Install Manual
Table Of Contents
- Disclaimers
- Revision History
- Support and Contact Information
- Contents
- HANDLING AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
- IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
- Chapter 1: Introducing the SolarEdge Power Harvesting System
- Chapter 2: Installing the Power Optimisers
- Chapter 3: Installing the Inverter
- Chapter 4: Connecting the AC and the Strings to the Safety Switch
- Chapter 5: Activating, Commissioning and Configuring the System Using the Inverter SetApp
- Chapter 6: Setting Up Communication
- Appendix A: Errors and Troubleshooting
- Appendix B: Mechanical Specifications
- Appendix C: Replacing and Adding System Components
- Technical Specifications - Single Phase Inverters with HD-Wave Technology (No...
Chapter 1: Introducing the SolarEdge Power
Harvesting System
TheSolarEdgepowerharvestingsolutionmaximizesthepoweroutputfromanytypeofsolar
Photovoltaic(PV)installationwhilereducingtheaveragecostperwatt.Thefollowingsectionsdescribe
eachofthesystem’scomponents.
Figure 1: The SolarEdge power harvesting system components
Power Optimiser
ThepoweroptimizersareDC-DCconvertersconnectedtoPVmodulesinordertomaximizepower
harvestingbyperformingindependentMaximumPowerPointTracking(MPPT)atthemodulelevel.
Thepoweroptimizersregulatethestringvoltageataconstantlevel,regardlessofstringlengthand
environmentalconditions.
Thepoweroptimizersincludeasafetyvoltagefunctionthatautomaticallyreducestheoutputofeach
poweroptimizerto1Vdcinthefollowingcases:
l Duringfaultconditions
l Thepoweroptimizersaredisconnectedfromtheinverter
l TheinverterON/OFFswitchisturnedOFF
l ThesafetyswitchontheSafetySwitchisturnedOFF
l TheinverterACbreakeristurnedOFF
l TheRapidShutdown(PVRSS)isinitiatedbyoneofthefollowingmethods:
o
InverterACbreakeristurnedOFF,orACtotheinverterisdisconnectedbyanothermethod
(intentionallyorasresultofafault)
o
InverterON/OFFswitchisturnedOFF
o
TheSafetySwitchisturnedOFF
EachpoweroptimizeralsotransmitsmoduleperformancedataovertheDCpowerlinetotheinverter.
Twotypesofpoweroptimizersareavailable:
l ModuleAdd-onpoweroptimizer–connectedtooneormoremodules
l Smartmodules-thepoweroptimizerisembeddedintoamodule
SolarEdge Inverter
TheSolarEdgeinverterefficientlyconvertsDCpowerfromthemodulesintoACpowerthatcanbefed
intothemainACserviceofthesiteandfromtheretothegrid.Theinverteralsoreceivesthemonitoring
datafromeachpoweroptimizerandtransmitsittoacentralserver(theSolarEdgemonitoringplatform;
requiresInternetconnection).
-Single Phase Inverter with HD-Wave Technology Installation MAN-01-00541-1.0
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Chapter 1: Introducing the SolarEdge Power Harvesting System