmeasurement techniques. -4-Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity test. (GEL/210). -4-36 IEMI immunity testmethods for equipment and systems. (GEL/210/11).


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environmental durability of touch displaymodules, touch sensormodules and test pattern cells, and can be used for devices at the production level, the prototype level or the trialmodel level when they are exposed to environmental stress.


BS EN 62660-3 Secondary lithium-ion cells for the propulsion of electric road vehicles. Safety requirements.


This standard specifies test procedures and the acceptance criteria for safety performance of secondary lithium-ion cells and cell blocks used for the propulsion of electric vehicles (EV) including battery electric vehicles (BEV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV).


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