Intermediate photovoltaic system application experiment operational performance report. Volume 8 for Lovington Square Shopping Center, Lovington, NM

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5164358

For the month of January, 1982, performance data are given for a grid-connected photovoltaic power supply at a New Mexico shopping center. Data presented include: daily and monthly energy produced; daily and monthly incident solar energy; daily and monthly array efficiency; plots of energy produced as a function of power level, voltage, cell temperature, and hour of the day; power conditioner input, output and efficiency for two individual units and for the total power conditioning system; daily and monthly photovoltaic energy supplied to the load and the corresponding dollar value for the month; photovoltaic system efficiency; capacity factor; daily system availability; daily and hourly insolation; daily and hourly ambient temperature; daily and hourly wind speed; wind direction distribution; heating and cooling degree days; number of freeze/thaw cycles; hourly cell temperature; daily data acquisition mode and recording interval plot. Also included are brief summaries of three operations-related events. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Boeing Computer Services Co., Seattle, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5164358
• Report Number(s): SAND-81-7085/8; ON: DE82012060
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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