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Stand Alone System: Simulation parameters

Project :

Stand Alone Project at Arequipa

Geographical Site

Arequipa
Latitude
Legal Time
Albedo

Situation
Time defined as

Country

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16.4S
Time zone UT-5
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Longitude
Altitude

Meteo data :

Arequipa from NASA-SSE, Synthetic Hourly data

Simulation variant :

New simulation variant

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Simulation date
Simulation parameters
Collector Plane Orientation
PV Array Characteristics

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Tilt

Si-poly
Model
Manufacturer
Number of PV modules
In series
Total number of PV modules
Nb. modules
Array global power
Nominal (STC)
Array operating characteristics (50C)
U mpp
Total area
Module area

PV module

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16

TS-M320
TOPSUN
4 modules
24
7.68 kWp
152 V
56.5 m

Azimuth

In parallel
Unit Nom. Power
At operating cond.
I mpp
Cell area

PV Array loss factors

Thermal Loss factor
Uc (const) 20.0 W/mK
=> Nominal Oper. Coll. Temp. (G=800 W/m, Tamb=20C, Wind=1 m/s.)
Wiring Ohmic Loss
Global array res.
Module Quality Loss
Module Mismatch Losses
Incidence effect, ASHRAE parametrization
IAM =
System Parameter

System type

Model
Manufacturer
Battery Pack Characteristics
Voltage
Nb. of units
Temperature
Model
Regulator
Technology
Converter
Maxi and EURO efficiencies
Battery Management Thresholds
Charging
Back-Up Genset Command

Battery

User's needs :

Daily household consumers

average

Peru

60 mOhm

1 - bo (1/cos i - 1)

Uv (wind)
NOCT
Loss Fraction
Loss Fraction
Loss Fraction
bo Parameter

71.5W
2344 m

6 strings
320 Wp
6.65 kWp (50C)
44 A
50.5 m

0.0 W/mK / m/s

56 C
1.5 % at STC
1.0 %
2.0 % at MPP
0.05

Stand Alone System

A600 16 OPzV 2300
Sonnenschein
24 V
Nominal Capacity 4050 Ah
12 in series x 2 in parallel
Fixed (20C)
Generic Default with MPPT converter
MPPT converter
Temp coeff. -5.0 mV/C/elem.
96.0/94.0 %
27.0/26.2 V
Discharging 23.5/25.2 V
23.6/25.8 V
Constant over the year
29.4 kWh/Day

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Stand Alone System: Detailed User's needs

Project :

Stand Alone Project at Arequipa

Simulation variant :

New simulation variant

Main system parameters

PV Field Orientation
PV Array
Battery
battery Pack
User's needs

System type
tilt
Nb. of modules
Model
Nb. of units
Daily household consumers

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Stand alone
16
azimuth
24
Pnom total
A600 16 OPzV 2300 Technology
24
Voltage / Capacity
Constant over the year
global

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7.68 kWp
sealed, Gel
24 V / 4050 Ah
10.72 MWh/year

Daily household consumers, Constant over the year, average = 29.4 kWh/day
Annual values

Other uses
Total daily energy

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Number

Power

1224 W tot

Use
24 h/day

Energy
29376 Wh/day
29376 Wh/day

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Stand Alone System: Main results

Project :

Stand Alone Project at Arequipa

Simulation variant :

New simulation variant

System type
tilt
Nb. of modules
Model
Nb. of units
Daily household consumers

Main system parameters

PV Field Orientation
PV Array
Battery
battery Pack
User's needs
Main simulation results
System Production

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Specific prod.
14522 kWh/year
10722 kWh/year Excess (unused)
63.0 %
Solar Fraction SF
0.0 %
Missing Energy

Available Energy
Used Energy
Performance Ratio PR
Time Fraction

Loss of Load

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Normalized productions (per installed kWp): Nominal power 7.68 kWp

Lu : Unused energy (full battery)
Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses)
Ls : System losses and battery charging
Yf : Energy supplied to the user

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Normalized Energy [kWh/kWp/day]

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sealed, Gel
24 V / 4050 Ah
10.72 MWh/year

