Loss Tree Time-Series Results File
("Loss tree time-series.tsv")
One of the output files from the cloud is the advanced output file "Loss tree time-series.tsv". This file is only available when set to be exported via scripting.
The file presents the loss tree results for each time-step, where each value is an energy value expressed in kWh for a certain step in the calculation. Below there is a description of the different columns in this file.
Content of "Loss tree time-series.tsv"
| Variable name | Description |
|---|---|
| Start of period | Timestamp for the start of the period. |
| FromGHI | Available energy from Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradiance | Energy after the transposition to the plane of array (POA). Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncludingHorizon | Energy at the plane of array after applying horizon losses. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncludingSoiling | Energy at the plane of array after applying soiling losses. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncludingIAM | Energy at the plane of array after applying angular losses in the front side of the modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncludingSpectral | Energy at the plane of array after applying spectral losses. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncBifacialGain | Energy at the plane of array after irradiation gain from the rear-side of the bifacial modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncBifacialIAM | Energy at the plane of array after applying angular losses in the rear side of the modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncBifacialShading | Energy at the plane of array after applying the shade factor for bifacial modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncTransmissionFactor | Energy at the plane of array after applying the transmission factor for bifacial modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncBackNearShading | Energy at the plane of array after near-shading losses for all irradiation components in the rear-side of the modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncBeamShading | Energy at the plane of array after near-shading losses of beam irradiation in the front side of the modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncSkyDiffuseShading | Energy at the plane of array after near-shading losses of sky diffuse irradiation in the front side of the modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncReflectedBeamShading | Energy at the plane of array after near-shading losses of reflected irradiation originated from beam irradiation reflected from the ground in the front side of the modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| FromPOAIrradianceIncReflectedDiffuseShading | Energy at the plane of array after near-shading losses of reflected irradiation originated from diffuse irradiation reflected from the ground in the front side of the modules. Irradiation integrated over all the modules area. |
| AssumingModuleNominalEfficiency | Energy available from the plane of array irradiation multiplied by the measured efficiency of the modules. |
| AssumingModeledSTCEfficiencyExcludingModelingCorrection | Energy available from the plane of array irradiation multiplied by the efficiency calculated using the diode model, at STC, without applying the modelling correction and finding the maximum power point. |
| AssumingModeledSTCEfficiency | Energy available from the plane of array irradiation multiplied by the MPP efficiency calculated using the diode model, at STC, but including the modelling correction. |
| UsingSubStringMPPAtStandardTemp | Energy available using the MPP (maximum power point) at standard reference temperature. |
| UsingSubStringMPPAfterIncludingTemperature | Energy available using the MPP (maximum power point) at the estimated cell temperature. |
| AfterIncludingPowerBinning | Energy after considering the module power binning effect has been taken into account. |
| AfterIncludingLID | Energy after considering LID (light-induced degradation) effects. |
| AfterIncludingModuleQuality | Energy after module quality factor (other modelling adjustment) has been taken into account. |
| AfterIncludingModuleMismatch | Energy after considering the module mismatch effect. |
| AfterIncludingBifacialityFactor | Energy after modifying the rear-side irradiation contribution based on the bifacility factor of the modules. |
| AfterIncludingBifacialMismatch | Energy after rear-side irradiance mismatch has been taken into account. |
| AfterUsingIrradianceForMostShadedCell | Energy after considering the irradiance level at the most-shaded cell of the modules. |
| AfterUsingPowerInOptimizers | Energy after getting the unconstrained available power at the optimizers. It accounts for the electrical mismatch among sub-modules IV curves connected to the same optimizer. |
| AfterOperationalInputLimitsFromOptimizers | Energy after considering the DC constraints at the input of the optimizers. These include minimum DC voltage, maximum DC voltage, maximum DC current, and maximum DC power. |
| AfterEfficiencyLossFromOptimizers | Energy after considering the efficiency losses in the optimizers. |
| AfterOperationalOutputLimitsFromOptimizers | Energy after considering the DC constraints at the output of the optimizers. These include the maximum DC output voltage, minimum DC output voltage and maximum DC output current. |
| AfterElectricalMismatchWithinArrays | Energy after considering electrical mismatch within arrays (strings connected to a single inverter input). |
| AfterDCOhmicLoss | Energy after ohmic losses of the DC collection are applied to the I-V curves. |
| AfterElectricalMismatchWithinInputs | Energy after considering electrical mismatch within inverter inputs. |
| AfterInverterMinDcVoltageConstraint | Energy after inverter's minimum DC voltage limits has been taken into account. |
| AfterInverterMaxDcCurrentConstraint | Energy after inverter's maximum DC current limits has been taken into account. |
| AfterInverterMaxDcVoltageConstraint | Energy after inverter's maximum DC voltage limits has been taken into account. |
| AfterInverterMinDcPowerConstraint | Energy after inverter's minimum DC power limits has been taken into account. |
| AfterInverterEfficiencyLosses | Energy after inverter efficiency has been taken into account. |
| AfterInverterMaxACOutput | Energy after inverter maximum AC power has been taken into account. |
| AfterInverterOverPowerShutdown | Energy after inverter overpower shut down has been taken into account. |
| AfterNightTimeLoss | Energy after the night-tare losses of the inverters. |
| AfterACOhmicLoss | Energy after ohmic losses of the AC collection. |
| AfterTransformerLoss | Energy after transformer losses. |
| AfterGridConnectionLimit | Energy after grid connection losses. |
| AfterGridAvailability | Energy after grid availability losses. Final energy produced by the PV plant after all losses. |