Version 7.4.

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PVsyst - Simulation report
Standalone system

Project: SANTA ELENA

Variant: Nueva variante de simulación
Standalone system with batteries
System power: 17.28 kWp

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SANTA ELENA(Carrizal) - Ecuador

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Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
SANTA ELENA(Carrizal) Latitude -2.09 °S Albedo 0.20
Ecuador Longitude -80.50 °W
Altitude 207 m
Time zone UTC-5

Meteo data
SANTA ELENA(Carrizal)
NREL NSRDB Typ. Met. Year PSMv3_1998 to 2020 - TMY

System summary

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Standalone system Standalone system with batteries

PV Field Orientation User's needs

Fixed plane Daily household consumers
Tilt/Azimuth 30 / 0 ° Constant over the year
Average 49 kWh/Day

System information
PV Array Battery pack
Nb. of modules 64 units Technology Lead-acid, sealed, Gel
Pnom total 17.28 kWp Nb. of units 360 units
Voltage 96 V
Capacity 2385 Ah

Results summary

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Useful energy from solar
Missing Energy
Excess (unused)
17511.67 kWh/year
217.11 kWh/year
2567.71 kWh/year

Project and results summary

Specific production 1013 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR
Available solar energy 21116.61 kWh/year

Table of contents
Solar Fraction SF
66.39 %
98.78 %

2
General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses 3
Detailed User's needs 4
Main results 5
Loss diagram 6
Predef. graphs 7

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General parameters
Standalone system Standalone system with batteries

PV Field Orientation
Orientation Sheds configuration Models used
Fixed plane No 3D scene defined Transposition Perez
Tilt/Azimuth 30 / 0 ° Diffuse Imported
Circumsolar separate

User's needs
Daily household consumers
Constant over the year
Average 49 kWh/Day

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PV module
Manufacturer
Model
(Original PVsyst database)
Unit Nom. Power 270 Wp
PV Array Characteristics

Generic
END-60-270P
Battery
Manufacturer
Model
Technology
Nb. of units
Generic
12V 1 RES OPzV 65
Lead-acid, sealed, Gel
45 in parallel x 8 in series
Number of PV modules 64 units Discharging min. SOC 20.0 %
Nominal (STC) 17.28 kWp Stored energy 183.2 kWh
Modules 64 Strings x 1 In series Battery Pack Characteristics
At operating cond. (50°C) Voltage 96 V
Pmpp 15.34 kWp Nominal Capacity 2385 Ah (C10)
U mpp 27 V Temperature Fixed 20 °C
I mpp 559 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
approx.
Discharging
approx.
SOC calculation
SOC = 0.90 / 0.75
106.6 / 99.1 V
SOC = 0.20 / 0.45
92.5 / 96.5 V

Total PV power
Nominal (STC) 17 kWp
Total 64 modules
Module area 105 m²
Cell area 94.1 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
0.83 mΩ
1.5 % at STC

0.0 % at MPP
Serie Diode Loss
Voltage drop
Loss Fraction

Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction
0.7 V
2.3 % at STC

0.2 %

IAM loss factor

Incidence effect (IAM): Fresnel, AR coating, n(glass)=1.526, n(AR)=1.290

0° 30° 50° 60° 70° 75° 80° 85° 90°

1.000 0.999 0.987 0.962 0.892 0.816 0.681 0.440 0.000

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Detailed User's needs

Daily household consumers, Constant over the year, average = 49 kWh/day
Annual values Hourly distribution

Nb. Power Use Energy

W Hour/day Wh/day
Lámparas (LED o fluo) 12 425/lamp 7.0 35700
TV / PC / móvil 2 632/app 7.0 8848
Electrodomésticos 3 145/app 8.0 3480
Nevera / congelación profunda 1 24 240
Lavaplatos y lavadora 1 7 280
Consumidores en espera 24.0 24

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Total daily energy 48572

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Main results
System Production
Useful energy from solar 17511.67 kWh/year Perf. Ratio PR 66.39 %
Available solar energy 21116.61 kWh/year Solar Fraction SF 98.78 %
Excess (unused) 2567.71 kWh/year
Loss of Load Battery aging (State of Wear)
Time Fraction 1.2 % Cycles SOW 96.6 %
Missing Energy 217.11 kWh/year Static SOW 93.3 %

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
132.6
113.9
153.8
147.5
GlobEff
kWh/m²
97.1
92.1
136.9
145.0
E_Avail
kWh
1398
1323
1958
2057
EUnused
kWh
0.0
0.1
202.5
488.9
E_Miss
kWh
141.1
76.0
0.0
0.0
E_User
kWh
1365
1284
1506
1457
E_Load
kWh
1506
1360
1506
1457
SolFrac
ratio
0.906
0.944
1.000
1.000
May 142.0 150.9 2130 536.6 0.0 1506 1506 1.000
June 125.1 137.8 1950 405.7 0.0 1457 1457 1.000
July 120.8 128.7 1811 180.0 0.0 1506 1506 1.000
August 129.3 131.3 1851 283.6 0.0 1506 1506 1.000
September 146.1 135.2 1897 331.4 0.0 1457 1457 1.000
October 139.6 116.1 1655 138.9 0.0 1506 1506 1.000
November 141.7 105.6 1512 0.0 0.0 1457 1457 1.000

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December 154.3 108.8 1575 0.0 0.0 1506 1506 1.000
Year 1646.7 1485.5 21117 2567.7 217.1 17512 17729 0.988

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
1647 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation

-7.31% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.68% IAM factor on global

1486 kWh/m² * 105 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 16.52% PV conversion

25687 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.73% PV loss due to irradiance level

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+0.75%

-0.15%

-3.47%
PV loss due to temperature

Module quality loss

Mismatch loss, modules and strings

Ohmic wiring loss

-11.65% Unused energy (battery full)

19466 kWh Effective energy at the output of the array

-4.66% Converter Loss during operation (efficiency)

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-0.06% Converter Loss due to power threshold
0.00% Converter Loss over nominal conv. voltage
0.00% Converter Loss due to voltage threshold
18549 kWh Converter losses (effic, overload)
Missing Direct use Stored Battery Storage
energy 35.5% 64.5%
-0.44% Battery Stored Energy balance
1.22% -4.64% Battery efficiency loss
217.1 kWh
-1.92% Charge/Disch. Current Efficiency Loss
-0.52% Gassing Current (electrolyte dissociation)
-0.81% Battery Self-discharge Current
17512 kWh Energy supplied to the user

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17729 kWh Energy need of the user (Load)

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Predef. graphs
Diagrama entrada/salida diaria

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