PVSYST V6.

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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters

Project : Grid-Connected Project at Delhi

Geographical Site New Delhi Country India
Situation Latitude 28.6°N Longitude 77.2°E
Time defined as Legal Time Time zone UT+5.5 Altitude 219 m
Albedo 0.20
Meteo data: New Delhi MeteoNorm 7.1 station - Synthetic

Simulation variant : St Mary's School_24 KWp

Simulation date 25/07/18 12h56

Simulation parameters
Collector Plane Orientation Tilt 25° Azimuth 0°
Models used Transposition Perez Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
Horizon Free Horizon
Near Shadings No Shadings

PV Arrays Characteristics (2 kinds of array defined)

PV module Si-poly Model Vikram 325
Custom parameters definition Manufacturer Vikram Solar
Sub-array "Sub-array #1"
Number of PV modules In series 18 modules In parallel 2 strings
Total number of PV modules Nb. modules 36 Unit Nom. Power 325 Wp
Array global power Nominal (STC) 11.70 kWp At operating cond. 10.66 kWp (50°C)
Array operating characteristics (50°C) U mpp 618 V I mpp 17 A
Sub-array "Sub-array #2"
Number of PV modules In series 19 modules In parallel 2 strings
Total number of PV modules Nb. modules 38 Unit Nom. Power 325 Wp
Array global power Nominal (STC) 12.35 kWp At operating cond. 11.25 kWp (50°C)
Array operating characteristics (50°C) U mpp 652 V I mpp 17 A
Total Arrays global power Nominal (STC) 24 kWp Total 74 modules
Module area 144 m²

Sub-array "Sub-array #1" : Inverter Model Solar Inverter RPI M20A

Original PVsyst database Manufacturer Delta Energy
Characteristics Operating Voltage 200-820 V Unit Nom. Power 20.0 kWac
Max. power (=>40°C) 21.0 kWac
Inverter pack Nb. of inverters 1 * MPPT 50 % Total Power 10.0 kWac
Sub-array "Sub-array #2" : Inverter Model Solar Inverter RPI M30A
Original PVsyst database Manufacturer Delta Energy
Characteristics Operating Voltage 200-800 V Unit Nom. Power 30.0 kWac
Max. power (=>40°C) 33.0 kWac
Inverter pack Nb. of inverters 1 * MPPT 50 % Total Power 15.0 kWac
Total Nb. of inverters 1 Total Power 25 kWac

PV Array loss factors

Array Soiling Losses Loss Fraction 3.0 %
Thermal Loss factor Uc (const) 20.0 W/m²K Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K / m/s
Wiring Ohmic Loss Array#1 301 mOhm Loss Fraction 0.8 % at STC
Array#2 301 mOhm Loss Fraction 0.7 % at STC
Global Loss Fraction 0.7 % at STC
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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters (continued)

LID - Light Induced Degradation Loss Fraction 2.0 %

Module Quality Loss Loss Fraction 3.0 %
Module Mismatch Losses Loss Fraction 1.0 % at MPP
Incidence effect, ASHRAE parametrization IAM = 1 - bo (1/cos i - 1) bo Param. 0.05

System loss factors

Wiring Ohmic Loss Wires: 3x70.0 mm² 168 m Loss Fraction 2.0 % at STC

User's needs : Unlimited load (grid)

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Grid-Connected System: Main results

Project : Grid-Connected Project at Delhi
Simulation variant : St Mary's School_24 KWp
Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected
PV Field Orientation tilt 25° azimuth 0°
PV modules Model Vikram 325 Pnom 325 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 74 Pnom total 24.05 kWp
Inverter Model Solar Inverter RPI M20A Pnom 20.00 kW ac
Inverter Model Solar Inverter RPI M30A Pnom 30.0 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Main simulation results

System Production Produced Energy 40546 kWh/year Specific prod. 1686 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR 75.7 %

Normalized productions (per installed kWp): Nominal power 24.05 kWp Performance Ratio PR
8 1.0
PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) : 0.757
Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses) 1.33 kWh/kWp/day
Ls : System Loss (inverter, ...) 0.15 kWh/kWp/day
7 Yf : Produced useful energy (inverter output) 4.62 kWh/kWp/day

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Normalized Energy [kWh/kWp/day]

Performance Ratio PR

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St Mary's School_24 KWp

Balances and main results

GlobHor T Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray E_Grid EffArrR EffSysR

kWh/m² °C kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh kWh % %
January 118.2 13.23 165.3 156.4 3285 3179 13.84 13.39
February 137.0 17.24 177.8 168.6 3446 3331 13.50 13.05
March 188.2 23.29 218.6 207.0 4107 3970 13.08 12.64
April 206.5 29.22 214.9 203.0 3932 3802 12.74 12.32
May 222.1 32.61 213.0 200.5 3865 3742 12.64 12.23
June 196.5 32.14 182.2 170.9 3343 3241 12.78 12.39
July 166.4 31.42 156.6 146.8 2900 2813 12.90 12.51
August 159.9 30.36 158.0 148.4 2937 2848 12.95 12.55
September 170.6 28.58 186.5 176.0 3469 3359 12.95 12.54
October 164.5 25.49 204.0 193.4 3813 3687 13.01 12.59
November 128.5 19.32 179.3 169.9 3455 3343 13.42 12.98
December 115.1 14.85 169.6 160.7 3340 3232 13.72 13.27
Year 1973.5 24.85 2225.9 2101.6 41891 40546 13.11 12.69

Legends: GlobHor Horizontal global irradiation EArray Effective energy at the output of the array
T Amb Ambient Temperature E_Grid Energy injected into grid
GlobInc Global incident in coll. plane EffArrR Effic. Eout array / rough area
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings EffSysR Effic. Eout system / rough area
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Grid-Connected System: Loss diagram

Project : Grid-Connected Project at Delhi
Simulation variant : St Mary's School_24 KWp
Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected
PV Field Orientation tilt 25° azimuth 0°
PV modules Model Vikram 325 Pnom 325 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 74 Pnom total 24.05 kWp
Inverter Model Solar Inverter RPI M20A Pnom 20.00 kW ac
Inverter Model Solar Inverter RPI M30A Pnom 30.0 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Loss diagram over the whole year

1973 kWh/m² Horizontal global irradiation

+12.8% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.7% IAM factor on global

-3.0% Soiling loss factor

2102 kWh/m² * 144 m² coll. Effective irradiance on collectors

efficiency at STC = 16.75% PV conversion

50557 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.8% PV loss due to irradiance level

-10.7% PV loss due to temperature

-3.0% Module quality loss

-2.0% LID - Light induced degradation
-1.0% Module array mismatch loss
-0.6% Ohmic wiring loss
41891 kWh Array virtual energy at MPP

-2.1% Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)

0.0% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. power
0.0% Inverter Loss due to power threshold
0.0% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. voltage
0.0% Inverter Loss due to voltage threshold
0.0% Night consumption
40995 kWh Available Energy at Inverter Output

-1.1% AC ohmic loss

40546 kWh Energy injected into grid