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Tilt And Orientation Factor
This component calculates the Optimal Tilt, Optimal Orientation and TOF (Tilt and Orientation Factor) for PV modules or Solar water heating collectors.
TOF is a solar radiation at the actual tilt and orientation divided by the solar radiation at the optimum tilt and orientation.
Inputs
| Name | ID | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epw File | _epwFile | Input .epw file path by using the "File Path" parameter, or Ladybug's "Open EPW And STAT Weather Files" component. | Goo |
| PV SWHsurface | _PV_SWHsurface | - Input planar Grasshopper/Rhino Surface (not a polysurface) on which the PV modules/SWH collectors will be applied. If you have a polysurface, explode it (using "Deconstruct Brep" component) and then feed its Faces(F) output to _PV_SWHsurface. Surface normal should be faced towards the sun. - Or create the Surface based on initial PV/SWH system size by using "PV SWH system size" component. | Goo |
| Annual Shading | annualShading_ | Losses due to buildings, structures, trees, mountains or other objects that prevent solar radiation from reaching the PV module/Solar water heating collector. Input range: 0 to 100(%), 0 being unshaded, and 100 being totally shaded PV module/SWH collector. - If not supplied default value of 0(%) will be used. | Goo |
| North | north_ | Input a vector to be used as a true North direction, or a number between 0 and 360 that represents the clockwise degrees off from the Y-axis. - If not supplied, default North direction will be set to the Y-axis (0 degrees). | Goo |
| Albedo | albedo_ | A list of 8767 (with header) or 8760 (without the header) albedo values for each hour during a year. Albedo (or Reflection coefficient) is an average ratio of the global incident solar radiation reflected from the area surrounding the PV surface. It ranges from 0 to 1. - It depends on the time of the year/day, surface type, temperature, vegetation, presence of water, ice and snow etc. - If no list supplied, default value of 0.20 will be used, corrected(increased) for the presence of snow (if any). - Unitless. | Goo |
| ___________________ | Script variable PhotovoltaicsSurface | Goo | |
| Precision | precision_ | Represents the square root number of analysis field for the output "geometry" mesh. Ranges from 1-100. Example - precision of 4, would mean that 4 fields in X direction (Azimuth) and 4 fields in Y direction (Tilt) = 16 fields, will be used to calculate the final "geometry" mesh. For lower precision numbers (say < 20) even precision numbers are more accurate. - If not supplied, default value of 20 will be used. | Goo |
| Scale | scale_ | Scale of the overall geometry. - If not supplied, default value of 1 will be used. | Goo |
| Origin | origin_ | Origin for the final "geometry" output. - If not supplied, default point of (-15,0,0) will be used. | Goo |
| Legend Par | legendPar_ | Optional legend parameters from the Ladybug "Legend Parameters" component. | Goo |
| Analysis Period | analysisPeriod_ | Script variable TOF | Goo |
| ___________________ | Script input ______________________. | Goo | |
| Bake It | bakeIt_ | Set to "True" to bake the Tilt and orientation factor results into the Rhino scene. - If not supplied default value "False" will be used. | Goo |
| Run It | _runIt | ... | Goo |
Outputs
| Name | ID | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Out | readMe! | ... | String |
| ___________________ | Script variable PhotovoltaicsSurface | Goo | |
| TOF | TOF | Tilt and Orientation Factor - solar radiation at the actual tilt and azimuth divided by the solar radiation at the optimum tilt and azimuth. In percent(%). | Goo |
| TSRF | TSRF | Total Solar Resource Fraction - the ratio of solar radiation available accounting for both annual shading and TOF, compared to the solar radiation available at a given location at the optimum tilt and azimuth and with no shading. Calculated according to the following equation: TSRF = TOF * (100-annualShading)/100 Some USA states, like Oregon and Washington require TSRF to be minimum 75% in order for the PV system to be applicable for incentive programs. - In percent(%). | Goo |
| PVsurface Tilt | PVsurfaceTilt | Tilt angle of the inputted PV_SWHsurface. In degrees (°). | Goo |
| PVsurface Azimuth | PVsurfaceAzimuth | Orientation angle of the inputted PV_SWHsurface. In degrees (°). | Goo |
| Optimal Tilt | optimalTilt | Optimal tilt of the PV_SWHsurface for a given location. Optimal tilt being the one that receives the most annual solar radiation. In degrees (°). | Goo |
| Optimal Azimuth | optimalAzimuth | Optimal orientation of the PV_SWHsurface for a given location. Optimal azimuth being the one that receives the most annual solar radiation. In degrees (°). | Goo |
| Optimal Roof Pitch | optimalRoofPitch | Optimal steepness of the PV_SWHsurface for a given location. Optimal steepness being the one that receives the most annual solar radiation. In inches/inches | Goo |
| Optimal Radiation | optimalRadiation | Total solar radiation per square meter for a whole year received on a PV_SWHsurface of optimal tilt and azimuth, at given location. In kWh/m2 | Goo |
| ___________________ | Script variable TOF | Goo | |
| Geometry | geometry | Geometry of the whole TOF mesh chart. Connect this output to a Grasshopper's "Geo" parameter in order to preview the "geometry" separately in the Rhino scene. | Goo |
| Origin Pt | originPt | The origin point of the "geometry" output. Use this point to move "geometry" output around in the Rhino scene with the grasshopper's "Move" component. | Goo |
| Analysis Pt | analysisPt | A point indicating inputted PV_SWHsurface's Tilt/Azimuth position on the solar radiation table. | Goo |
| Legend | legend | A legend for the annual total solar radiation (in kWh/m2). Connect this output to a Grasshopper's "Geo" parameter in order to preview the legend separately in the Rhino scene. | Goo |
| Legend Base Pt | legendBasePt | Legend base point, which can be used to move the "legend" geometry with grasshopper's "Move" component. | Goo |
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