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Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters
Project : 5 MW Annanthpur
Geographical Site Ananthpur Country India
Situation Latitude 14.7N Longitude 77.1E
Time defined as Legal Time Time zone UT+5 Altitude 503 m
Albedo 0.20
Meteo data : Ananthpur, Synthetic Hourly data
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Simulation date 29/10/12 17h45
Simulation parameters
Collector Plane Orientation Tilt 16 Azimuth 0
Models used Transposition Hay Diffuse Liu-Jordan
Horizon Free Horizon
Near Shadings No Shadings
PV Array Characteristics
PV module Si-poly Model Sunmodule Plus SW 240 poly
Manufacturer Solarworld AG
Number of PV modules In series 24 modules In parallel 868 strings
Total number of PV modules Nb. modules 20832 Unit Nom. Power 240 Wp
Array global power Nominal (STC) 5000 kWp At operating cond. 3944 kWp (70C)
Array operating characteristics (50C) U mpp 574 V I mpp 6865 A
Total area Module area 34928 m
Inverter Model Sunny Central 630CP
Manufacturer SMA
Characteristics Operating Voltage 500-820 V Unit Nom. Power 630 kW AC
Inverter pack Number of Inverter 7 units Total Power 4410 kW AC
PV Array loss factors
Thermal Loss factor Uc (const) 27.7 W/mK Uv (wind) 0.0 W/mK / m/s
=> Nominal Oper. Coll. Temp. (G=800 W/m, Tamb=20C, Wind=1 m/s.) NOCT 46 C
Wiring Ohmic Loss Global array res. 1.6 mOhm Loss Fraction 1.5 % at STC
Array Soiling Losses Loss Fraction 3.0 %
Module Quality Loss Loss Fraction 0.0 %
Module Mismatch Losses Loss Fraction 0.0 % at MPP
Incidence effect, ASHRAE parametrization IAM = 1 - bo (1/cos i - 1) bo Parameter 0.05
User's needs : Unlimited load (grid)
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Grid-Connected System: Main results
Project : 5 MW Annanthpur
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected
PV Field Orientation tilt 16 azimuth 0
PV modules Model Sunmodule Plus SW 240 poly Pnom 240 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 20832 Pnom total 5000 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Central 630CP Pnom 630 kW ac
Inverter pack Nb. of units 7.0 Pnom total 4410 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)
Main simulation results
System Production Produced Energy 8329170 kWh/year Specific prod. 1666 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR 78.7 %
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Yf : Produced useful energy (inverter output) 4.56 kWh/kWp/day
Ls : System Loss (inverter, ...) 0.07 kWh/kWp/day
Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses) 1.16 kWh/kWp/day
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PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) : 0.787
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Balances and main results
GlobHor T Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray E_Grid EffArrR EffSysR
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January 168.9 21.90 197.4 192.2 796154 782642 11.55 11.35
February 173.3 24.00 193.9 188.7 765437 752952 11.30 11.12
March 208.6 26.60 217.1 210.9 853110 839552 11.25 11.07
April 203.1 28.50 196.8 190.9 769020 756942 11.18 11.01
May 208.6 27.90 192.6 186.1 757270 745424 11.26 11.08
June 161.1 25.00 149.3 144.0 599695 590673 11.50 11.33
July 143.2 24.00 134.8 129.9 544028 535879 11.55 11.38
August 147.6 23.60 141.2 136.3 570036 561060 11.56 11.38
September 161.7 24.20 163.2 158.4 656475 645716 11.52 11.33
October 152.2 24.20 161.0 156.3 652114 642252 11.60 11.42
November 158.1 22.80 180.8 175.8 729390 718156 11.55 11.37
December 160.0 21.70 189.4 184.0 769996 757923 11.64 11.46
Year 2046.5 24.53 2117.5 2053.5 8462725 8329170 11.44 11.26
Legends: GlobHor Horizontal global irradiation
T Amb Ambient Temperature
GlobInc Global incident in coll. plane
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings
EArray Effective energy at the output of the array
E_Grid Energy injected into grid
EffArrR Effic. Eout array / rough area
EffSysR Effic. Eout system / rough area
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Grid-Connected System: Loss diagram
Project : 5 MW Annanthpur
Simulation variant : New simulation variant
Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected
PV Field Orientation tilt 16 azimuth 0
PV modules Model Sunmodule Plus SW 240 poly Pnom 240 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 20832 Pnom total 5000 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Central 630CP Pnom 630 kW ac
Inverter pack Nb. of units 7.0 Pnom total 4410 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)
Loss diagram over the whole year
Horizontal global irradiation
2046 kWh/m
+3.5% Global incident in coll. plane
-3.0% IAM factor on global
Effective irradiance on collectors 2053 kWh/m * 34928 m coll.
efficiency at STC = 14.39% PV conversion
Array nominal energy (at STC effic.) 10321463 kWh
-3.4% PV loss due to irradiance level
-11.2% PV loss due to temperature
-3.2% Array Soiling loss
0.0% Module array mismatch loss
-1.1% Ohmic wiring loss
Array virtual energy at MPP 8463200 kWh
-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
Available Energy at Inverter Output 8329170 kWh
Energy injected into grid 8329170 kWh