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Relative powers

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If you have for example more than one solar plant/inverter with different size/orientation, the absolute power values in watt are not so helpful for comparison.

A common unit for comparison is kilo watt per kilo watt peak.

So therefor you have to transform the watt data from a power sensor into kilo watt per kilo watt peak.

Setup

  • A power sensor (with unit watt in this example)
  • A proxy channel for calculation

I use for this the calculator channel type, which is meant for such a use case.

To force the proxy to make the calculation, a proper resolution must be set.

  • Inverter 1 installed power: 11.28 kilo watt peak
  • Inverter 2 installed power: 9.18 kilo watt peak

Transform watt into kilo watt per kilo watt peak: FormulaRelativePower.png

Channel definitions

Values for the factor attributes:

  • Inverter 1: 0.0000887
  • Inverter 2: 0.000109

Build a proper channel hierarchy:

RelativePowersTree1.png

RelativePowersTree2.png

Chart

Now the channels are better comparable:

RelativePowersChart.png