First time here? Check our help page!

How can a solar panel be modelled directly on EnergyPlus ?

energyplus
photovoltaic
retag add tags

I would like to model the energy consumption of a zero consumption office building. This building shall be producing electricity from solar panels on the roof and thin solar film on windows. Does anyone know what sections of EnergyPlus should be filled in order to achieve that ? Thank you very much

clementbrn

asked 2018-02-21 07:17:21 -0500

4.4k

__AmirRoth__

updated 2018-02-21 14:36:46 -0500

edit flag offensive 0 remove flag close merge delete

Comments

add a comment see more comments

1 Answer

Sort by

oldest

newest

most voted

I would start by reading the input/ouput manual for solar collectors (here). It will give you an overview of what is available and how to go about implementing what you need in your model. If you are looking for examples, I would also suggest that you take a look at the example files that comes with EnergyPlus. They are located in the ExampleFiles folder of the EnergyPlus installation directory.