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PVsyst - Simulation report
Stand alone system

Project: SANTA ELENA

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Stand alone system with batteries
System power: 1320 Wp

PVsyst TRIAL Santa Elena - Ecuador

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Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
Santa Elena Latitude -2.22 °S Albedo 0.20
Ecuador Longitude -80.86 °W
Altitude 21 m
Time zone UTC-5

Meteo data
Santa Elena
NASA-SSE satellite data 1983-2005 - Sintético

System summary

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Stand alone system Stand alone system with batteries

PV Field Orientation User's needs

Fixed plane Daily household consumers
Tilt/Azimuth 10 / 0 ° Monthly Specifications
Average 1.0 kWh/Day

System information
PV Array Battery pack
Nb. of modules 44 units Technology Lithium-ion, LFP
Pnom total 1320 Wp Nb. of units 12 units
Voltage 26 V
Capacity 2160 Ah

Results summary

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Available Energy
Used Energy
2385 kWh/year

Project and results summary

217 kWh/year
Specific production 1807 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR

Table of contents

General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses

Solar Fraction SF
8.31 %
60.77 %

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3
Detailed User's needs 4
Main results 7
Loss diagram 8
Special graphs 9

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General parameters
Stand alone system Stand alone system with batteries

PV Field Orientation
Orientation Sheds configuration Models used
Fixed plane No 3D scene defined Transposition Perez
Tilt/Azimuth 10 / 0 ° Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
Circumsolar separate

User's needs
Daily household consumers
Monthly Specifications
Average 1.0 kWh/Day

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PV module
Manufacturer
Model
(Original PVsyst database)
Unit Nom. Power 30 Wp
PV Array Characteristics

Generic
Poly 30 Wp 36 cells
Battery
Manufacturer
Model
Technology
Nb. of units
Generic
Battery module Li-Ion, 26V 180 Ah
Lithium-ion, LFP
12 in parallel
Number of PV modules 44 units Discharging min. SOC 10.0 %
Nominal (STC) 1320 Wp Stored energy 48.6 kWh
Modules 22 Strings x 2 In series Battery Pack Characteristics
At operating cond. (50°C) Voltage 26 V
Pmpp 1291 Wp Nominal Capacity 2160 Ah (C10)
U mpp 28 V Temperature External ambient temperature
I mpp 46 A

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Controller
Universal controller
Technology
Temp coeff.
Converter
Maxi and EURO efficiencies
MPPT converter
-5.0 mV/°C/Elem.

97.0 / 95.0 %
Battery Management control
Threshold commands as
Charging
Discharging
SOC calculation
SOC = 0.96 / 0.80
SOC = 0.10 / 0.35

Total PV power
Nominal (STC) 1.32 kWp
Total 44 modules
Module area 10.3 m²
Cell area 6.3 m²

Array losses

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Thermal Loss factor
Module temperature according to irradiance
Uc (const)
Uv (wind)

Module Quality Loss

Loss Fraction
20.0 W/m²K
0.0 W/m²K/m/s

-0.8 %
DC wiring losses
Global array res.
Loss Fraction

Module mismatch losses

Loss Fraction
10 mΩ
1.5 % at STC

0.6 % at MPP
Serie Diode Loss
Voltage drop
Loss Fraction

Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction
0.7 V
2.3 % at STC

0.1 %

IAM loss factor

Incidence effect (IAM): Fresnel smooth glass, n = 1.526

0° 30° 50° 60° 70° 75° 80° 85° 90°

1.000 0.998 0.981 0.948 0.862 0.776 0.636 0.403 0.000

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Detailed User's needs

Daily household consumers, Monthly Specifications, average = 1.0 kWh/day
January and February

Number Power Use Energy Number Power Use Energy

W Hour/day Wh/day W Hour/day Wh/day
CALEFON AGUA 1 480W/lamp 24.0 11520
Total daily energy 11520Wh/day 0Wh/day

March and April

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Number Power Use Energy Number Power Use Energy
W Hour/day Wh/day W Hour/day Wh/day
Total daily energy 0Wh/day 0Wh/day

May and June

Number Power Use Energy Number Power Use Energy

W Hour/day Wh/day W Hour/day Wh/day
Total daily energy 0Wh/day 0Wh/day

July and August

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Number Power Use Energy Number Power Use Energy
W Hour/day Wh/day W Hour/day Wh/day
Total daily energy 0Wh/day 0Wh/day

September and October

Number Power Use Energy Number Power Use Energy

W Hour/day Wh/day W Hour/day Wh/day
Total daily energy 0Wh/day 0Wh/day

November and December

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Number Power Use Energy Number Power Use Energy
W Hour/day Wh/day W Hour/day Wh/day
Total daily energy 0Wh/day 0Wh/day

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Detailed User's needs

Hourly distribution

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Main results
System Production
Available Energy 2385 kWh/year Specific production 1807 kWh/kWp/year
Used Energy 217 kWh/year Performance Ratio PR 8.31 %
Excess (unused) 2099 kWh/year Solar Fraction SF 60.77 %
Loss of Load Battery aging (State of Wear)
Time Fraction 4.0 % Cycles SOW 99.9 %
Missing Energy 140 kWh/year Static SOW 80.2 %

Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR

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Balances and main results

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January
February
March
April
GlobHor
kWh/m²
184.1
160.4
188.2
185.1
GlobEff
kWh/m²
163.9
148.8
181.9
187.3
E_Avail
kWh
197.4
183.0
223.6
229.2
EUnused
kWh
0.0
127.2
220.2
225.9
E_Miss
kWh
140.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
E_User
kWh
217.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
E_Load
kWh
357.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
SolFrac
ratio
0.608
1.000
1.000
1.000
May 177.9 185.9 228.8 225.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000
June 147.9 156.7 196.9 193.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000
July 135.2 140.9 177.4 174.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000
August 140.1 142.5 179.4 176.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000
September 152.4 149.7 187.1 183.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000
October 157.8 148.8 185.9 182.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000
November 170.4 153.8 193.2 189.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000

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December 184.1 162.6 203.6 200.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000
Year 1983.7 1922.7 2385.5 2099.1 140.1 217.0 357.1 0.608

Legends
GlobHor Global horizontal irradiation E_User Energy supplied to the user
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings E_Load Energy need of the user (Load)
E_Avail Available Solar Energy SolFrac Solar fraction (EUsed / ELoad)
EUnused Unused energy (battery full)
E_Miss Missing energy

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Loss diagram
1984 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation

-0.21% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.87% IAM factor on global

1923 kWh/m² * 10 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 13.94% PV conversion

2759 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

+0.68% PV loss due to irradiance level

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+0.75%

-0.70%

-3.51%
PV loss due to temperature

Module quality loss

Mismatch loss, modules and strings

Ohmic wiring loss

-87.44% Unused energy (battery full)

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301 kWh Effective energy at the output of the array

-4.82% Converter Loss during operation (efficiency)

-0.20% Converter Loss due to power threshold
0.00% Converter Loss over nominal conv. voltage
0.00% Converter Loss due to voltage threshold

Missing 286 kWh Converter losses (effic, overload)

Direct
energy Stored
use Battery Storage

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28.5%
71.5%
+0.13% Battery Stored Energy balance
39.23%
140.1 kWh
-14.38% Battery efficiency loss
-2.38% Charge/Disch. Current Efficiency Loss
-11.54% Battery Self-discharge Current
217 kWh Energy supplied to the user
357 kWh Energy need of the user (Load)

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Special graphs
Diagrama entrada/salida diaria

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