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PVSyst Tutorial 22.525

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PVSyst  Tutorial  22.525  

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*  After  opening  PVSyst,  the  home  screen  appears.  If  you  already  have  a  saved  file,  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-­‐fledged  project  design  *  Databases:  weather  and  system  components—very  complete  *  Tools:  Whole  bunch  of  interesting  data  can  be  plotted,  put  into  

a  table,  etc.      

Getting  Started  

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*  Click  on  Tools,  then  select  “Electrical  behavior  of  PV  arrays”  *  Select  tab  “Array  with  shaded  cells”  *  Select  a  module  (pick  SunPower  SPR-­‐X21-­‐255)  *  Leave  80%  for  shading  ratio,  enter  “9”  for  number  of  modules  in  series,  “1”  for  parallel  *  Leave  “0”  for  diode  protection  *  Leave  “only  one  cell”  for  “shaded  cells  distribution”  

Tools  

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Result:  

Note  that  Max-­‐power  drops  By  11%  for  entire  String  with  just  One  cell  shaded!  

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*  Now  try  changing  the  number  of  shaded  cells  in  one  module  to  10  and  see  the  impact!  *  Now  add  bypass  diodes  and  see  the  improvement  *  Note  how  you  can  display  either  P  vs.  V  or  I  vs.  V  

Shading  Tool,  con’t  

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*  Select  United  Kingdom,  then  Cambridge  *  Then  select  “sun’s  height”  and  click  on  “graph”  button  *  This  will  give  you  the  sun’s  height  in  degrees  above  horizon  (aka  solar  altitude  angle)  vs.  legal  (i.e.,  local)  time  of  day  *  Summer  and  winter  soltice  dates  are  given,  as  well  as  four  other  “paths”  for  complimentary  dates  

Try  Tables/Graphs  of  Solar  Parameters  

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*  Click  on  Grid  Connected  *  Then  first  select  “Site  and  Meteo”  *  Pick  Boston  from  drop  down  list.  Note  how  file  name  

changes  to  “Grid  system  pre-­‐sizing  at  Boston”  *  Now  select  “Horizon”  *  This  tool  lets  you  create  shading  obstacles  to  mimic  

shading  from  trees,  building,  etc.  *  You  can  simply  drag  the  shade  points  with  mouse  *  Or,  you  can  even  import  Solmetric  SunEye  data!  

Preliminary  Design  

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“Far  Shadings”  can  be  simulated  

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*  You  can  choose  from  specifying  the  collector  (aka  array’s)  active  area,  its  nominal  (dc)  power  rating,  or  desired  yield  (in  MWh/year)  *  Choose  area  if  you  are  trying  to  model  how  much  energy  

could  be  collected  from  given  roof  *  Choose  power  if  you  know  how  large  your  want  the  system  to  

be  (e.g.,  client  can  spend  $$$  which  translates  into  a  certain  size  system  based  on  install  cost  

*  Choose  annual  yield  if  you  are  mostly  interested  in  energy  harvesting  potential  

*  Select  “nominal  power”  and  type  in  “20”  for  size  

Now  Click  on  “System”  

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*  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  effects  of  changing  tilt  and  azimuth  on  annual  yield  (%  loss)  *  Or,  you  can  see  impact  on  either  summer  or  winter  

periods—could  be  important  if  client  is  concerned  with  electricity  rate  (price)  schemes  

System  Specification,  con’t  

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*  Click  sun  shields—this  is  for  using  PV  modules  as  window  overhangs  (or  “shields”)  *  Click  “sheds  disposition”  *  “Pitch”  =  row  spacing  in  meters;  try  changing  this  

number  and  see  how  drawing  changes    *  “Collector  band  width”  

Click  on  the  “More!”  button  

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*  Basic  parameters  selected:  *  Module  type  (pick  standard)  *  Technology  (pick  monocrystalline)  *  Mounting  disposition  (pick  ground  based)  *  Ventilation  property  (pick  ventilated)  *  Click  OK  

*  Back  on  main  screen,  click  on  “Results”  

Now  click  on  “Next”  

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*  Click  on  “price  tag”  on  left  and  change  currency  to  dollars  *  Then  click  on  “edit  costs”  *  Look  at  “Category”;  defaults  to  “specific  pre-­‐sizing  

costs  (all  systems);  long,  long  list  of  changeable  costs  *  But,  select  “grid-­‐connected  system”  pre-­‐sizing  from  

menu  and  nine  “derate”-­‐like  factors  appear  which  you  can  adjust  

Customizing  Results  

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*  Leave  the  efficiency  values  at  their  defaults  for  now  (you  can  play  with  them  later)  *  Go  back  to  “specific  pre-­‐sizing  costs”,  and  change  default  

“specific  maintenance  cost”  from  80  Euro  to  10  euro  (per  kW)  *  Default  seems  really  high  

*  Back  on  main  results  screen,  note  the  parameters  at  the  top  center—these  can  be  changed  *  Try  changing  from  20  kW  to  30  kW—it  will  always  ask  if  you  

want  to  save  the  original  (i.e.,  20  kW)  results  

Customizing  Results,  con’t  

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*  Checkout  the  totals  displayed  in  the  upper  right  corner  *  Area  of  array  *  Annual  yield  (in  MWh)  *  Investment  (total  installed  cost—but  not  including  

incentives!)  *  Energy  cost  ($/kWh)  *  This  is  the  annual  cost  (loan  payments  +  mx)  divided  by  yield  (in  kWh):  $6527/27313kWh  =  $0.24/kWh  

Results,  con’t  

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*  Now  select  the  “table”  button  *  These  results  look  at  bit  like  PVWatts  *  If  you  multiply  the  “shed-­‐shading”  result  by  the  

system’s  area,  then  multiply  by  the  module  efficiency,  then  by  the  total  derate  factor  (these  were  back  on  the  “Edit  cost”  page),  you  will  get  the  system  output  per  day  results  *  Take  July:  (6.02  kWh/m^2-­‐day)*(125  m^2)  *(0.16)*(0.842)  =  102.2  kWh/day  

Results,  con’t  

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*  Note  that  there  is  finally  a  “help”  button  visible,  which  when  clicked  will  open  up  the  PVSystm  help  file  

Results,  con’t  

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*  Click  okay  *  Takes  you  back  to  preliminary  design  homepage.  Note  that  you  can  always  come  back  and  reopen  the  file  you  just  created  using  the  “file”  menu  at  the  top  left  of  this  page  *  Click  exit,  takes  you  back  to  the  PVSyst  main  page  

Finishing  with  preliminary  

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Project  Design