PVSYST V6.

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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters

Project :
Geographical Site
Situation Latitude Longitude 107.8E
Time defined as Legal Time Time zone UT+7 Altitude 326 m
Albedo 0.08
Meteo data:

Simulation variant : New simulation variant

Simulation date 28/04/17 16h29

Simulation parameters
Collector Plane Orientation Tilt 12 Azimuth 0
Models used Transposition Perez Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
Horizon Average Height 4.3
Near Shadings No Shadings

PV Array Characteristics
PV module Si-poly Model REC 320PE 72
Custom parameters definition Manufacturer REC
Number of PV modules In series 20 modules In parallel 7422 strings
Total number of PV modules Nb. modules 148440 Unit Nom. Power 320 Wp
Array global power Nominal (STC) 47501 kWp At operating cond. 42783 kWp (50C)
Array operating characteristics (50C) U mpp 682 V I mpp 62735 A
Total area Module area 289648 m Cell area 260138 m

Inverter Model Sunny Central 1000CP XT

Custom parameters definition Manufacturer SMA
Characteristics Operating Voltage 596-850 V Unit Nom. Power 1000 kWac
Max. power (=>25C) 1100 kWac
Inverter pack Nb. of inverters 42 units Total Power 42000 kWac

PV Array loss factors

Array Soiling Losses Loss Fraction 1.0 %
Thermal Loss factor Uc (const) 24.0 W/mK Uv (wind) 0.0 W/mK / m/s
Wiring Ohmic Loss Global array res. 0.20 mOhm Loss Fraction 1.7 % at STC
LID - Light Induced Degradation Loss Fraction 2.0 %
Module Quality Loss Loss Fraction -0.4 %
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

External transformer Iron loss (Night disconnect) 46904 W Loss Fraction 0.1 % at STC
Resistive/Inductive losses 0.0 mOhm Loss Fraction 1.0 % at STC

User's needs : Unlimited load (grid)

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Grid-Connected System: Horizon definition

Project :
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected
Horizon Average Height 4.3
PV Field Orientation tilt 12 azimuth 0
PV modules Model REC 320PE 72 Pnom 320 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 148440 Pnom total 47501 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Central 1000CP XT Pnom 1000 kW ac
Inverter pack Nb. of units 42.0 Pnom total 42000 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Horizon Average Height 4.3 Diffuse Factor 0.99

Albedo Factor 100 % Albedo Fraction 0.87

Height [] 4.7 4.7 2.7 5.9 5.6 4.7 2.1 1.3 1.3 2.9 2.2 2.9 4.4
Azimuth [] -180 -165 -159 -135 -120 -105 -90 -75 -60 -45 -30 -15 0
Height [] 0.9 3.1 2.1 1.7 2.0 6.8 7.8 8.3 9.3 8.3 7.5 4.7
Azimuth [] 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180

PVObject_HorizonLegal Time
Plane: tilt 12, azimuth 0
90
3

2
4 12h
1
75 11h
13h
5

10h
60
6 14h
7
Sun height [[]]

9h

45 15h

8h

16h
30

7h 1: 22 june
2: 22 may - 23 july
3: 20 apr - 23 aug 17h
15 4: 20 mar - 23 sep
5: 21 feb - 23 oct
6: 19 jan - 22 nov
7: 22 december
Behind Behind
the plane the plane
0
-180 -150 -120 -90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180
Azimuth [[]]
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Grid-Connected System: Main results

Project :
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected
Horizon Average Height 4.3
PV Field Orientation tilt 12 azimuth 0
PV modules Model REC 320PE 72 Pnom 320 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 148440 Pnom total 47501 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Central 1000CP XT Pnom 1000 kW ac
Inverter pack Nb. of units 42.0 Pnom total 42000 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Main simulation results

System Production Produced Energy 73327 MWh/year Specific prod. 1544 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR 81.8 %

Normalized productions (per installed kWp): Nominal power 47501 kWp Performance Ratio PR
8 1.0
PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) : 0.818
Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses) 0.83 kWh/kWp/day
Ls : System Loss (inverter, ...) 0.1 kWh/kWp/day
7 Yf : Produced useful energy (inverter output) 4.23 kWh/kWp/day

0.8
6
Normalized Energy [kWh/kWp/day]

Performance Ratio PR

5
0.6

0.4
3

2
0.2

0 0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

New simulation variant

Balances and main results

GlobHor T Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray E_Grid EffArrR EffSysR

kWh/m C kWh/m kWh/m MWh MWh % %
January 153.1 23.10 167.7 160.8 6703 6546 13.80 13.48
February 168.0 24.10 180.8 173.9 7181 7013 13.71 13.39
March 185.7 25.30 190.6 182.9 7515 7338 13.61 13.29
April 180.4 26.00 176.6 169.0 6965 6802 13.61 13.30
May 173.9 25.50 164.7 156.9 6543 6388 13.71 13.39
June 147.8 24.80 138.1 131.1 5524 5387 13.81 13.47
July 144.3 24.40 135.7 128.7 5426 5289 13.80 13.45
August 150.9 24.50 146.2 139.0 5841 5696 13.80 13.46
September 133.1 24.30 133.4 127.2 5323 5191 13.77 13.43
October 142.8 24.20 148.4 141.8 5922 5782 13.78 13.45
November 136.6 24.10 149.6 142.9 5998 5859 13.84 13.52
December 139.4 23.59 154.4 147.6 6181 6035 13.82 13.50

Year 1856.0 24.49 1886.2 1801.8 75121 73327 13.75 13.42

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 :
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected
Horizon Average Height 4.3
PV Field Orientation tilt 12 azimuth 0
PV modules Model REC 320PE 72 Pnom 320 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 148440 Pnom total 47501 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Central 1000CP XT Pnom 1000 kW ac
Inverter pack Nb. of units 42.0 Pnom total 42000 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Loss diagram over the whole year

1856 kWh/m Horizontal global irradiation

+1.6% Global incident in coll. plane

-0.5% Far Shadings / Horizon

-3.1% IAM factor on global
-1.0% Soiling loss factor

1802 kWh/m * 289648 m coll. Effective irradiance on collectors

efficiency at STC = 16.41% PV conversion

85658 MWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.3% PV loss due to irradiance level

-8.7% PV loss due to temperature

+0.4% Module quality loss

-2.0% LID - Light induced degradation

-1.0% Module array mismatch loss
-1.0% Ohmic wiring loss
75121 MWh Array virtual energy at MPP

-1.6% 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
73918 MWh Available Energy at Inverter Output

-0.8% External transfo loss

73327 MWh Energy injected into grid