General description of the program

General description of the program

 

BlueSol is a software product that allows you to create the design of the following types of photovoltaic systems:

  • Systems connected to the grid with or without energy storage on batteries in DC area or in a AC area.

  • Systems standalone with energy storage on batteries in DC area or in a AC area.

This program helps the designer in all phases of project development, from the simulation of energy production to the production of documentation. Allows you to simulate the energy production of a PV system, and perform the economic analysis on the return on investment. Also checks the compatibility of connections string-inverter and generates the documentation of the project. In addition it incorporates a 2D/3D CAD engine that allows the insertion of system layout and generation of the electrical scheme. It also allows the dimensioning of the electrical components and cables.

 

BlueSol handles the following aspects of design:

 

Locations and irradiations: Defines the location and the irradiations, read from the database or specified by the user. It estimates the losses for far shadings being able detect the horizon line also from digital photos, and for near shadings recognized in Layout by the presence of obstacles next to the system.

 

System: Represents the scheme of the PV system and simulates its behavior by calculating the energy produced. In addition, the program sizes the grid of photovoltaic field checking the compatibility of the coupling between strings and inverters.

 

Layout: Allows you to enter the planimetry and the components that make up the system, to do this you are working on a map accessed directly from Internet. The modules and other PV system components are included in the planimetry in assisted mode using the program's tools and can then be modified and exported in DWG format.

In addition, the layout can be displayed in a 3D view that presents the arrangement of all elements of the system. In this 3D view are also displayed the shadows of obstacles close to the system and the distribution of irradiations on the areas of the PV system.

 

Electrical scheme: The single-line scheme is generated automatically based on the layout of the system and the electrical components. The design obtained can then be modified using the CAD functionality and exported in DWG format.

 

Electrical components: specifies the electrical components used in the electric panels DC and AC system. The program performs the electrical verification of all components and manages the storage in the archive of the models used most frequently.

 

Economic analysis: Provides the tools to analyze the convenience of the realization of the photovoltaic system, evaluating costs of realization and management and simulating the profitability during the period of observation. The program then produces graphs and summary tables exportable in xls format.

 

Energy consumption: Evaluates consumption and self-consumption of the user connected to the PV system. The program provides the tools to define the power consumption of individual electrical devices with which to create a database of reusable information. The combination of the consumption of the devices realizes a consumption profile that identifies the energy consumption of a user.

 

Print documentation: Creates and prints the project documentation, the program provides the templates for the technical and economic report. But also provides to user all the tools to create new custom reports.