Design drawing of double row piles of photovoltaic bracket

How to design a photovoltaic system?

This consists of the following steps: (i) Inter-row spacing design; (ii) Determination of operating periods of the P V system; (iii) Optimal number of solar trackers; and (iv) Determination of the effective annual incident energy on photovoltaic modules. A flowchart outlining the proposed methodology is shown in Fig. 2.

What rack configurations are used in photovoltaic plants?

The most used rack configurations in photovoltaic plants are the 2 V × 12 configuration (2 vertically modules in each row and 12 modules per row) and the 3 V × 8 configuration (3 vertically consecutive modules in each row and 8 modules per row). Codes and standards have been used for the structural analysis of these rack configurations.

What is a photovoltaic module?

A photovoltaic (PV) module is a packaged, and connected photovoltaic solar cells assembled in an array of various sizes. Photovoltaic modules constitute the photovoltaic array of a photovoltaic system that generates and supplies solar electricity in commercial and residential applications.

Does a ground-mounted photovoltaic power plant have a fixed tilt angle?

A ground-mounted photovoltaic power plant comprises a large number of components such as: photovoltaic modules, mounting systems, inverters, power transformer. Therefore its optimization may have different approaches. In this paper, the mounting system with a fixed tilt angle has been studied.

How to choose suitable locations for photovoltaic (P V) plants?

The selection of the most suitable locations for photovoltaic (P V) plants is a prior aim for the sector companies. Geographic information system (G I S) is a framework used for analysing the possibility of P V plants installation . With G I S tools the potential of solar power and the suitable locations for P V plants can be estimated.

How are P V solar modules packed?

The P V modules are represented by rectangles inside the mounting system. The packing scheme consists of placing rows of solar trackers to the North–South direction, with dimensions W × L inside the available land area P ¯ (see Fig. 9.a).