1891 kWh/kWp/year
3086 kWh/year
100.0 %
0 kWh/year

Performance Ratio PR and Solar Fraction SF

1.2

1.1 kWh/kWp/day
0.66 kWh/kWp/day
0.48 kWh/kWp/day
3.83 kWh/kWp/day

PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) :

0.630
SF : Solar Fraction (ESol / ELoad) : 1.000
1.0

0.8
Performance Ratio PR

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16
azimuth
24
Pnom total
A600 16 OPzV 2300 Technology
24
Voltage / Capacity
Constant over the year
global

0.6

0.4
2
0.2
1

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

0.0

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

New simulation variant

Balances and main results
GlobHor

GlobEff

E Avail

EUnused

E Miss

E User

E Load

kWh/m

kWh/m

kWh

kWh

kWh

kWh

kWh

January

203.7

183.5

1231

225.5

0.000

910.7

910.7

1.000

February

177.0

166.2

1131

257.3

0.000

822.5

822.5

1.000

March

189.7

188.2

1267

294.6

0.000

910.7

910.7

1.000

April

165.9

175.8

1154

219.7

0.000

881.3

881.3

1.000

May

151.6

171.4

1139

175.7

0.000

910.7

910.7

1.000

June

134.7

157.2

1079

187.6

0.000

881.3

881.3

1.000

July

143.8

164.0

1088

102.5

0.000

910.7

910.7

1.000

August

160.9

175.0

1168

188.9

0.000

910.7

910.7

1.000

September

180.0

184.9

1256

330.9

0.000

881.3

881.3

1.000

October

208.6

199.4

1370

396.8

0.000

910.7

910.7

1.000

November

212.4

191.4

1327

369.3

0.000

881.3

881.3

1.000

December

218.2

191.8

1312

336.8

0.000

910.7

910.7

1.000

Year

2146.5

2148.9

14522

3085.5

0.000

10722.2

10722.2

1.000

Legends:

GlobHor

Horizontal global irradiation

E Miss

GlobEff

Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings

E User

Missing energy
Energy supplied to the user

E Avail

Available Solar Energy

E Load

Energy need of the user (Load)

EUnused

Unused energy (full battery) loss

SolFrac

Solar fraction (EUsed / ELoad)

SolFrac

Nov

Dec

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Stand Alone System: Loss diagram

Project :

Stand Alone Project at Arequipa

Simulation variant :

New simulation variant

Main system parameters

PV Field Orientation
PV Array
Battery
battery Pack
User's needs

System type
tilt
Nb. of modules
Model
Nb. of units
Daily household consumers

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Stand alone
16
azimuth
24
Pnom total
A600 16 OPzV 2300 Technology
24
Voltage / Capacity
Constant over the year
global

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7.68 kWp
sealed, Gel
24 V / 4050 Ah
10.72 MWh/year

Loss diagram over the whole year

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2147 kWh/m

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+3.2%

-3.0%

Horizontal global irradiation

Global incident in coll. plane
IAM factor on global

2149 kWh/m * 57 m coll.

Effective irradiance on collectors

efficiency at STC = 13.65%

PV conversion

16569 kWh

Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-3.2%
-10.1%
-0.8%
-1.7%
-0.9%
0.0%
-22.2%

12059 kWh

PV loss due to temperature

Module quality loss
Module array mismatch loss
Ohmic wiring loss
Loss by respect to the MPP running
Unused energy (full battery) loss
Effective energy at the output of the array

-5.2%

Missing energy
11436 kWh
0.0%
Stored
0.0 kWh Direct use
36.7%
63.3%

PV loss due to irradiance level

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

Converter Loss during operation (efficiency)

+0.3%

Converter Loss due to power threshold

Converter Loss over nominal conv. voltage
Converter Loss due to voltage threshold
Converter losses (effic, overload)
Battery Storage
Battery Stored Energy balance

-4.1%

Battery efficiency loss

-1.6%

Gassing Current (electrolyte dissociation)

0.0%
10722 kWh

Battery Self-discharge Current

Energy supplied to the user

10722 kWh

Energy need of the user (Load)