Version 7.2.

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Pumping PV System

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Pumping PV System
System power: 10.00 kWp
Ariana - Tunisia

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PVsyst V7.2.6
VC0, Simulation date:
01/11/23 12:13
with v7.2.6

Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
Ariana Latitude 36.86 °N Albedo 0.20
Tunisia Longitude 10.19 °E
Altitude 16 m
Time zone UTC+1

Meteo data
Ariana
Meteonorm 8.0 (1991-2000), Sat=30% - Synthetic

System summary
Pumping PV System Deep Well to Storage

PV Field Orientation Water needs

Fixed plane Yearly constant 45.00 m³/day
Tilt/Azimuth 26 / 0 °

System information
PV Array
Nb. of modules 40 units
Pnom total 10.00 kWp

Results summary
Water Energy Efficiencies
Water Pumped 2262 m³ Energy At Pump 1679 kWh System efficiency 10.4 %
Specific 27 m³/kWp/bar Specific 0.74 kWh/m³ Pump efficiency 31.3 %
Water needs 16425 m³ Unused (tank full)
Missing Water 86.2 % Unused PV energy 0 kWh
Unused Fraction 0.0 %

Table of contents
Project and results summary 2
General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses 3
Main results 5
Loss diagram 6
Special graphs 7

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General parameters
Pumping PV System Deep Well to Storage

System Requirements Well characteristics Storage tank

Basic Head 82 meterW Static level depth -75 m Volume 45.0 m³
Water needs Specific drawdown -1.00 m/m³/h Diameter 6.0 m
Yearly constant 45.00 m³/day Diameter 14 cm Feeding by top
Pump level -87 m Feeding altitude 7.0 m
Lower dynamic level -80 m Height (full level) 1.6 m

Hydraulic circuit PV Field Orientation

Piping length 94 m Fixed plane
Pipes DN125 Tilt/Azimuth 26 / 0 °
Dint 130 mm

PV Array and Pump

PV module Pump
Manufacturer Hanwha Q Cells Manufacturer Generic
Model Q.PRO BLK-G3 250 Model Well 8 kW Head 60-160 - FR 10 m3_h
(Original PVsyst database) Pump Technology Centrifugal Multistage
Unit Nom. Power 250 Wp Deep well pump
Number of PV modules 40 units Motor AC motor, triphased
Nominal (STC) 10.00 kWp Associated or Integrated converter
Modules 2 Strings x 20 In series Type MPPT
At operating cond. (50°C) Voltage range 575 - 850 V
Pmpp 8.95 kWp Operating conditions
U mpp 545 V
I mpp 16 A Head min. Head Nom Head max.
60.0 100.0 160.0 m
Total PV power
Nominal (STC) 10 kWp Corresp. Flowrate 12.79 10.21 6.19 m³/h
Total 40 modules Req. power 6300 6300 6300 W

Control device
Manufacturer Lorentz
Model PSk2-7
System Configuration MPPT-AC inverter

Pumping system controller

System Operating Control
Power Conditioning Unit
Type MPPT-AC inverter
Operating conditions
Nominal power 8000 W
Power Threshold 80 W
Max. efficiency 98.0 %
EURO efficiency 96.0 %
Minimum MPP Voltage 575 V
Maximum MPP Voltage 850 V
Maximum Array Voltage 850 V
Maximum Input Current 13.0 A

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System losses
Thermal Loss factor DC wiring losses Module Quality Loss
Module temperature according to irradiance Global array res. 558 mΩ Loss Fraction -0.5 %
Uc (const) 20.0 W/m²K Loss Fraction 1.5 % at STC
Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K/m/s

Module mismatch losses Strings Mismatch loss IAM loss factor

Loss Fraction 2.0 % at MPP Loss Fraction 0.1 % ASHRAE Param: IAM = 1 - bo(1/cosi -1)
bo Param. 0.05

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Main results
System Production
Water Energy Efficiencies
Water Pumped 2262 m³ Energy At Pump 1679 kWh System efficiency 10.4 %
Specific 27 m³/kWp/bar Specific 0.74 kWh/m³ Pump efficiency 31.3 %
Water needs 16425 m³ Unused (tank full)
Missing Water 86.2 % Unused PV energy 0 kWh
Unused Fraction 0.0 %

Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR

Balances and main results

GlobEff EArrMPP E_PmpOp ETkFull H_Pump WPumped W_Used W_Miss

kWh/m² kWh kWh kWh meterW m³ m³ m³
January 99.7 930 142.3 0.000 84.85 199.1 221.6 1173
February 112.1 1038 137.7 0.000 84.73 187.8 187.8 1072
March 151.4 1374 121.5 0.000 84.43 155.3 155.3 1240
April 172.5 1522 134.5 0.000 84.05 155.9 155.9 1194
May 196.5 1701 136.4 0.000 84.77 188.2 188.2 1207
June 199.8 1687 140.8 0.000 85.07 205.3 205.3 1145
July 215.9 1778 160.4 0.000 85.03 233.1 233.1 1162
August 199.9 1659 138.4 0.000 84.38 175.9 175.9 1219
September 163.5 1403 134.6 0.000 84.61 179.9 179.9 1170
October 136.1 1202 147.9 0.000 84.76 203.6 203.6 1191
November 106.7 971 102.5 0.000 84.33 127.7 127.7 1222
December 90.3 846 181.9 0.000 84.75 249.8 249.8 1145
Year 1844.4 16111 1679.0 0.000 84.65 2261.7 2284.2 14141

Legends
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings WPumped Water volume pumped
EArrMPP Array virtual energy at MPP W_Used Water drawn by the user
E_PmpOp Pump operating energy W_Miss Missing water
ETkFull Unused energy (tank full)
H_Pump Average total Head at pump

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Loss diagram
1688 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation
+12.2% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.59% IAM factor on global

1844 kWh/m² * 67 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 14.97% PV conversion

18447 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.11% PV loss due to irradiance level

-10.18% PV loss due to temperature

+0.50% Module quality loss

-2.10% Mismatch loss, modules and strings

-1.06% Ohmic wiring loss
16111 kWh Array virtual energy at MPP
-0.81% Converter Loss during operation (efficiency)
-0.14% Converter Loss over nominal conv. power
-0.03% Converter Loss due to power threshold
0.00% Converter Loss over nominal conv. voltage

-13.52% Converter Loss due to voltage threshold

-2.44% En. under pump producing threshold

13460 kWh Electrical losses (converter, thresholds, overload)

-87.53% Energy under drawdown limit

0.00% Unused energy (tank full)

1679 kWh Operating electrical energy at pump
526 kWh Pump efficiency = 31.3% Hydraulic energy at pump

82 meterW Static head requirement (no flow)

-3.13% Well: drawdown head loss

-0.01% Friction head loss
2262 m³ Aver. Head = 84.7 meterW Water volume pumped
+0.99% Stored water balancebegin/end of interval

Missing: 14141 m³ 2284 m³ supplied (13.9%of needs) User's water needs

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Special graphs
Daily Input/Output diagram

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