Version 7.4.

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PVsyst - Simulation report
Standalone system

Project: Colegio en Cotagaita

Variant: Nueva variante de simulación
Standalone system with batteries
System power: 69.3 kWp

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Santiago de Cotagaita - Bolivia

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Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Project settings
Santiago de Cotagaita Latitude -20.82 °S Albedo 0.20
Bolivia Longitude -65.66 °W
Altitude 2650 m
Time zone UTC-4

Meteo data
Santiago de Cotagaita
Meteonorm 8.1 (2009-2014), Sat=100% - Sintético

System summary

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PV Field Orientation User's needs

Fixed plane Daily household consumers
Tilt/Azimuth 18 / -90 ° Constant over the year
Average 262 kWh/Day

System information
PV Array Battery pack
Nb. of modules 210 units Technology Lithium-ion, LFP
Pnom total 69.3 kWp Nb. of units 10 units
Voltage 240 V
Capacity 2240 Ah

Results summary

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Useful energy from solar 95583 kWh/year
Missing Energy
Excess (unused)
0 kWh/year
46480 kWh/year

Project and results summary

Specific production 1379 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR
Available solar energy 145796 kWh/year

Table of contents
Solar Fraction SF
54.29 %
100.00 %

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 18 / -90 ° Diffuse Perez, Meteonorm
Circumsolar separate

User's needs
Daily household consumers
Constant over the year
Average 262 kWh/Day

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PV module
Manufacturer
Model
(Original PVsyst database)
Unit Nom. Power 330 Wp
PV Array Characteristics

Generic
AE 330MB-60
Battery
Manufacturer
Model
Technology
Nb. of units
Generic
ULTRA 175 48V 1120Ah
Lithium-ion, LFP
2 in parallel x 5 in series
Number of PV modules 210 units Discharging min. SOC 10.0 %
Nominal (STC) 69.3 kWp Stored energy 483.8 kWh
Modules 21 Strings x 10 In series Battery Pack Characteristics
At operating cond. (50°C) Voltage 240 V
Pmpp 62.9 kWp Nominal Capacity 2240 Ah (C10)
U mpp 305 V Temperature Fixed 20 °C
I mpp 206 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
Discharging
SOC calculation
SOC = 0.96 / 0.80
SOC = 0.10 / 0.35

Total PV power
Nominal (STC) 69 kWp
Total 210 modules
Module area 348 m²
Cell area 318 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
25 mΩ
1.5 % at STC

2.0 % at MPP
Serie Diode Loss
Voltage drop
Loss Fraction

Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction
0.7 V
0.2 % 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 = 262 kWh/day
Annual values Hourly distribution

Nb. Power Use Energy

W Hour/day Wh/day
Lámparas (LED o fluo) 7 100/lamp 8.0 5600
TV 2 240/app 7.0 3360
Electrodomésticos 1 1350/app 1.0 1350
refrigerador 1 24 250000
telefono 4 2 80
pc laptop 2 85 tot 4.0 680

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radio 2 50 tot 8.0 800
Total daily energy 261870

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PVsyst V7.4.2
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Main results
System Production
Useful energy from solar 95583 kWh/year Perf. Ratio PR 54.29 %
Available solar energy 145796 kWh/year Solar Fraction SF 100.00 %
Excess (unused) 46480 kWh/year
Loss of Load Battery aging (State of Wear)
Time Fraction 0.0 % Cycles SOW 96.5 %
Missing Energy 0 kWh/year Static SOW 90.0 %

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
259.2
215.0
231.6
196.1
GlobEff
kWh/m²
250.6
206.4
222.2
187.6
E_Avail
kWh
14518
11995
13056
11220
EUnused
kWh
5999
4373
4706
2961
E_Miss
kWh
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
E_User
kWh
8118
7332
8118
7856
E_Load
kWh
8118
7332
8118
7856
SolFrac
ratio
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
May 176.2 169.9 10302 1873 0.000 8118 8118 1.000
June 158.9 149.9 9082 939 0.000 7856 7856 1.000
July 170.7 161.2 9741 1354 0.000 8118 8118 1.000
August 191.9 183.5 10962 2554 0.000 8118 8118 1.000
September 208.5 199.8 11743 3588 0.000 7856 7856 1.000
October 250.4 241.2 13964 5525 0.000 8118 8118 1.000
November 256.0 248.1 14217 6047 0.000 7856 7856 1.000

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December 266.8 262.1 14996 6561 0.000 8118 8118 1.000
Year 2581.3 2482.5 145796 46480 0.000 95583 95583 1.000

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
2581 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation

-1.59% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.28% IAM factor on global

2483 kWh/m² * 348 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 19.90% PV conversion

172029 kWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.44% PV loss due to irradiance level

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+0.75%

-2.15%

-1.57%
PV loss due to temperature

Module quality loss

Mismatch loss, modules and strings

Ohmic wiring loss

-30.79% Unused energy (battery full)

103474 kWh Effective energy at the output of the array

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-4.00% Converter Loss during operation (efficiency)

-0.80% Converter Loss over nominal conv. power

-0.01% Converter Loss due to power threshold
0.00% Converter Loss over nominal conv. voltage
0.00% Converter Loss due to voltage threshold
99316 kWh Converter losses (effic, overload)
Missing
Direct use Stored Battery Storage
energy 24.6% 75.4%
+0.02% Battery Stored Energy balance
0.00%
0.0 kWh
-3.43% Battery efficiency loss

-2.76% Charge/Disch. Current Efficiency Loss

-0.18% Battery Self-discharge Current

PVsyst TRIAL 95583 kWh

95583 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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