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Considerations in designing a solar system for 50kW loads
If the maximum load is 50 kiloWatts then you need to determine the maximum energy required (in kilowatt-Hours). To do that you need to make a list of the power consumption hour by hour through out a typical day. If you add up how much power is needed hour by hour you will get the amount of energy you need in kilowatt-hours.
This will let you size the battery needed to store that much energy. The battery will need to be oversized to accommodate inefficiencies in charging and discharging. The battery size should also be oversized to improve longevity of the battery.
The number of solar panels needed to charge the batteries will be based on how much direct sun you get during the day. This depends on where on Earth you are located as well as how much of the day the solar panels can directly see the sun (trees, buildings, etc can block the line of sight.
As you can see there are a lot of variables that need to be considered to correctly answer the question. I have designed solar systems in a range of 100 kW - 500 kW. The average efficiency of solar systems is 13.7% in Toronto Canada for a year. Installing 50 kW system will not be enough to power 50 kW load. In ideal circumstances like sunny day clean panels cool temperature you will get about 45 - 48 kW for a short period of day (an hour) during peak production.
A proper design requires an estimate of load/time over the whole day. Depending upon the peak load and maximum continuous load no of modules can be selected. Selection of Inverters and Storage depends on this load estimate. You can get a lot of information on line about behavior of solar systems.
This will let you size the battery needed to store that much energy. The battery will need to be oversized to accommodate inefficiencies in charging and discharging. The battery size should also be oversized to improve longevity of the battery.
The number of solar panels needed to charge the batteries will be based on how much direct sun you get during the day. This depends on where on Earth you are located as well as how much of the day the solar panels can directly see the sun (trees, buildings, etc can block the line of sight.
As you can see there are a lot of variables that need to be considered to correctly answer the question. I have designed solar systems in a range of 100 kW - 500 kW. The average efficiency of solar systems is 13.7% in Toronto Canada for a year. Installing 50 kW system will not be enough to power 50 kW load. In ideal circumstances like sunny day clean panels cool temperature you will get about 45 - 48 kW for a short period of day (an hour) during peak production.
A proper design requires an estimate of load/time over the whole day. Depending upon the peak load and maximum continuous load no of modules can be selected. Selection of Inverters and Storage depends on this load estimate. You can get a lot of information on line about behavior of solar systems.