Version 7.4.

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PVsyst - Simulation report
Standalone system

Project: COTOPAXI
Variant: Nueva variante de simulación
Standalone system with batteries
System power: 4860 Wp

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COTOPAXI(San Felipe) - Ecuador

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Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
COTOPAXI(San Felipe) Latitude -0.93 °S Albedo 0.20
Ecuador Longitude -78.63 °W
Altitude 2758 m
Time zone UTC-5

Meteo data
COTOPAXI(San Felipe)
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 15.7 kWh/Day

System information
PV Array Battery pack
Nb. of modules 18 units Technology Lead-acid, sealed, Gel
Pnom total 4860 Wp Nb. of units 116 units
Voltage 48 V
Capacity 1537 Ah

Results summary

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Useful energy from solar 5672.14 kWh/year
Missing Energy
Excess (unused)
54.71 kWh/year
1018.37 kWh/year

Project and results summary

Specific production 1167 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR
Available solar energy 7115.31 kWh/year

Table of contents
Solar Fraction SF
67.64 %
99.04 %

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 15.7 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
29 in parallel x 4 in series
Number of PV modules 18 units Discharging min. SOC 20.0 %
Nominal (STC) 4860 Wp Stored energy 59.0 kWh
Modules 9 Strings x 2 In series Battery Pack Characteristics
At operating cond. (50°C) Voltage 48 V
Pmpp 4314 Wp Nominal Capacity 1537 Ah (C10)
U mpp 55 V Temperature Fixed 20 °C
I mpp 79 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
53.7 / 50.1 V
SOC = 0.20 / 0.45
46.8 / 48.9 V

Total PV power
Nominal (STC) 4.86 kWp
Total 18 modules
Module area 29.4 m²
Cell area 26.5 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
12 mΩ
1.5 % at STC

0.5 % at MPP
Serie Diode Loss
Voltage drop
Loss Fraction

Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction
0.7 V
1.1 % 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 = 15.7 kWh/day
Annual values Hourly distribution

Nb. Power Use Energy

W Hour/day Wh/day
Lámparas (LED o fluo) 12 123/lamp 6.0 8856
TV / PC / móvil 2 567/app 5.0 5670
Electrodomésticos 1 125/app 4.0 500
Nevera / congelación profunda 1 24 240
Lavaplatos y lavadora 1 5 400
Consumidores en espera 24.0 24

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Total daily energy 15690

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Main results
System Production
Useful energy from solar 5672.14 kWh/year Perf. Ratio PR 67.64 %
Available solar energy 7115.31 kWh/year Solar Fraction SF 99.04 %
Excess (unused) 1018.37 kWh/year
Loss of Load Battery aging (State of Wear)
Time Fraction 0.9 % Cycles SOW 96.8 %
Missing Energy 54.71 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
160.4
138.3
142.3
154.7
GlobEff
kWh/m²
115.3
108.4
125.4
151.9
E_Avail
kWh
494.3
462.0
534.8
637.2
EUnused
kWh
0.0
0.0
0.0
113.1
E_Miss
kWh
18.83
0.00
0.00
0.00
E_User
kWh
467.6
439.3
486.4
470.7
E_Load
kWh
486.4
439.3
486.4
470.7
SolFrac
ratio
0.961
1.000
1.000
1.000
May 149.1 156.9 663.3 135.9 0.00 486.4 486.4 1.000
June 146.0 162.4 688.1 178.6 0.00 470.7 470.7 1.000
July 155.5 169.0 721.3 189.7 0.00 486.4 486.4 1.000
August 162.4 164.0 692.1 164.9 0.00 486.4 486.4 1.000
September 164.8 151.0 641.2 135.8 0.00 470.7 470.7 1.000
October 168.3 137.8 586.7 55.4 0.00 486.4 486.4 1.000
November 168.9 122.7 524.1 45.0 0.00 470.7 470.7 1.000

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December 161.8 110.3 470.1 0.0 35.88 450.5 486.4 0.926
Year 1872.7 1675.2 7115.3 1018.4 54.71 5672.1 5726.8 0.990

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
1873 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation

-7.86% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.92% IAM factor on global

1675 kWh/m² * 29 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 16.52% PV conversion

8147 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

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-0.51% PV loss due to irradiance level

-6.84% PV loss due to temperature

+0.75% Module quality loss

-0.65% Mismatch loss, modules and strings

-2.15% Ohmic wiring loss

-13.77% Unused energy (battery full)

6377 kWh Effective energy at the output of the array

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-4.36% Converter Loss during operation (efficiency)

-0.03% Converter Loss due to power threshold

0.00% Converter Loss over nominal conv. voltage
0.00% Converter Loss due to voltage threshold
6097 kWh Converter losses (effic, overload)
Missing Direct use Stored Battery Storage
38.3% 61.7%
energy -0.28% Battery Stored Energy balance
0.96% -5.67% Battery efficiency loss
54.7 kWh
-1.84% Charge/Disch. Current Efficiency Loss

-0.74% Gassing Current (electrolyte dissociation)

-0.80% Battery Self-discharge Current

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5727 kWh
Energy supplied to the user

Energy need of the user (Load)

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Predef. graphs
Diagrama entrada/salida diaria

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