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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters
Project :
Grid-Connected Project at Almere
Almere
Country
Latitude
Legal Time
Albedo
Almere
52.4°N
Longitude
Time zone UT+1
Altitude
0.20
Synthetic - Meteonorm 6.1
Geographical Site
Situation
Time defined as
Meteo data:
The Netherlands
5.2°E
1m
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Simulation variant :
system 2 - Silevo v2
Simulation date
11/03/14 10h52
Simulation parameters
Tilt
Collector Plane Orientation
Models used
Transposition
40°
Azimuth
Perez
Diffuse
0°
Erbs, Meteonorm
Free Horizon
Horizon
Near Shadings
No Shadings
PV Arrays Characteristics (2 kinds of array defined)
PV module
Not Specified
Model
Manufacturer
TriexTM U-Series 295W
Silevo, Inc
Sub-array "Sub-array #1"
Total number of PV modules
Array global power
Array operating characteristics (50°C)
In series
Nb. modules
Nominal (STC)
U mpp
8 modules
8
2360 Wp
422 V
In parallel
Unit Nom. Power
At operating cond.
I mpp
1 strings
295 Wp
2206 Wp (50°C)
5.2 A
Sub-array "Sub-array #2"
Total number of PV modules
Array global power
Array operating characteristics (50°C)
In series
Nb. modules
Nominal (STC)
U mpp
8 modules
8
2360 Wp
422 V
In parallel
Unit Nom. Power
At operating cond.
I mpp
1 strings
295 Wp
2206 Wp (50°C)
5.2 A
Arrays global power
Nominal (STC)
Module area
5 kWp
27.0 m²
Total
Inverter
Model
Manufacturer
Operating Voltage
Total
16 modules
Sunny Tripower 5000 TL-20
SMA
245-800 V
Unit Nom. Power
5.00 kW AC
Sub-array "Sub-array #1"
Sub-array "Sub-array #2"
Nb. of inverters
Nb. of inverters
1 * MPPT 0.52
1 * MPPT 0.48
Total Power
Total Power
2.6 kW AC
2.4 kW AC
Total
Nb. of inverters
1
Total Power
5 kW AC
PV Array loss factors
Array Soiling Losses
Thermal Loss factor
Wiring Ohmic Loss
PVsyst Evaluation mode
Uc (const)
20.0 W/m²K
Array#1
Array#2
Global
1742 mOhm
1742 mOhm
Loss Fraction
Uv (wind)
1.0 %
0.0 W/m²K / m/s
Loss Fraction
Loss Fraction
Loss Fraction
2.0 % at STC
2.0 % at STC
2.0 % at STC
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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters (continued)
Module Quality Loss
Module Mismatch Losses
Incidence effect, ASHRAE parametrization
System loss factors
Wiring Ohmic Loss
User's needs :
PVsyst Evaluation mode
IAM =
1 - bo (1/cos i - 1)
Loss Fraction
Loss Fraction
bo Param.
1.5 %
1.0 % at MPP
0.04
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Wires
Unlimited load (grid)
47 m 3x2 mm²
Loss Fraction
2.0 % at STC
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Grid-Connected System: Main results
Project :
Grid-Connected Project at Almere
Simulation variant :
system 2 - Silevo v2
System type
tilt
Model
Nb. of modules
Model
Unlimited load (grid)
Main system parameters
PV Field Orientation
PV modules
PV Array
Inverter
User's needs
Grid-Connected
40°
azimuth
TriexTM U-Series 295W
Pnom
16
Pnom total
Sunny Tripower 5000 TL-20 Pnom
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Main simulation results
System Production
Produced Energy
Performance Ratio PR
Specific prod.
4458 kWh/year
84.2 %
Normalized productions (per installed kWp): Nominal power 4720 Wp
6
945 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR
1.0
PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) : 0.842
Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses)
0.35 kWh/kWp/day
Ls : System Loss (inverter, ...)
0.14 kWh/kWp/day
Yf : Produced useful energy (inverter output) 2.59 kWh/kWp/day
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0°
295 Wp
4720 Wp
5.00 kW ac
4
Performance Ratio PR
Normalized Energy [kWh/kWp/day]
0.8
3
0.6
0.4
2
0.2
1
0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
0.0
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
system 2 - Silevo v2
Balances and main results
GlobHor
T Amb
GlobInc
GlobEff
EArray
E_Grid
EffArrR
kWh/m²
°C
kWh/m²
kWh/m²
kWh
kWh
%
%
January
19.2
2.88
33.4
32.2
143.4
133.9
15.87
14.81
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
36.0
68.3
108.1
145.5
146.7
144.7
127.9
84.0
50.9
23.5
14.6
3.90
6.17
9.26
13.14
15.67
17.08
17.79
14.75
10.60
6.56
3.41
56.1
91.1
121.5
146.4
140.0
141.9
140.0
105.2
77.1
42.6
26.4
54.2
88.1
117.1
141.1
134.6
136.6
135.1
101.6
74.5
41.2
25.4
241.7
387.2
513.2
608.3
575.8
586.4
576.3
438.5
326.2
181.6
112.3
228.5
368.0
490.3
579.4
547.6
559.0
549.7
418.4
309.9
169.8
103.6
15.94
15.73
15.63
15.36
15.22
15.29
15.23
15.42
15.66
15.75
15.77
15.07
14.95
14.93
14.64
14.47
14.58
14.53
14.71
14.87
14.73
14.54
Year
969.5
10.14
1121.6
1081.7
4690.8
4458.1
15.47
14.70
Legends:
PVsyst Evaluation mode
GlobHor
T Amb
GlobInc
GlobEff
Horizontal global irradiation
Ambient Temperature
Global incident in coll. plane
Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings
EArray
E_Grid
EffArrR
EffSysR
EffSysR
Effective energy at the output of the array
Energy injected into grid
Effic. Eout array / rough area
Effic. Eout system / rough area
Oct
Nov
Dec
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Grid-Connected System: Loss diagram
Project :
Grid-Connected Project at Almere
Simulation variant :
system 2 - Silevo v2
Main system parameters
PV Field Orientation
PV modules
PV Array
Inverter
User's needs
System type
tilt
Model
Nb. of modules
Model
Unlimited load (grid)
Grid-Connected
40°
azimuth
TriexTM U-Series 295W
Pnom
16
Pnom total
Sunny Tripower 5000 TL-20 Pnom
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295 Wp
4720 Wp
5.00 kW ac
Loss diagram over the whole year
969 kWh/m²
Horizontal global irradiation
+15.7% Global incident in coll. plane
-2.6%
-1.0%
1082 kWh/m² * 27 m² coll.
Effective irradiance on collectors
efficiency at STC = 17.51%
PV conversion
5121 kWh
Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)
-2.6%
-2.6%
PV loss due to temperature
Module quality loss
-1.0%
Module array mismatch loss
-1.0%
Ohmic wiring loss
Array virtual energy at MPP
-3.7%
Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)
0.0%
-0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
Inverter Loss over nominal inv. power
Inverter Loss due to power threshold
Inverter Loss over nominal inv. voltage
Inverter Loss due to voltage threshold
Available Energy at Inverter Output
-0.9%
AC ohmic loss
4500 kWh
4458 kWh
PV loss due to irradiance level
-1.5%
4691 kWh
PVsyst Evaluation mode
IAM factor on global
Soiling loss factor
Energy injected into grid