Lab 1 in jazan university - renewable energy course made by me.

1. System Advisor
Model
SAM software
Presented by
Abdulaziz Shalu
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2. What is SAM?
• System Advisor Model (SAM) is a modeling software that aids
decision-making for people in the renewable energy industry.
Project managers and
engineers
Policy analysts
Technology developers
Researchers
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3. SAM can model
SAM
•Photovoltaic systems
•Battery storage
•Concentrating Solar Power
•Wind power
•Marine energy
•Solar water heating
•Fuel cells
•Geothermal power generation
•Biomass combustion for power generation
•High concentration photovoltaic systems
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4. Lab #1 tasks
 SAM installation
 Model a photovoltaic system
 Gather weather data for Jazan region Using an
external data base
Date 2023-3-20 (Monday)
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5. A) SAM installation
• Download from
https://sam.nrel.gov/download
then register in the software with
your E-mail to get the activation
key.
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6. B) Model a photovoltaic system
• Start a new project
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7. B) Model a photovoltaic system
• Photovoltaic system
• PV watts
• Distributed
• Residential
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8. B) Model a photovoltaic system
• Rename
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9. B) Model a photovoltaic system
• Now model your
system
• Add location data
• No data found for
Saudi Arabia inside
the SAM database
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10. C) Gathering weather data for Jazan, Saudi
Arabia
• Looking for a TMY file
for Jazan online
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11. C) Gathering weather data for jazan
• https://climate.oneb
uilding.org/WMO_R
egion_2_Asia/SAU_S
audi_Arabia/index.h
tml
• Open .zip file and
add to SAM
software
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12. C) Gathering weather data for jazan
• Add to software
library
• → select folder
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13. C) Gathering weather data for jazan
• In Solar resources
library select
• SAU_JZ_Jizan.AP.411
400_TMYx.2007-
2021
• View data from
weather data
information
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14. C) Gathering weather data for jazan
• data added
• You are ready to
model your solar
system.
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15. Summary
• System advisor model software
enable engineers to make
specialized modeling of various
renewable energy systems.
• Online data bases can be used to
obtain weather data for any
region.
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