Code documentation¶

Main¶

Main functions of pvcompare that can be used to start a full simulation.

`main.main`
`main.apply_mvs`

Function for calculating the area potential of the rooftop and facades for a given population.

area_potential.calculate_area_potential

Functions for calculating the electrical demand profiles and heat demand profiles.

`demand.calculate_load_profiles`
`demand.calculate_power_demand`
`demand.calculate_heat_demand`
`demand.shift_working_hours`
`demand.get_workalendar_class`

Functions for calculating the feed-in time series of different PV technologies.

`pv_feedin.create_pv_components`
`pv_feedin.create_si_time_series`
`pv_feedin.create_cpv_time_series`
`pv_feedin.nominal_values_pv`
`pv_feedin.set_up_system`
`pv_feedin.get_optimal_pv_angle`

Function for calculating the feed-in time series for the CPV technology.

cpv.apply_cpvlib_StaticHybridSystem.create_cpv_time_series

Function for calculating the feed-in time series for the perovskite silicone technology.

`perosi.perosi.create_pero_si_timeseries`
`perosi.perosi.create_timeseries`
`perosi.perosi.calculate_smarts_parameters`
`perosi.pvlib_smarts.SMARTSSpectra`
`perosi.pvlib_smarts._smartsAll`

Functions that match manual inputs and calculated results with mvs_inputs/csv_elements/

`check_inputs.check_for_valid_country_year`
`check_inputs.add_project_data`
`check_inputs.add_electricity_price`
`check_inputs.check_mvs_energy_production_file`
`check_inputs.add_parameters_to_energy_production_file`
`check_inputs.add_evaluated_period_to_simulation_settings`

Functions that request the weather data of one year and one location from the ERA5 weather data set

`era5.load_era5_weatherdata`
`era5.get_era5_data_from_datespan_and_position`
`era5.format_pvcompare`
`era5.weather_df_from_era5`