System Advisor Model Is Developed By The National...

Gerardo M Gallardo Independent Study EEL 4905-Spring 2015 03/09/15 System Advisor Model (SAM) or System Advisor Model is developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and is available for free download. Its main function is to predict the performance and cost of residential and commercial projects. SAM has different options for predicting the performance of photovoltaic systems. The model requires that the user choose from different photovoltaic system models, and depending on that choice, possibly choose from different modules and different inverter component models. The software offers a package of performance and financial for projects with different financial structures. SAM’s reports use consistent assumptions for the different models to facilitate comparing technology and financing options. SAM is one of many photovoltaic system models available, but is unique in the way it integrates a photovoltaic performance model with a detailed financial model for a given project, and in its ability to compare photovoltaic systems to other renewable energy systems. SAM has three different choices for the user to choose from to modeling a photovoltaic system; The PVWatts System model which is an implementation of NREL s online photovoltaic calculator, the Flat Plate PV model which combines and separates module’s component models that are available for the user to select and; and the High-X Concentrating PV model which is for concentrating PV systems. All threeShow MoreRelatedModeling and Simulation of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles10461 Words   |  42 PagesINVITED PAPER Modeling and Simulation of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Tools that can model embedded software as well as components, and can automate the details of electric and hybrid vehicle design, need to be developed. By David Wenzhong Gao, Senior Member IEEE, Chris Mi, Senior Member IEEE, and Ali Emadi, Senior Member IEEE ABSTRACT | This paper discusses the need for modeling and simulation of electric and hybrid vehicles. Different modeling methods such as physics-based Resistive