Estimation of Electricity Production for a Photovoltaic Park Using Specialized Advanced Software
Abstract
Modeling and simulation of photovoltaic systems represent an essential task for the integration of photovoltaic panels in current power applications. At the present time, there are sizing tools of photovoltaic systems available on the market, taking into account the proposed energy consumption, site localization and system cost. Many of the specialized programs are relatively simple and allow the user to solve automatically the energy balance calculations, basing on different components of the photovoltaic system. In this article, there were considered the most common specialized programs namely SAM, SOLARIUS PV and PVSyst; it was analysed the sizing of a photovoltaic system. The results obtained through numerical modeling were compared with the existing data from a photovoltaic park installed in the South of Romania. In this way, it was identified the most efficient program for sizing.
Keywords
Pv system, The photovoltaic park, Simulation, Modeling, Software tools