Symbol Values

EyDC Energy Yield for 1 year

Gm(t) Intensity of Solar Radiation
n(t) Conversion Efficiency
Atot Total Module Area To be calculated
NT Number of Modules To be calculated
AM Area of one Module
based on electric
EyL Consumed Energy during 1 year bills or target energy
SF Sizing Factor 1.1
NS Number of Modules connected in Series
NP Number of Modules connected in parallel
PstcDC power on the DC side at STC To be calculated
PstcMPP Maximum power point of Solar Panel
PinvMax Maximum power of Inverter
PDCO Nominal DC Power of Inverter
Note The nominal DC powerof the inverter should be approx. equal to the PV power at STC

In practice, the nominal DC power of the inverter is selected slightly below the PV power at STC, (up
depending on the climate zone, because of the different irradiance distributions. Also, for PDCO less
singlephase inverters are used while PDCO greater than 5 three-phase inverters are advise
Matching Inverter and Array
Maximum and minimum operating temperature
Topmax Maximum operating temperature of PV module To be calculated
Maximum ambient temperature of a particular
Tambmax location
NOCT Nominal Operating Cell Temperature
G Solar Intensity

Topmin Minimum operating temperature of PV module To be calculated

Minimum ambient temperature of a particular
Tambmin location
Maximum and minimum effective voltage of the module
Vmin-eff Minimum Effective Voltage of the module To be calculated
VMP-STC Maximum MPPT Voltage at Standard Test Condition
γp maximum power temperature coefficient
TSTC Temperature in Standard Test Condition(STC)
Vmax-eff Minimum Effective Voltage of the module To be calculated
VOC-STC Open Voltage at Standard Test Condition
γvoc open voltage temperature coefficient
It is very important to keep in mind that the output voltage of the array should not fall outside the in
Note voltage range
Number of Modules in a string
(Mstring)min Minimum number of modules in a string To be calculated
(Vin-DC)min Minimum DC Volltage input for inverter
(Mstring)max Maximum number of modules in a string
Vmax-eff Maximum Effective Voltage

There is a voltage drop which occurs when generated electricity flows from array to inverter. Theref
calcuation of lower limit, a 2% voltage needs to be considered for Vmin-eff and a safety margin of 10
Note considered for (Vin-DC)min

For calculation of Vmax-eff, open-circuit voltage is considered since there is nno voltage drop. But fo
Note of (Vinv-DC)max 5% safety margin is applied
Maximum number of strings (to match with inverter input)
Note:
 Formula

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None
base on design
base on design
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based on specs of Solar Panel
based on specs of Inverter
based on specs of Inverter
to the PV power at STC

ghtly below the PV power at STC, (up to 10%),

ance distributions. Also, for PDCO less than 5kWp,
e-phase inverters are advise
rray

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based on the highest temperature in an
specific location
based on specs of Solar Panel
can be based on nasa or other references

based on location temperature

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based on specs of Solar Panel
based on specs of Solar Panel
based on specs of Solar Panel
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based on specs of Solar Panel
based on specs of Solar Panel
the array should not fall outside the inverter's MPPT
 #DIV/0!
based on specs of Inverter
#DIV/0!
based on specs of Inverter

y flows from array to inverter. Therefore, during the

for Vmin-eff and a safety margin of 10% should be

since there is nno voltage drop. But for the calculation