Optimizing tilt adjustment monthly

[babikhoja]

Hi.

I am trying to find the optimal tilt angel monthly. Is it possible to do that or it is fixed depending on winter and summer months.
In fixed tilted plan it has the option for summer (apr-sep) , winter and yearly, but i want to find the optimal tilt angel according to the sun paths: 22 july , 22 May to 23 of july or at least monthly.

Thanks in advanced :)   

[Michele Oliosi]

Hi,

At the moment in PVsyst we only have a tool to check multiple orientations within the clear day scenario:

For anything other than clear day (taking into account a specific weather file), you should use the optimisation tool and run it while specifying a specific temporal range for the simulation:

Note however that that optimum will be true for a specific weather file only !

[lmackay]

I would recommend estimating optimal tilt by running iterations in a basic model such as PVWatts.  Just run through the achievable tilt range in 5 or 10-degree increments and build a simple spreadsheet to analyze.  You could also get it more directly by looking at median solar zenith angle at your array azimuth for each interval.

But either way, you'll then have to run a variant for each tilt in PVSYST and combine the results manually post-process.