Modelo computacional da usina experimental fotovoltaica Tesla utilizando o software PVsyst

Abstract

The search for new renewable clean energy has been agenda for agreements between world power nations and seeking for research around the world. Although Brazil is one of the countries that have more share of renewable energy inserted their energetic matrix, the solar energy has poor visibility on the national energy picture. Therefore, this paper aimed to present a survey of photovoltaic solar capture technologies available in the market, especially the modules of crystalline silicon structure. In addition, it aimed to create a dimensioning model using the PVsyst software to simulate the operation of the experimental TESLA plant, using both the solarimetric data collected by the plant's meteorological station and the data provided by the METEONORM library, located at the Escola de Engenharia da UFMG. With the results generated by the simulation, it was possible to compare them with the previous simulation carried out by the plant's designers and also with the actual generation values obtained by the plant's monitoring system. Regarding the comparison with real data, the difference in annual energy production was 1.2% in relation to the simulation using the real solarimetric database for the year 2017 and 14.39% for the simulation using the METEONORM library. On the other hand, the comparison of the values generated in this work with the data simulated by the designers was 10.72%.