PV*SOL premium is a dynamic simulation programme with 3D visualisation and detailed shading analysis for designing and simulating photovoltaic systems. The 2021 programme version has been adapted to the latest technical developments and expanded for future-oriented applications. By integrating the simulation of a complete hot water system with the integration of a thermal building model from the sister programme T*SOL, the share of the energy consumption of an electric heat pump to cover the thermal building energy requirement, or the hot water energy requirement, can now be calculated and the respective share of the electricity from the PV system determined.
With the new data sets from the German Weather Service, high-quality test reference data sets for Germany are available for the first time in PV*SOL premium 2021, which were generated in 2017 as part of a research project. The global climate data from Meteonorm 7.3 has also been added. The programme thus includes the latest climate data records that are currently available.
Improved user interface
Appliances that are only operated when there is a PV surplus can be simulated in PV*SOL premium from version 2021. The surplus consumers can have a dynamic or fixed power consumption. The import of short-term load profiles now also allows the load profiles measured over a freely adjustable period to be imported into PV*SOL premium 2021. Previously, the shortest specified period was a full year.
See also:
GeoT*SOL: A tool for planning, designing and calculating heat pump systems
There is also something new in the 3D visualisation: the map import (floor plans, cadastral maps and screenshots from web-based satellite maps) includes an improved user interface and additional map material. Furthermore, a clear representation of the interconnection of the individual modules and strings up to the inverter and the grid feed-in point as well as safety devices can now be managed in templates and components added in groups. The templates for project reports are now freely configurable and an import and export function was added. (mfo)
