Single-family house in Tasmania
Hot water with AC•THOR
Faits sur le projet
- Owner
- Location
- System
- Hot water demand
- Control
Object data
3.51 kWp photovoltaics, North and East facing
Inverters/charger: SMA Sunny Island 6.0H and SMA Sunny Boy 4000TL
Battery capacity 12 kWh
Single phase system
315 litres low pressure hot water tank
Boost-backup: electric AC from the mains power via a 2-way switch
Functionality
Among many other outstanding features, AC•THOR operates with frequency-shift battery inverters. These inverters raise the AC frequency when the battery is fully charged. This signals the PV inverter to limit power to prevent battery overcharge. AC•THOR detects excessive power by measuring this frequency rise. It increases heating power until the system is balanced, before the PV inverter derates. Thereby it automatically uses the excess energy for thermal storage by controlling its power linearly to use exactly the amount of the remaining PV power and to avoid discharging the battery.
Customers opinion
Michael is a very happy customer as he avoids energy and fixed charges from his energy provider. He only actives the Mains power through the 2-way switch when the batteries are running low.
System Performance & Advantages
Thanks to the in-built data logger, Michael can monitor power, boost, temperatures and so on. He can monitor this on the cloud or in the in-built touch screen.
Since the installation in January Michael has saved approx. 70 kWh/month that otherwise would remain unused and had to be purchased from his electricity provider. Even with a small PV system, Michael is saving approx. 600 AUD/year (363 Euro) based on a rate of 0.30 ¢/kWh and 95.2 ¢/day.
Michael has achieved the following advantages with the AC•THOR:
3.51 kWp photovoltaics, North and East
Avoids energy wasted and PV inverter shutdown when the battery is full
Converts the hot water tank into a “liquid battery”
Stable frequency
Non dependant on energy retailers
Avoids energy charges and fixed daily charges
No CO2 emissions
Wood fired or gas not required
Hot water monitoring and remote control
Why hybrid storage?
Photovoltaic off grid systems need to be oversized in order to provide enough energy during all periods. This leads to unutilized PV power and a significant energy loss during sunny seasons. The AC•THOR detects the grid frequency of the inverters and in case of excess energy, power is diverted to boost the electric heating elements all over the station. The desired target-temperature can also be easily adjusted with AC•THOR. Storage capacity in the offgrid system can be inexpensively scaled up. Energy is now used that was wasted before.
System schematic
AC•THOR is plugged into an AC socket like any other load. No additional communication wiring is required.
The chronological order of the hybrid storage concept is to supply the present loads first, afterwards surpluses are used to charge the battery and only the remaining excess energy is used for water heating.
Opinion personnelle du client et résumé
Michael is a very happy customer as he avoids electricity purchases and fixed fees from his utility. Only when the energy supply in the batteries runs out does it switch to mains power via a relay.
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