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Analyzing data and output to take technical decisions Optimize Parameter levels to get maximum output
Most importantly..to avoid such tedious calculations and save our time !!
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Preliminary Design: Pre-sizing of a project without real components Project Design: Fully featured study and detailed analysis of a project Tools: Contains tools for background data management
Simulation for systems such as : 1. Grid Connected 2. Stand-Alone 3. Pumping are available. Let us refer to these as System Types for the rest of the discussion.
1. Select the location of the plant where you want to conduct the pre-sizing analysis 2. Determine the system specifications Let us see an example for our first system type..Grid Connected.
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In effect, they are active only when they can see the sun. So the horizon profile defines the amount of time for which the sun is seen by the panels from their location.
On the X-axis is the Azimuth of the sun. On the y axis is the angle corresponding to the height of the sun. The lines starting and ending on the x-axis are particular days.
The other curved lines are the particular hours of the day.
Yearly Meteorological Yield : Optimization for the tilt. View the purple marker after clicking Optimization.
Not Optimized at 45 degrees as the purple marker is not at the highest point
Optimized Angle is around 21 degrees. Also observe that the losses are at 0%.
The Transposition Factor (TF) is important index in particular for tracking PV systems. It represents the ratio between the in-plane irradiation and the horizontal irradiation.
Loss by respect to optimum is the loss occurring when the panels position is not optimized It is not the overall loss, its just the loss with respect to power generated at optimum orientation
3. Results
Results Option
Available
Results
The Results Window shows
1. Irradiation Plot: Monthly comparison of sun rays incident on the horizontal and incident on our panel
System Output Plot: Monthly output from our system
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Results Table: Above information in tabulated form Costs: Breakdown of the total investment and yearly cost.
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Note: Make sure to edit the costs according to the Indian Market. The Cost Sheet will be provided to you.
Tentative or approximate values of our parameters in order to achieve optimization of the output power
In the class
Following are the steps we need to follow during Project Design: 1. Project Definition Common to the system 2. Orientation analysis options of 3. Horizon Grid Connected, 4. Near Shadings Stand Alone and Pumping. 5. System 6. Simulation
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Situation and Meteo: The location and Meteorological(Weather) Data for the chosen location
Albedo: Apart from sun rays that are directly incident on the panel, rays reflected from the surroundings of the panels are also incident on them. Albedo is the fraction of light reflected by the surroundings that may be incident on the solar panels
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Various panel orientation options apart from the usual Tilt and Azimuth
These options can decide the type of tracking, if any
We can Optimize the performance by : Adjusting the system to get a maximum yearly yield Or using one of the tracking options which maximizes the incident solar radiation.
Default Horizon
Custom Horizon
This parameter enables us to define the amount and type of shading Option for Construction/Perspective : Design panel formations and obstacles Various other tools in this option are shown in snapshots
Select a PV Configuration
Panel
Sun
Shading object
LOL: Loss of Load Probability that the users needs cannot be fulfilled. Requested Autonomy: Amount of time for which the battery will be required to run alone when it is in full charged state.
Keep checking this region for errors or instructions regarding our system
In the ClassAgain
Data regarding all the parameters is processed Various graphs and tables as a result of the simulation
Can choose from a wide list of variables for both the axes, in order to get the data in our preferred form
Special Graphs
Simulation in process
After the simulation is complete, we can obtain a number of graphs at the output of which few are shown.