Software para dimensionamento de sistema solar fotovoltaico residencial.

Abstract

The aim of this work is to develop a software for designing home photovoltaic systems. The software was developed using Microsoft Excel's Visual Basic for Applications design tool. The city of Campina Grande was chosen for the study of solar incidence, performed using Brazil's Solarimetric Atlas. To dimension photovoltaic solar systems, the designed software uses the information contained in the energy bill of any house. Once the system is dimensioned, the software suggests some panels and converters available on the market, and shows the total cost of the system in each case and the return time of the investment, making it possible for the user to make a decision in a system's feasibility basis.