Comparison of Actual and Simulated Photovoltaic Systems for an Industrial Facility
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The present study compares operational and simulated photovoltaic (PV) systems for an industrial facility located in Konya Province, Türkiye, using PVsyst software. The highest radiation intensity was recorded in July, while the lowest was in December. The global horizontal irradiance is 1761.1 kWh/m² per year, while the effective global irradiance is 1661.1 kWh/m² per year. The maximum and the minimum values were obtained in June and October, respectively, with an overall annual difference of 5.68%. The highest and the lowest electricity generation values have been observed for both systems in July and January, respectively. On annual basis, the monthly average electricity generation was 210.2 MWh for the operational system and 201.1 MWh for the simulated system. In both cases, the peak performance ratio (PR) was 0.827 for the actual system and 0.954 for the simulated one in February. The lowest values were obtained in May, with 0.703 for the operational system and 0.656 for the simulated system. The annual average PR values for the actual and the simulated systems were 0.797 and 0.756, respectively. The results demonstrate that the performance of the simulated system closely matches that of the actual system, confirming the accuracy and reliability of PVsyst simulations for evaluating real-world photovoltaic system behavior in industrial applications.
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