[TRNSYS-users] Type 94a- Module Area

Domenico Mazzeo domenico.mazzeo at unical.it
Fri Feb 14 15:36:42 PST 2020


You are welcome.
Usually, the manufacturers provide the number of cells in series. This
parameter have to be set in the corresponding parameter window of Type 94.
Regards

Il Ven 14 Feb 2020, 20:17 Amir Hossein Rahmanzadeh <
amir_rahmanzadeh at mecheng.iust.ac.ir> ha scritto:

> Thanks.
> That explains a lot, but from which parameter does it gain the number of
> cells?
> I've downloaded couple of Photovoltaic panels catalogues, how can I
> extract the number of cells from them and where should I write them in
> trnsys?
> Thank you very much for your time.
>
> Mechanical engineering at Iran university of science and technology
> Interested in fields of energy consumption, renewable energies , IT &
> programming.
>
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> *From:* Domenico Mazzeo <domenico.mazzeo at unical.it>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 14, 2020 10:29:56 PM
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> *Cc:* Amir Hossein Rahmanzadeh <amir_rahmanzadeh at mecheng.iust.ac.ir>
> *Subject:* Re: [TRNSYS-users] Type 94a- Module Area
>
> Dear Amir,
> actually Trnsys does not use the module area to evaluate the electrical
> and thermal performance of a PV module.
> It solves the electrical I-V characteristic cueve step by step for a
> module consisting of n cells known the electrical data of a PV cell (short
> circuit, open circuit and so on).
> This because if it knows the electrical performance of a cell (Vmp and
> Imp) in reference conditions, the number of cells define the performance of
> the entire module.
> Regards
>
> Il Ven 14 Feb 2020, 19:48 Amir Hossein Rahmanzadeh via TRNSYS-users <
> trnsys-users at lists.onebuilding.org> ha scritto:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm relatively new to trnsys and I'm trying to run a simulation with Type
>> 94a but while doing that i faced something strange.
>>
>> Its odd that if I change the "Module Area" nothing changes in
>> final graph! even if I set it to zero.
>>
>> Why is so? Whats the role and meaning of Module Area then?
>>
>>
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