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22.525
Getting
Started
* After
opening
PVSyst,
the
home
screen
appears.
If
you
already
have
a
saved
le,
you
would
open
it
up
now.
* The
four
main
options
are:
* Preliminary
Design:
start
here
if
you
want
a
quick
analysis
of
a
project
* Project
Design:
full-edged
project
design
* Databases:
weather
and
system
componentsvery
complete
* Tools:
Whole
bunch
of
interesting
data
can
be
plotted,
put
into
a
table,
etc.
Tools
Result:
Note
that
Max-power
drops
By
11%
for
entire
String
with
just
One
cell
shaded!
Preliminary
Design
* Click
on
Grid
Connected
* Then
rst
select
Site
and
Meteo
* Pick
Boston
from
drop
down
list.
Note
how
le
name
changes
to
Grid
system
pre-sizing
at
Boston
* Note
how
you
can
input
array
tilt
and
azimuth
angles.
The
default
is
30
deg
and
0
deg,
respectively
* Click
on
show
optimization
and
you
learn
the
eects
of
changing
tilt
and
azimuth
on
annual
yield
(%
loss)
* Or,
you
can
see
impact
on
either
summer
or
winter
periodscould
be
important
if
client
is
concerned
with
electricity
rate
(price)
schemes
Customizing Results
Results, cont
Results, cont
Results, cont
* Click
okay
* Takes
you
back
to
preliminary
design
homepage.
Note
that
you
can
always
come
back
and
reopen
the
le
you
just
created
using
the
le
menu
at
the
top
left
of
this
page
* Click
exit,
takes
you
back
to
the
PVSyst
main
page
Project Design