A.B.

S
(ASSIGNMENT 2)

GROUP MEMBERS : GROUP 3B

SARVAGNEE NAVDHARE
ROHIT PATEL
MANISH PAWAR
AMEY DESHMUKH
SHUBHAM KAMBLI
SIDDHESH VIRKAR
ROHIT MHARAV
TOPIC : SOLAR POWER GENERATION
ASSIGNMENT : TO DETERMINE THE SPACING BETWEEN ROW
OF PV SOLAR PANELS DUE TO SHADOW

SITE DATA
LOCATION : CHOUK, MAHARASHTRA
LATITUDE : 18.83003° (DMS – 18° 50’ 2.4108”N)
LONGITUDE : 73.288712° (DMS-73° 17’ 19.3632”E)

AS PER APP ( SOLAR TILT)

LATITUDE FIXED SPRING SUMMER FALL TILT WINTER
(DEGREE) TILT TILT TILT ANGLE TILT
ANGLE ANGLE ANGLE (DEGREE) ANGLE
ON (DEGREE) (DEGREE) (DEGREE)
23 DEC
(DEGREE)

18.83° 42.3° 16.2° -7° 16.2° 40.8°

AS PER FORMULA

OPTIMUM TILT ANGLE = LATITUDE – 2.5

(SPRING AND FALL)
THEREFORE, OPTITUM ANGLE = 18.83 – 2.5
= 16.33°

OPTIMUM TILT ANGLE = LATITUDE + 15

(WINTER)
THEREFORE, OPTITUM ANGLE = 18.83 + 15
= 33.83°

OPTIMUM TILT ANGLE = LATITUDE - 15

(SUMMER)
THEREFORE, OPTITUM ANGLE = 18.83 - 15
= 3.84°
 ROW WIDTH ‘Y’

MODULE ROW
ALTITUDE SPACING ‘X’
ANGLE

90°
TILT ANGLE HEIGHT
‘H’ DIFFERENCE
ß θ

FIGURE

AS PER APP (SUN CALC. ORG)

DATE : 23/12/2020
TIME : 15.00.00 UTC +5.5
AZIMUTH : 221.08°
ALTITUDE : 35.09°

DATA
L = 2M SOLAR PANEL SIZE FOR COMMERCIAL
PURPOSE = 78”X39”
θ = 35.09
LATITUDE = 18.83°
ß = 42.3° ( FIX TILT ANGLE ON DEC 23 IS 42.3° )

TO DETERMINE
H, X AND Y

SOLUTION

HEIGHT = SIN (TILT ANGLE) X MODULE WIDTH

H = SIN ß X L
H = SIN (42.3) X 2 = 0.67 X 2
H = 1.34 M
MODULE ROW SPACING = HEIGHT / TAN (ALTITUDE OR INCLINATION )

X = H / TAN θ
X = 1.34 / TAN (35.09°) = 1.34 / 0.70
X = 1.91 M

MINIMUM MODULE = MODULE ROW SPACING X COS (AZIMUTH ANGLE)

ROW SPACING

Mx = X x COS ( AZIMUTH ANGLE)

Mx = 1.91 X 0.75
Mx = 1.43M

ROW WIDTH = MINIMUM MODULE + COS (TILT ANGLE) X MODULE WIDTH

ROW SPACING

Y = Mx + COS ß X L
Y = 1.43 + COS (42.3°) X 2
Y = 2.89M

2.89M

1.43-1.91

1.34M
SOUTH
42.3° 35.09°

DIGRAM FOR SPACING

SOURCE :

https://www.cedgreentech.com/article/determining-module-inter-row-
spacing

http://www.raymaps.com/index.php/calculation-of-solar-panel-
spacing-for-india-new-dehli/