PVSYST V4.32 Jiawei Solarchina Co. Ltd.

17/08/10 Page 1/3

Grid-Connected System: Simulation parameters

Project : 1MW Grid-Connected Project

Geographical Site Shenyang Country China
Situation Latitude 41.5oN Longitude 123.3oE
Time defined as Legal Time Time zone UT+9 Altitude 42 m
Albedo 0.20
Meteo data : Shenyang , synthetic hourly data

Simulation variant : Simulation variant

Simulation date 17/08/10 15h29

Simulation parameters
Collector Plane Orientation Tilt 33 deg Azimuth 0 deg
Horizon Free Horizon
Near Shadings No Shadings

PV Array Characteristics
PV module Si-mono Model JW-G1950/JW5672
Manufacturer Jiawei
Number of PV modules In series 17 modules In parallel 302 strings
Total number of PV modules Nb. modules 5134 Unit Nom. Power 195 Wp
Array global power Nominal (STC) 1001 kWp At operating cond. 903 kWp (50oC)
Array operating characteristics (50oC) U mpp 549 V I mpp 1646 A
Total area Module area 6457 m2

PV Array loss factors

Heat Loss Factor ko (const) 29.0 W/m2K kv (wind) 0.0 W/m2K / m/s
=> Nominal Oper. Coll. Temp. (800 W/m2, Tamb=20oC, wind 1 m/s) NOCT 45 oC
Wiring Ohmic Loss Global array res. 11.1 mOhm Loss Fraction 3.1 % at STC
Serie Diode Loss Voltage Drop 0.7 V Loss Fraction 0.1 % at STC
Module Quality Loss Loss Fraction 3.0 %
Module Mismatch Losses Loss Fraction 2.0 % at MPP
Incidence effect, ASHRAE parametrization IAM = 1-bo (1/cos i - 1) bo Parameter 0.05

System Parameter System type Grid-Connected System

Inverter Model Sunny Central 1000 MV
Manufacturer SMA
Inverter Characteristics Operating Voltage 450-820 V Unit Nom. Power 1000 kW AC

User's needs : Unlimited load (grid)

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Grid-Connected System: Main results

Project : 1MW Grid-Connected Project
Simulation variant : Simulation variant

Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected

PV Field Orientation tilt 33 deg azimuth 0 deg
PV modules Model JW-G1950/JW5672 Pnom 195 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 5134 Pnom total 1001 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Central 1000 MV Pnom 1000 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Main simulation results

System Production Produced Energy 1207 MWh/year Specific 1205 kWh/kWp/year
Performance Ratio PR 81.9 %

Normalized productions (per installed kWp): Nominal power 1001 kWp Performance Ratio PR
6 1.0
PR : Performance Ratio (Yf / Yr) : 0.819
Lc : Collection Loss (PV-array losses) 0.63 kWh/kWp/day
Ls : System Loss (inverter, ...) 0.1 kWh/kWp/day
Yf : Produced useful energy (inverter output) 3.3 kWh/kWp/day
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0.8
Normalized Energy [kWh/kWp/day]

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Performance Ratio PR

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Simulation variant
Balances and main results

GlobHor T Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray EOutInv EffArrR EffSysR

kWh/m2 oC kWh/m2 kWh/m2 kWh kWh % %
January 61.0 -11.50 95.1 92.4 88247 85595 14.37 13.94
February 78.6 -7.80 116.1 112.8 106266 103056 14.18 13.75
March 125.0 0.69 150.7 146.3 133795 129837 13.75 13.34
April 141.1 9.80 146.7 142.2 124601 120919 13.15 12.76
May 160.7 17.20 154.9 149.9 126194 122379 12.62 12.24
June 151.2 21.70 141.3 136.4 112751 109366 12.36 11.99
July 136.9 24.50 129.9 125.6 101548 98401 12.11 11.73
August 130.2 23.60 129.8 125.5 101873 98707 12.16 11.78
September 112.3 17.30 128.5 124.7 105340 102162 12.69 12.31
October 91.5 9.50 122.8 119.2 104428 101278 13.17 12.78
November 54.7 0.29 75.3 73.0 65896 63885 13.55 13.14
December 48.4 -7.90 81.4 78.9 73384 71132 13.97 13.54

Year 1291.6 8.20 1472.6 1426.9 1244323 1206717 13.09 12.69

Legends: GlobHor Horizontal global irradiation EArray Effective energy at the output of the array
T Amb Ambient Temperature EOutInv Available Energy at Inverter Output
GlobInc Global incident in coll. plane EffArrR Effic. Eout array / rough area
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings EffSysR Effic. Eout system / rough area
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Grid-Connected System: Loss diagram

Project : 1MW Grid-Connected Project
Simulation variant : Simulation variant

Main system parameters System type Grid-Connected

PV Field Orientation tilt 33 deg azimuth 0 deg
PV modules Model JW-G1950/JW5672 Pnom 195 Wp
PV Array Nb. of modules 5134 Pnom total 1001 kWp
Inverter Model Sunny Central 1000 MV Pnom 1000 kW ac
User's needs Unlimited load (grid)

Loss diagram over the whole year

1292 kWh/m2 Horizontal global irradiation

+14.0% Global incident in coll. plane
-3.1% IAM factor on global
1427 kWh/m2 * 6457 m2 coll. Effective irradiance on collectors
efficiency at STC = 15.6% PV conversion
1437700 kWh efficiency at STC = 15.6%
-6.1% PV loss due to irradiance level

-0.9% PV loss due to temperature

-3.3% Module quality loss
-2.2% Module array mismatch loss
-1.6% Ohmic wiring loss
1244842 kWh Array virtual energy at MPP
-3.0% Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)
0.0% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. power

-0.0% Inverter Loss due to power threshold

0.0% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. voltage

-0.0% Inverter Loss due to voltage threshold

1206717 kWh Available Energy at Inverter Output