SMA SUNNY DESIGN 3 - Manual (Page 26)

6 Operation SMA Solar Technology AG
26 SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 User Manual
6.15 Setting Criterion for Sorting the Design Suggestions
You can select a criterion in Sunny Design to form the basis for the evaluation and sorting of design options.
The following criteria are possible:
• Energy yield (energetic optimum)
• Efficiency (consideration of the nominal power ratio and the inverter share of capital expenditure)
Requirements:
☐ You must have opened a project and have planned the project up to page Configure PV system.
☐ You must have set the required PV arrays on the page Configure PV system.
Procedure:
1. On the page Configure PV system, in the Inverter design area, select the button [Design suggestions].
2. Make the required settings in the Design dialog box.
3. Select [Accept changes].
4. In the Design suggestions dialog box, select the required criterion in the Sorting drop-down list. The more a design
suggestion corresponds to a criterion, the higher up the list it is displayed.
6.16 Setting the Method for Calculating Design Suggestions
You can change the default setting for the method for calculating design suggestions. The setting is adopted for new
projects and for the project that is currently opened.
1. In the header, select My Sunny Design > Settings.
☑ The Settings dialog box opens.
2. Select [Design].
3. In the area Calculating and assessing suggested designs, in the drop-down list Method for calculating
suggested designs, select the required method.
4. Select .
☑ The Settings dialog box closes and the settings are adopted.
6.17 Changing the Share of the Inverter Costs
1. In the header, select My Sunny Design > Settings.
2. Select [Design].
3. In the area Calculating and assessing suggested designs, in the field Share of the inverters on the
investment costs, select the required portion of the total investment costs that the inverter costs are to make up.
The portion can be between 0% and 20%.
4. Select .
☑ The Settings dialog box closes and the settings are adopted.
6.18 Creating Your Own Load Profile
You have the following options to create your own load profiles:
• Importing consumption data
• Importing consumption data from Sunny Portal
• Creating consumption data