PVSYST V5.

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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters

Project :

D' Decor Home Fabrics Pvt. Ltd.

Geographical Site

Chakala Andheri
Latitude
Legal Time
Albedo

Situation
Time defined as

19.1N
Time zone UT+5
0.20

Meteo data :

Chakala Andheri, Meteonorm SYN File

Simulation variant :

New simulation variant

Simulation date

Country
Longitude
Altitude

India
72.9E
23 m

13/08/14 14h19

Simulation parameters
Tilt

Collector Plane Orientation

Pitch
Top
Gamma

5 Sheds
Inactive band
Shading limit angle

6.00 m
0.00 m
22.16

Azimuth
Collector width
Bottom
Occupation Ratio

0
3.93 m
0.00 m
65.5 %

Free Horizon

Horizon
Near Shadings

13

Mutual shadings of sheds

PV Array Characteristics
PV module

Si-poly

Model
Manufacturer
In series
Nb. modules
Nominal (STC)
U mpp
Module area

ELDORA 300 (280 poly)

1.68Vikram Solar Pvt. Limited
18 modules
In parallel
162
Unit Nom. Power
At operating cond.
48.6 kWp
593 V
I mpp
Cell area
311 m

9 strings
300 Wp
43.3 kWp (50C)
73 A
284 m

Model
Manufacturer
Operating Voltage

Powador 60.0 TL3 M

KACO new energy
200-850 V
Unit Nom. Power

50 kW AC

Number of PV modules
Total number of PV modules
Array global power
Array operating characteristics (50C)
Total area
Inverter
Characteristics

PV Array loss factors

Thermal Loss factor
Uc (const) 28.8 W/mK
=> Nominal Oper. Coll. Temp. (G=800 W/m, Tamb=20C, Wind=1 m/s.)
Wiring Ohmic Loss

Global array res.

Array Soiling Losses

Module Quality Loss
Module Mismatch Losses
Incidence effect, ASHRAE parametrization
System loss factors
Wiring Ohmic Loss

User's needs :

Uv (wind)
NOCT

0.0 W/mK / m/s

45 C

137 mOhm

Loss Fraction

1.5 % at STC

IAM =

1 - bo (1/cos i - 1)

Loss Fraction
Loss Fraction
Loss Fraction
bo Parameter

2.0 %
2.5 %
2.0 % at MPP
0.05

Wires

200 m 3x240 mm

Loss Fraction

0.5 % at STC

Unlimited load (grid)

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Grid-Connected System: Main results

Project :

D' Decor Home Fabrics Pvt. Ltd.

Simulation variant :

New simulation variant

System type
Sheds disposition, tilt
Model
Nb. of modules
Model
Unlimited load (grid)

Main system parameters

PV Field Orientation
PV modules
PV Array
Inverter
User's needs
Main simulation results
System Production

Produced Energy
Performance Ratio PR

Grid-Connected
13
azimuth
ELDORA 300 (280 poly)
Pnom
162
Pnom total
Powador 60.0 TL3 M
Pnom

70148 kWh/year
75.6 %

Specific prod.

Normalized productions (per installed kWp): Nominal power 48.6 kWp

0.8
Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses)
1.18 kWh/kWp/day
Ls : System Loss (inverter, ...)
0.1 kWh/kWp/day
Yf : Produced useful energy (inverter output) 3.95 kWh/kWp/day

0.5

Performance Ratio PR

Normalized Energy [kWh/kWp/day]

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) : 0.756

0.7

1443 kWh/kWp/year

Performance Ratio PR

0
300 Wp
48.6 kWp
50.0 kW ac

Sep

Oct

Nov

0.0

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

New simulation variant

Balances and main results
GlobHor

T Amb

GlobInc

GlobEff

EArray

E_Grid

EffArrR

EffSysR

kWh/m

kWh/m

kWh/m

kWh

kWh

January

141.8

24.55

160.6

154.9

6136

5986

12.28

11.98

February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

151.2
191.3
197.6
201.4
145.9
118.6
121.1
141.1
156.7
138.7
131.4

25.39
27.42
28.49
29.71
28.46
27.83
27.58
27.47
28.84
27.50
25.90

165.5
200.2
197.2
194.3
140.1
115.2
119.2
143.6
167.5
155.8
151.1

160.0
193.3
190.0
186.5
133.5
109.2
113.5
137.9
161.4
150.1
145.4

6303
7533
7399
7262
5250
4306
4473
5422
6268
5846
5713

6151
7352
7221
7088
5119
4194
4358
5287
6112
5705
5575

12.25
12.10
12.07
12.02
12.05
12.02
12.06
12.14
12.03
12.06
12.16

11.95
11.81
11.78
11.73
11.75
11.71
11.75
11.83
11.73
11.77
11.87

Year

1836.8

27.44

1910.3

1835.5

71911

70148

12.10

11.81

Legends:

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

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 :

D' Decor Home Fabrics Pvt. Ltd.

Simulation variant :

New simulation variant

Main system parameters

PV Field Orientation
PV modules
PV Array
Inverter
User's needs

System type
Sheds disposition, tilt
Model
Nb. of modules
Model
Unlimited load (grid)

Grid-Connected
13
azimuth
ELDORA 300 (280 poly)
Pnom
162
Pnom total
Powador 60.0 TL3 M
Pnom

0
300 Wp
48.6 kWp
50.0 kW ac

Loss diagram over the whole year

1837 kWh/m
+4.0%

Horizontal global irradiation

Global incident in coll. plane

-1.0%

Near Shadings

-2.9%

IAM factor on global

1836 kWh/m * 311 m coll.

Effective irradiance on collectors

efficiency at STC = 15.73%

PV conversion

89810 kWh

Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-3.2%
-10.4%
-2.1%
-2.7%
-2.1%
-1.0%

71911 kWh

PV loss due to temperature

Array Soiling loss
Module quality loss
Module array mismatch loss
Ohmic wiring loss
Array virtual energy at MPP

-2.2%

Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)

0.0%
0.0%
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

-0.3%

AC ohmic loss

70341 kWh

70148 kWh

PV loss due to irradiance level

Energy injected into grid