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Bienvenido al Open Source Solar Project

OSSP es un proyecto colaborativo y multilingüe para juntar informacion, recursos y herramientas sobre diseño de sistemas fotovoltaicos autonomos, su instalación y su uso. La misión del proyecto es mejorar las practicas, las experiencas de usuarios y la seguridad en zonas del mundo donde no hay normativas bien desarollados o capacitaciones apropriadas. El proyecto tiene la meta de ser tanto un recurso directo en estas zonas como una base flexible para el desarollo de materiales de capacitación que son apropriados para las necesidades y normativas de una zona en particular. OSSP usa la misma plataforma como Wikipedia y todo su contenido es sin licencia - si quieres contribuir, traducir, o encuentras un error escribe a alex@opensourcesolar.org

Metas de OSSP:

• Ofrecer información que sea accesible y practica para una audiencia con un nivel de alfabetización tecnológica diversa.
• Presentar conceptos universales en una manera universal. información o recursos para un país especifico se deben colocar en la página específica para ese país.
• Solo utilizar imágenes o contenido del dominio público.
• Utilizar imágenes con un mínimo de texto para que sea fácil de traducirlas.

Be advised that design, installation, and maintenance work should only be performed by qualified individuals in accordance with local codes/laws. There is no guarantee that the information provided on this website is accurate or complete - use it at your own risk. It is intended to serve as an educational/reference resource and not intended to qualify anyone to perform any type of electrical work. Appropriate hands on training is required in order to safely work with electricity and PV systems. See Training providers for a list of recommended training providers.

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Basic concepts

• What is an off-grid (stand-alone) PV system?
  
• Types of PV systems
  
• Basic stand-alone PV system components
  
• Electricity and energy
  
• Types of electricity
  
• Voltage and frequency by country
  
• Power flow between components
  
• Series and parallel
  
• Electrical codes
  
• Electrical safety
  
• Multimeters
  

System components

Certifications and ratings

• Equipment certification
  
• Weather rating
  

PV source

• PV module (PV source, solar panel)
  
• Insolation (peak sun hours)
  
• Tilt and azimuth
  
• Shading
  
• Module connectors
  
• Combiner box
  

Energy storage

• Energy storage
  
• Lead acid battery
  
• Lithium-ion battery
  
• Shunt
  

Charge controller

• Charge controller
  

Inverter

• Inverter
  

Power distribution

• Distribution panel
  
• DIN rail
  
• Busbar
  
• Wire terminal
  
• Twist-on wire connector (wire nut, marrette)
  
• Switch
  
• Outlet
  

Mounting system

• Mounting system
  

Conductors

• Types of conductors
  
• Conductor size
  
• Wire color
  

Physical conductor protection

• Conduit
  
• Junction box
  

Protection devices and disconnects

• Overcurrent protection device (OCPD)
  
• Disconnects
  
• Residual current device (RCD or GFCI)
  
• Ground fault protection device (GFPD)
  

Grounding

• Grounding system
  

Loads (lighting and appliances)

• Lighting
  
• Energy efficient loads
  
• Low voltage disconnect
  
• DC-DC converter
  

System design

Design tools

Open Source Solar Project stand-alone system design tool

Background

• Design process overview
  
• Stand-alone system configurations
  
• DC system voltage
  
• Voltage drop
  
• Surge loads
  
• Power factor
  
• Duty cycle
  

Site evaluation

• Site evaluation process overview
  

Simplified design process

• Simplified physical evaluation
  
• Simplified load evaluation
  
• Simplified weather and solar resource evaluation
  

Detailed design process

• Load evaluation
  
• Physical evaluation
  
• Weather and solar resource evaluation
  
• Load and solar resource comparison
  

Design parameters

Detailed

• Design parameter overview
  
• Irradiance safety parameter
  
• Continous duty safety parameter
  
• Low voltage disconnect parameter
  

Energy storage sizing and selection

Simplified

• Simplified energy storage sizing and selection
  

Detailed

• Energy storage sizing and selection
  

PV source and charge controller sizing and selection

• PV source and charge controller sizing and selection overview
  

Simplified

• Simplified minimum PV source size
  
• Simplified PWM charge controller sizing and selection
  
• Simplified MPPT charge controller sizing and selection
  

Detailed

• Minimum PV source size
  
• PWM charge controller sizing and selection
  
• MPPT charge controller sizing and selection
  

Inverter sizing and selection

Simplified

• Simplified inverter sizing and selection
  

Detailed

• Inverter sizing and selection
  

Wire, overcurrent protection, and disconnect sizing and selection

Simplified

• Simplified wire, overcurrent protection, and disconnect sizing and selection

Detailed

• Wire, overcurrent protection, and disconnect sizing and selection

Grounding system sizing and selection

Simplified

• Simplified grounding system sizing and selection
  

Detailed

• Grounding system sizing and selection
  

Design examples

• Detailed DC system design
  
• Detailed AC/DC system design
  
• Detailed AC system design
  

System installation

• Principles of installation
  
• Equipment clearances and safe working space
  
• Wiring practices
  
• Wiring basic load circuits
  
• Battery wiring
  
• Installing module connectors
  
• Charge controller programming
  
• Inverter programming
  
• Labeling
  
• Commissioning
  

Operations and maintenance

• Troubleshooting

Resources

• Resources
  
• Training providers
  

Country pages

• Peru
• United States