The American software company has improved its single-as tracker and fixed TILT configurators for planning large-scale projects, adding adjustment functions and extra support for site-compliant designs.
The American PVFarm has added new functions to its single-axis tracker (SAT) and Fixed Tilt (FT) configurators to tailor the demand from the customer and large-scale project trends, which also offer more support for site-compliant designs.
“The improved SAT configurator streamlines the engineering and adjustment of tracker layouts, with site-tracking options and analysis of wind load” PV Magazine.
It supports location-specific Tracker component adjustments, including optimum placement on engines, flexible pile configurations and delivery blocks such as a slope-corrected pile point plan.
The Fixed-Tilt configurator now includes site-tracking options, making it easier to adjust designs to sloping or uneven ground and set stacking adjustments with minimal manual adjustments, according to the company.
“You can reuse earlier configurations, switch between simplified and detailed displacements and make better informed decisions without slowing down. Risk is actually just anticipating what will happen, and we give you the tools to get a better gamble if it matters,” said Markevich.
Other newer functions include full wiring of low voltage wiring and a new 2D line for “fast, basic measurements, to check distance” and Layout dimensions.
Additional support for Pile Binning, together with 3D annotation cards and CSV/DXF file integration, makes a more accurate modeling of the circumstances possible in practice, which brings designs “closer to purchasing ready-to-buy specifications”, says Markevich.
Conscious and substation-conscious layouts are supported. Users are reportedly able to import customized height and terrain data from computer-supported software tools, such as AutoCAD and Civist3D. Data export to PVsyst are also supported.
According to Markevich, the built-in live cost of energy (LCOE) calculator now contains a “more fractional cost model”, which offers the level of detail that is necessary to “estimate the costs for following terrain, in addition to other design scenarios.”
In addition, reporting tools offer detailed quality reports (BOQ) and Bill or Material (BOM).
PVFarm was founded in 2021 and offers web-based software for PV project planning at an early stage. It supports project team members, including plant electric, mechanical, civil, energy and purchasing team members, with real-time energy models and BIM functions (Building Information Model).
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