Titles of Shading Losses Tables (2.1, 0.0, 0.1, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0)

Hi guys, I have a begginer question with my PV model...

With the 3D Shade Calculator, I've been trying to get the shading losses tables. With the 3D design ready, I click on "Analyze" and then on "Diurnal Analysis", and I get 6 tables named 2.1, 0.0, 0.1, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, respectively.

Can somebody please explain me why do I get 6 tables and what the title of each one means?
Is it something about seasons, the design, or location?


Thank you so much.
Regards from México.

Hello,

The 3D Shade Calculator calculates a set of shading losses for each subarray and string in the shading scene. For each active surface, you can assign it a subarray number (1-4) and a string number (1-. Based on the numbers you listed, it looks like you assigned active surfaces to 3 subarrays numbered 0, 1, and 2, and that each subarray has 3 strings numbered .0, .1, and .3. Table 0.0 is for Subarray 1 String 1, Table 0.1 is for Subarray 1 String 2, etc. (It is confusing that you assign String numbers 1-4, but SAM uses 0-3 for the table numbers. We will fix that in a future version of SAM.)

If you are modeling a single subarray in SAM, you should assign all of the active surfaces the same Subarray number. You can also assign them the same String number if you want do do a simple shade analysis that models the reduction of incident irradiance on the entire subarray rather than individual strings.

Best regards,
Paul.

Hi Paul,

I really appreciate your answer. I should notice that SAM generates one table for each string. I'll assign them the same string number and see how it goes.

Thank you so much.
Regards from México.