QuaSi - SoDeLe - Revision history

Heiner Steinacker: updated email adress

2024-05-08T14:15:47Z

updated email adress

Heiner Steinacker at 15:17, 3 May 2024

2024-05-03T15:17:08Z

Heiner Steinacker: Created page with "{{Model |Full_Model_Name=Solar simulation as easy as can be |Acronym=SoDeLe |author_institution=siz energieplus |authors=Heiner Steinacker, Jonas Mucke, Etienne Ott, Matthias ..."

2024-05-03T14:47:09Z

Created page with "{{Model |Full_Model_Name=Solar simulation as easy as can be |Acronym=SoDeLe |author_institution=siz energieplus |authors=Heiner Steinacker, Jonas Mucke, Etienne Ott, Matthias ..."

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{{Model
|Full_Model_Name=Solar simulation as easy as can be
|Acronym=SoDeLe
|author_institution=siz energieplus
|authors=Heiner Steinacker, Jonas Mucke, Etienne Ott, Matthias Stickel
|contact_persons=Heiner Steinacker
|contact_email=info@siz-energieplus.de
|website=http://www.quasi-software.org/
|source_download=https://github.com/QuaSi-Software/SoDeLe/releases
|logo=230505 SoDeLe.jpg
|text_description=SoDeLe (loosely translated as "Solar simulation as easy as can be") is an easy-to-use tool for calculating energy profiles of photovoltaic systems. It is based on the well-validated python-pvlib, but offers a user-friendly GUI based on Excel (also a CLI with JSON input). SoDeLe can simulate PV systems with parameters from real PV modules and inverters with different orientations. Alternatively, preset standard modules and a constant DC-AC efficiency can be selected. The database of parameters contains more than 35,000 PV modules from various manufacturers.
The simulation is based on a weather file, which can be either an EWP file (EnergyPlus Weather File) or a .dat file from the German Weather Service (DWD).

With SoDeLe, the energy yield of planned or existing photovoltaic systems can be determined quickly and easily in high temporal resolution without much expert knowledge. The results can be used for dynamic energy system simulations, storage sizing or dynamic cost and greenhouse gas calculations. In addition, different orientations and different PV modules and inverters can be analyzed or the energy yield of existing systems can be checked if real historical weather data is used as input.

The results of SoDeLe were verified for different module-inverter configurations, orientations and locations using comparative simulations with the commercial software PV*SOL and with the annual totals calculated by PVGIS.

|Primary purpose=PV energy simulation
|Primary outputs=energy profiles
|Framework=QuaSi
|User documentation=https://quasi-software.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
|Code documentation=https://quasi-software.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
|Source of funding=German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, BMWK
|Number of developers=2
|Number of users=10
|open_source_licensed=Yes
|license=MIT license (MIT)
|model_source_public=Yes
|Link to source=https://github.com/QuaSi-Software/SoDeLe
|data_availability=all
|open_future=No
|modelling_software=Python
|processing_software=Python, MS Excel
|External optimizer=none
|Primary purpose=PV energy simulation
|Additional software=none
|GUI=Yes
|model_class=PV energy production
|sectors=Electricity
|technologies=Renewables
|Energy carriers (Renewable)=Sun
|Storage (Gas)=No
|Storage (Heat)=No
|Changes in efficiency=temperature-dependent
|georegions=All
|timeresolution=Hour
|Observation period=More than one year
|math_modeltype=Simulation
|math_modeltype_shortdesc=physics-based efficiency curves from CEC
|is_suited_for_many_scenarios=Yes
|number_of_variables=15
|montecarlo=No
|computation_time_minutes=1
|computation_time_hardware=business laptop
|citation_references=Heiner Steinacker, Jonas Mucke: SoDeLe v2.0.0: Solarsimulation denkbar leicht. 2024
|Integrated models=pvlib
|Interfaces=CLI, MS Excel, JSON
|Model input file format=Yes
|Model file format=No
|Model output file format=No
}}

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 |authors=Heiner Steinacker, Jonas Mucke, Etienne Ott, Matthias Stickel
 |contact_persons=Heiner Steinacker
-|contact_email=info@siz-energieplus.de
+|contact_email=info@quasi-software.org
 |website=http://www.quasi-software.org/
 |source_download=https://github.com/QuaSi-Software/SoDeLe/releases

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 The results of SoDeLe were verified for different module-inverter configurations, orientations and locations using comparative simulations with the commercial software PV*SOL and with the annual totals calculated by PVGIS.
 |Primary outputs=energy profiles
 |Framework=QuaSi
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 |processing_software=Python, MS Excel
 |External optimizer=none
 |Additional software=none
 |GUI=Yes
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 |Observation period=More than one year
 |math_modeltype=Simulation
-|math_modeltype_shortdesc=physics-based efficiency curves from CEC
+|math_modeltype_shortdesc=physics-based with efficiency curves from CEC
 |is_suited_for_many_scenarios=Yes
 |number_of_variables=15