Sizing Software of a Solar Farm System

Nuril Yaqin Ab Rahim; Shahril Irwan Sulaiman; Zulkifli Othman

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.785.611

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HomeApplied Mechanics and MaterialsApplied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 785Sizing Software of a Solar Farm System

Sizing Software of a Solar Farm System

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This paper presents sizing software for the design of a solar farm system. The sizing software provides few guidelines to the designer for the planning procedure before the final of optimum array configuration is decided. Some specifications that the designer may consider are the type of PV module, the type of inverter, the available space for installation, the required energy per year and also the sum of money to be allocated for the instalment. The output result of this software will be the suggestion of possible configuration of the total number of modules in series per string with the total number of strings in parallel. This software also does the prediction of the system performances such as final yield, specific yield and performance ratio. The expected income is provided by the software is based on the Feed-in Tariff rates and the energy generated by the system.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 785)

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Nuril Yaqin Ab Rahim*, Shahril Irwan Sulaiman, Zulkifli Othman

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