[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Dynamic Photovoltaics

["migueltgpacheco" <migueltgpacheco@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Jason


Your tracking is seasonal or daily?

Seasonally, you can use shading site objects at different angles with schedules to turn them on and off. Each shading object has the same PV capacity. Only the angle changes. For each season, you turn off all shading site objects with schedules except the shading site object of that season. You can use this strategy for also for monthly tracking. Twelve schedules and Twelve shading site objects.

Daily (that is to say following the sun through the day) I never did it. I can't think of an easy way of doing it. 


Miguel


--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jason Kirkpatrick <jason.alan.kirkpatrick@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> Has anyone simulated a solar tracking PV array?
> 
> I am trying to help a student doing a research project and we are
> attempting to find a way to simulate this type of PV.
> 
> There are two procedures that I think could be attempted:
> 
> 1.  Somehow use the EMS to move the surface the PV array is assigned to
> 
> 2. Create arrays for each possible position and run all simultaneously,
> then selectively post-process the results to include the maximum energy
> generation of each array at the given timestep.
> 
> Does anyone know if method 1 is possible?
> 
> Suggestions on the implementation of method 2?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jason
>




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