.Buildings.Electrical.AC.OnePhase.Sources.PVSimpleOriented

Information

Model of a simple photovoltaic array.

This model takes as an input the direct and diffuse solar radiation from the weather bus. The electrical connector is an AC one phase interface.

This model computes the active power as

P=A   f_act   η   G   η_DCAC,

where A is the panel area, f_act is the fraction of the aperture area, η is the panel efficiency, G is the total solar irradiation, which is the sum of direct and diffuse irradiation, and η_DCAC is the efficiency of the conversion between DC and AC. The model takes into account the location and the orientation of the PV panel, specified by the surface tilt, latitude and azimuth.

This active power is equal to P, while the reactive power is equal to Q = P   tan(acos(pf)), where pf is the power factor.

Revisions

• March 23, 2022, by Michael Wetter:
  Corrected documentation string for parameter A.
• September 16, 2021, by Michael Wetter:
  Removed parameter lat as this is now obtained from the weather data reader.
  This is for IBPSA, #1477.
• October 7, 2019, by Michael Wetter:
  Corrected model to include DC/AC conversion in output P.
  This is for issue 1577.
• January 30, 2019, by Michael Wetter:
  Added replaceable.
• September 4, 2014, by Michael Wetter:
  Revised model.
• August 5, 2014, by Marco Bonvini:
  Revised documentation.
• October 31, 2013, by Marco Bonvini:
  First implementation.