Version 7.3.

PVsyst - Simulation report

Grid-Connected System

Project: PROJECT 1
Variant: MY FIRST SIMULATION
Building system
System power: 43.2 kWp
Taman Boon Kyle - Malaysia

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 Project: PROJECT 1
Variant: MY FIRST SIMULATION

PVsyst V7.3.1
VC0, Simulation date:
06/22/23 22:27
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Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
Taman Boon Kyle Latitude 5.38 °N Albedo 0.20
Malaysia Longitude 100.48 °E
Altitude 46 m
Time zone UTC+8

Meteo data
Taman Boon Kyle
Meteonorm 8.1 (1991-2009) - Synthetic

System summary
Grid-Connected System Building system

PV Field Orientation Near Shadings User's needs

Fixed planes 2 orientations Linear shadings Unlimited load (grid)
Tilts/azimuths 5 / -45 °
5 / 135 °

System information
PV Array Inverters
Nb. of modules 144 units Nb. of units 4 units
Pnom total 43.2 kWp Pnom total 48.0 kWac
Pnom ratio 0.900

Results summary
Produced Energy 63326 kWh/year Specific production 1466 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR 81.21 %

Table of contents
Project and results summary 2
General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses 3
Near shading definition - Iso-shadings diagram 5
Main results 7
Loss diagram 8
Predef. graphs 9
Single-line diagram 10

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General parameters
Grid-Connected System Building system

PV Field Orientation
Orientation Sheds configuration Models used
Fixed planes 2 orientations Transposition Perez
Tilts/azimuths 5 / -45 ° Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
5 / 135 ° Circumsolar separate

Horizon Near Shadings User's needs

Free Horizon Linear shadings Unlimited load (grid)

PV Array Characteristics
PV module Inverter
Manufacturer Generic Manufacturer Generic
Model Mono 300 Wp 60 cells Model 12 kWac inverter with 2 MPPT
(Original PVsyst database) (Original PVsyst database)
Unit Nom. Power 300 Wp Unit Nom. Power 12.0 kWac
Number of PV modules 144 units Number of inverters 4 units
Nominal (STC) 43.2 kWp Total power 48.0 kWac

Array #1 - PV Array
Orientation #1
Tilt/Azimuth 5/-45 °
Number of PV modules 36 units Number of inverters 2 * MPPT 50% 1 unit
Nominal (STC) 10.80 kWp Total power 12.0 kWac
Modules 2 Strings x 18 In series
At operating cond. (50°C) Operating voltage 350-600 V
Pmpp 9.72 kWp Pnom ratio (DC:AC) 0.90
U mpp 512 V No Power sharing between MPPTs
I mpp 19 A

Array #2 - Sub-array #4
Orientation #2
Tilt/Azimuth 5/135 °
Number of PV modules 36 units Number of inverters 2 * MPPT 50% 1 unit
Nominal (STC) 10.80 kWp Total power 12.0 kWac
Modules 2 Strings x 18 In series
At operating cond. (50°C) Operating voltage 350-600 V
Pmpp 9.72 kWp Pnom ratio (DC:AC) 0.90
U mpp 512 V No Power sharing between MPPTs
I mpp 19 A

Array #3 - Sub-array #3
Orientation #2
Tilt/Azimuth 5/135 °
Number of PV modules 36 units Number of inverters 2 * MPPT 50% 1 unit
Nominal (STC) 10.80 kWp Total power 12.0 kWac
Modules 2 Strings x 18 In series
At operating cond. (50°C) Operating voltage 350-600 V
Pmpp 9.72 kWp Pnom ratio (DC:AC) 0.90
U mpp 512 V No Power sharing between MPPTs
I mpp 19 A

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PV Array Characteristics
Array #4 - Sub-array #4
Orientation #1
Tilt/Azimuth 5/-45 °
Number of PV modules 36 units Number of inverters 2 * MPPT 50% 1 unit
Nominal (STC) 10.80 kWp Total power 12.0 kWac
Modules 2 Strings x 18 In series
At operating cond. (50°C) Operating voltage 350-600 V
Pmpp 9.72 kWp Pnom ratio (DC:AC) 0.90
U mpp 512 V No Power sharing between MPPTs
I mpp 19 A

Total PV power Total inverter power

Nominal (STC) 43 kWp Total power 48 kWac
Total 144 modules Number of inverters 4 units
Module area 234 m² Pnom ratio 0.90
Cell area 205 m² No Power sharing

Array losses
Thermal Loss factor DC wiring losses Module Quality Loss
Module temperature according to irradiance Global array res. 454 mΩ Loss Fraction -0.8 %
Uc (const) 20.0 W/m²K Global wiring resistance 113 mΩ
Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K/m/s Loss Fraction 1.5 % at STC

Module mismatch losses Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction 2.0 % at MPP Loss Fraction 0.1 %

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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Near shadings parameter

Perspective of the PV-field and surrounding shading scene

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Iso-shadings diagram
Orientation #1

Orientation #2

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Main results
System Production
Produced Energy 63326 kWh/year Specific production 1466 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR 81.21 %

Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR

Balances and main results

GlobHor DiffHor T_Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray E_Grid PR

kWh/m² kWh/m² °C kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh kWh ratio
January 165.1 74.16 27.80 165.0 159.3 5913 5779 0.811
February 159.6 72.88 28.39 159.4 154.9 5681 5554 0.806
March 174.1 83.59 28.61 173.8 168.9 6183 6041 0.805
April 161.8 81.97 28.21 161.6 157.2 5781 5644 0.809
May 155.2 77.99 28.72 154.9 150.4 5552 5417 0.810
June 142.3 82.53 28.21 142.1 137.9 5155 5030 0.819
July 149.5 74.83 28.32 149.3 145.0 5372 5240 0.813
August 144.8 89.39 28.07 144.6 140.5 5244 5116 0.819
September 140.6 76.61 27.26 140.3 136.1 5066 4941 0.815
October 137.2 76.71 27.44 137.0 133.0 4955 4829 0.816
November 135.6 69.24 27.11 135.4 131.2 4894 4771 0.816
December 141.8 66.89 27.61 141.7 136.6 5092 4966 0.812
Year 1807.7 926.79 27.98 1805.0 1751.0 64888 63326 0.812

Legends
GlobHor Global horizontal irradiation EArray Effective energy at the output of the array
DiffHor Horizontal diffuse irradiation E_Grid Energy injected into grid
T_Amb Ambient Temperature PR Performance Ratio
GlobInc Global incident in coll. plane
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings

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Loss diagram
1808 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation

-0.15% Global incident in coll. plane

-0.65% Near Shadings: irradiance loss

-2.35% IAM factor on global

1751 kWh/m² * 234 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 18.45% PV conversion

75680 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.70% PV loss due to irradiance level

-11.53% PV loss due to temperature

+0.75% Module quality loss

-2.10% Mismatch loss, modules and strings

-1.05% Ohmic wiring loss

64888 kWh Array virtual energy at MPP
-2.40% Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)
0.00% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. power
0.00% Inverter Loss due to max. input current
0.00% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. voltage
0.00% Inverter Loss due to power threshold
0.00% Inverter Loss due to voltage threshold
63326 kWh Available Energy at Inverter Output
63326 kWh Energy injected into grid

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Predef. graphs
Daily Input/Output diagram

System Output Power Distribution

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with v7.3.1