Author(s):
1. Darko Divnić, Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Republike Srpske, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2. Dragoljub Mirjanić, Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Republike Srpske, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
3. Tomislav Pavlović, University of Nis, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, , Serbia
4. Ivana Radonjić, University of Nis, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, , Serbia
5. Ljubiša Preradović, Arhitektonsko-građevinsko-geodetski fakultet Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract:
A remarkable flourishing of solar energy applications is accompanied by the emergence of a large number of simulation software and tools that make it easier for engineers, planners, managers and other users to create and optimize the operation of solar systems. These software packages can be used to improve, optimize or develop new elements and concepts of the PV system, which in turn helps to develop faster and increase the volume and number of experiments so that these programs can utilized in research, education and science. In this way, software technologies have become fundamental support to solar systems whereby different software categories have been created from desktop user applications on various computing platforms all the way to always available geographic information systems (GIS) set up on fast web servers and cloud technologies, to applications for solar system design using mobile devices and tablets. Some of them are listed: RETScreen, PV F-Chart, SolarDesignTool, INSEL, TRNSYS, NREL Solar Advisor Model, ESP-r, PVSYST, SolarPro, PV DesignPro-G, PV*SOL Expert, PVS SOL, Polysun, APOS photovoltaic StatLab, PV Designer, SolarNexus, Valentin Software, PV Cost Simulation Tool, PV Potential Estimation Utility, SolmetricIPV, Solmetric Suneye, Blue Oak Energy and Solar Pro Magazines Solar Select, Seneca Software; Solar, Inc, Sombrero, Horizon, Panorama master, METEONORM, GOSOL, Shadows, Shadow Analyzer, SPYCE, ECOTECT, Tetti FV, Kerychip, PV Professional, Pvcad, Meteocontrol, etc. This is further supported by a large number of datasets, not just climatic, but also other necessary for simulating or creating solar systems. Since all these data have common weather-related determinants, depending on the frequency of the measurement, the amount of data is growing every day, and this information needs to be properly stored. Due to further manipulation of these data and all of the above mentioned, it is necessary to ensure that they are stored in database management systems. Some of the most famous are NASA Surface meteorology and solar energy database, RETScreen solar database, PVGIS solar database, HelioClim-1, Metenorm, European Solar Radiation Atlas, SoDa Service, Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA). This paper aims to analyze the application of the available software packages for the design, simulation and analysis of the solar system data, including the analysis of the yield prediction based on climate conditions.

Key words:
software, solar radiation, solar energy, PV systems, meteorological data, design and simulation of solar systems.

Thematic field:
SYMPOSIUM A - Science of matter, condensed matter and physics of solid states

Date of abstract submission:
16.07.2019.

Conference:
Contemporary Materials 2019 - Savremeni Materijali