{"id":117622,"date":"2023-08-16T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T11:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/handbuch\/electric-consumers\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:08:19","slug":"electric-consumers","status":"publish","type":"handbuch","link":"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/en\/handbuch\/polysun-designer\/electric-components\/electric-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-optimizing-energy-systems-with-electricity-load-profiles-in-polysun\">Optimizing Energy Systems with Electricity Load Profiles in Polysun<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within the Electric Consumers component, an electricity load profile can be selected from a catalogue based on available examples. Furthermore, electricity load profiles can be uploaded to this component. Multiple load profiles can be selected and added to the simulation. This ensures that the electricity load profile is taken into account when designing, for example, a PV system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consumption profiles may be scaled to an annual value. The value \u201c0\u201c resets the annual&nbsp; consumption to the original profile value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If no electrical consumption is available, the number of consumption profiles may be set to \u201c0\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/en\/features\/pv-system-design\/\">Polysun<\/a>, profiles feature regular time steps. Two different time steps are supported:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each 15 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The electrical consumption for a given time step is specified in kWh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Electric-Load-Profile.png\" alt=\"Electricity load profiles: Example of a hospital's electricity load profile.\" class=\"wp-image-140809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Electric-Load-Profile.png 772w, https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Electric-Load-Profile-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Electric-Load-Profile-768x671.png 768w, https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Electric-Load-Profile-200x175.png 200w, https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Electric-Load-Profile-400x349.png 400w, https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Electric-Load-Profile-600x524.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the software supports 15-minute profiles, smart-meter measurements may be easily used in Polysun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A wide range of pre-defined profiles are available for use in Polysun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">User-defined profiles may also be added, including, for example, any available reference profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Electricity-Consumption-Profiles\" style=\"font-size:30px\">Electricity Load Profiles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The component internal grid and electric consumers calculates and displays different values for self-consumption. The corresponding tooltips (hover over the corresponding line with your mouse for two seconds) show the definition of the values and the calculation behind it. In the component results, self-consumption and total consumption are individualized under electric consumers and internal grid as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Degree of self-sufficiency <\/strong>(Raut = Ess\/Ecs): The degree of self-sufficiency corresponds to the relation between self-sufficiency and total consumption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Self-consumption fraction<\/strong> (Rocs = Eocs\/Eacp): The self-consumption fraction equals the relation between self-consumption and self-production.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Self-consumption<\/strong> (Eocs = min(Eacp,Ecs+EbchPV+EbchCG)): The self-consumption equals the share of the own power generation that is used to cover consumption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Self-sufficiency <\/strong>(Ess [kWh] = Edcs [kWh] + EbdisPV [kWh] + EbdisCG [kWh]): The self-sufficiency equals the share of the consumption that is covered by the own production.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct consumption fraction<\/strong> (Rdcs = Edcs\/Ecs): Equals the percentage of the power generated that is consumed directly afterwards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct consumption<\/strong> (Edcs = min(Ecs,Eacp)): Equals the own power generated measured in kWh that is consumed directly afterwards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feed-in ratio<\/strong> (Rocsp = 1-(Eocs\/Eacp)): Is the share of power generated that is not consumed directly afterwards and fed into the external power grid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>To external grid<\/strong> (Eteg = Eacp-Ecs-Ebch): Is the power fed into the external power grid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>From external grid<\/strong> (Efeg = Ecs &#8211; Eacp + Eteg, for systems with batteries Efeg = Ecs &#8211; Eacp + Eteg + Lbtot): Is the electric energy withdrawn from the external power grid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Own AC production<\/strong> (Eacp): self-generated AC current.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Electricity consumption of the profiles<\/strong> (Epcs): Sum of the electricity consumption of the hourly profiles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Electricity consumption<\/strong> (Ecs = Epcs+Ethcs): Sum of the electricity consumption from profiles and thermal components.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A collection of 1 min resolved consumption profiles that can be imported into Polysun is available for download <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/VelaSolaris\/polysun_loadprofiles_1min\">https:\/\/github.com\/VelaSolaris\/polysun_loadprofiles_1min<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2c90304e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"> \n<section id=\"res-video-play-html-block_b70ca6b6d1dff1a02a578aea68b6265c\" class=\"res-video-play-html py-5 video-play\">\n\t<div class=\"html-video text-center\" data-aos=u0022res-fadeInu0022>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"res-vid-container\">\n\n\t\t\t<!-- VIDEO PLAY BUTTON -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"html-video-play-btn\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<!-- VIDEO MAIN -->\n\t\t\t<video class=\"res-vid-main\"  controls playsinline preload poster=\"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/import-of-electrical-consumption-profiles-2.png\">\n\t\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Import-of-electrical-consumption-profiles-to-Polysun-2.mp4\" type='video\/mp4'>\n\t\t\t<\/video>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Video: Import of electrical consumption profiles<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Electric-Consumption-of-Thermal-Components\" style=\"font-size:30px\">Electric Consumption of Thermal Components<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The electrical consumption of thermal components is included in the electrical consumption Ecs if the components <em>electrical consumer<\/em> and <em>electrical grid<\/em> are present in the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Table: List of thermal components<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Component<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Heat pump<\/td><td>Eaux<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>B\/W or W\/W heat pump<\/td><td>Eaux<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pump<\/td><td>Epar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Internal heat generator (electric)<\/td><td>Eaux<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Recooler<\/td><td>Fan speed<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":19748,"featured_media":0,"parent":117525,"menu_order":39,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-117622","handbuch","type-handbuch","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Electricity Load Profiles: Optimize Energy Systems with Polysun<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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