Calculation & Design of 7 MW Solar System
Calculation & Design of 7 MW Solar System
Group 3
Muhammad Idrees Khan (1356)
Shah Rukh Khan (1348)
Abdullah Ihsan (1369)
Lead By
Engr. Azaz Hussain
Manager Electrical
Area Engineers
Engr. Muzamil Hafeez
Engr. Junaid Bashir
This approach of designing has been based on the previously installed central inverter with (16 input
Combiner Box) of 13 MW solar plant. The system calculation is discussed below;
STRING DATA
At STC At NOCT
Maximum Power Voltage 46.02 V × 18 = 828.36 V 42.72 × 18 = 768.96 V
(Vmp)
Maximum Power String
13.69 A 11.09 A
Output Current (Imp)
Open-circuit Voltage (Voc) 55.85V × 18 = 1005.3 V 53.05V × 18 = 954.9 V
Short-circuit Current (Isc) 14.39 A 11.62 A
Maximum Power (Pmax) 11.34 KW 8.527 KW
Combiner Box;
Then multiple strings will be connected in parallel operation at combiner box in accordance with the
inverter input current limit. Here 16 strings of 630 W panels will be connected in parallel.
The Solar power plant will be divided into two major blocks having two sub-blocks each having 40
combiner boxes in total;
E 1 - Block 10
E Block
E 2 - Block 10
F 1 - Block 10
F Block
F 2 - Block 10
Each block will have one-1 Central Inverter having two inverter units. Then each inverter unit has
two-2 MPPTs. E and F–Block will have 20 CBs inputs (Inverter-1 & Inverter-2 has 10 CBs input).
Transformer
Two 3500 KVA, Y-Δ, 400/6300 V (DYN11) transformers will used to transform 400 Volts to main
Bus 6.3 KV Voltage.
STEP UP TRANSFORMER
I/P LT Side O/P HT Side
V = 400 volts V = 6300 Volt (Tap Setting = 3)
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10 Cables / Phase 1 Cable/ Phase
Star Side Delta Side
SPECIFICATIONS
No Load Voltage Ratio 400/6300 Volt
Full Load Current ratio 5052/321 A
Impedance Voltage 7.00
Maximum Ambient Temperature 50 °C
Type of Cooling ONAN
Weight 6750 kg
This approach of designing has been based on the previously installed central inverter of 13 MW
with 32 input Combiner Box. The system calculation is discussed below;
Panels will be connected in series to get the required voltage/Potential as per the inverter input
specification. So, here the system is designed for 500-1500 V (1500 V DC) for which 18 panels will be
connected in series.
String;
18 Solar Panels of 630 W are connected in series;
Combiner Box;
Then multiple strings will be connected in parallel operation at combiner box in accordance with the
inverter input current limit. Here 32 strings of 630 W panels will be fed to 32 input combiner box.
The Solar power plant will be divided into two major blocks having two sub-blocks each having 20
combiner boxes in total;
COMBINER BOX
BLOCK SUB BLOCK
NUMBER
E 1 - Block 5
E Block
E 2 - Block 5
F 1 - Block 5
F Block
F 2 - Block 5
Each block will have one-1 Central Inverter having two inverter units. Then each inverter unit has
two-2 MPPTs. E and F–Block will have 10 CBs inputs (Inverter-1 & Inverter-2 has 5 CBs input).
E and F Block one inverter unit MPPT-1 will be connected with 3 inputs while MPPT-2 will be
connected with 2 inputs.
MPPT with 3-Combiner Boxes Inputs.
MPPT DATA
At STC At NOCT
Maximum Power Voltage (Vmp)
828.36 V 768.96 V
Maximum DC Power Input Current
(Imp)
438.08 A × 3 = 1314.24 A 354.88 A × 3 = 1064.64 A
Open-circuit Voltage (Voc) 1005.3 V 954.9 V
Short-circuit Current (Isc) 460.48 A × 3 = 1380 A 371.84 A × 3 = 1115.52 A
Maximum Power (Pmax) 1088.66 KW 818.66 KW
STEP UP TRANSFORMER
I/P LT Side O/P HT Side
V = 400 volts V = 6300 Volt (Tap Setting = 3)
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10 Cables / Phase 1 Cable/ Phase
Star Side Delta Side
SPECIFICATIONS
No Load Voltage Ratio 400/6300 Volt
Full Load Current ratio 5052/321 A
Impedance Voltage 7.00
Maximum Ambient Temperature 50 °C
Type of Cooling ONAN
Weight 6750 kg
This approach of designing has been based on the String Inverters. The system calculation is
discussed below;
Panels will be connected in series to get the required voltage/Potential as per the inverter input
specification. So, here the system is designed for 500-1500 V (1500 V DC) for which 22 panels will be
connected in series.
String;
22 Solar Panels of 630 W are connected in series;
Then the two-2 strings will be connected in parallel via 2 in 1 MC4 (1500 V DC) Connector (BR4013-
B133) in accordance with the inverter input current limit of 40 A. Here 24 strings in total will be
connected with the inverter. So we will be having 24 DC inputs instead of 12 DC inputs.
( )
6
7 ×10
For a total of =11111.11 ≈ 11112 11112 panels will have 505.09 ≈ 506 strings for which a
630
total of 21.04 inverters will be required. For exact 21 inverters we will be forming 504 strings from
11088 panels.
350 KVA Sungrow On-Grid String Inverter (SG350 HX)
Figure 1 SG350 HX
The Solar power plant will be divided into three major blocks
Each block will have seven-7 strings inverters having 24 DC strings input. Then each inverter will be
connected to a Central Transformer (800/6300 Volt)
Inverter unit each MPPTs will be connected with 6 inputs.
MPPT with 3-Combiner Boxes Inputs.
MPPT DATA
At STC At NOCT
Maximum Power Voltage (Vmp)
1012.44 V 939.84V
Maximum DC Power Input Current
(Imp)
27.38 A × 6 = 164.28 A 22.18 A × 6 = 133.08 A
Open-circuit Voltage (Voc) 1228.7 V 1166.8 V
Short-circuit Current (Isc) 28.78 A × 6 = 172.68 A 23.24 A × 6 = 139.44 A
Maximum Power (Pmax) 166.3 KW 125.07 KW
STEP UP TRANSFORMER
I/P LT Side O/P HT Side
V = 800 volts V = 6300 Volt
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Star Side Delta Side
CABLES DATA
Network Cable Size
PV Panel – PV Panel 1c – 4 mm2 Cu XLPE
PV Panel (Branch Connector) – Inverter 1c – 6 mm2 Cu XLPO (1500 VDC)
Inverter – Transformer 1c – 185 mm2 Cu 3 ϕ PVC Armored
Transformer – Substation 1c - 3 × 240 mm2 Cu 3 ϕ XLPE
Communication Cable RS 485
Earthing Wire (Panel - Panel) 1c – 4 mm2 Cu XLPE
Earthing Wire (Structure - Ground) Stranded 50 mm2 Cu Bare Conductor