SMA SUNNY DESIGN 3 User Manual
User Manual
SUNNY DESIGN 3 and SUNNY DESIGN WEB
SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 | Version 2.0 ENGLISH
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Table of Contents
1 Information on this Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Sunny Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1 Installing Sunny Design Desktop Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2 Registering for Sunny Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.1 Personal Homepage After Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2 Project Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3 Project Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5 Creating a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1 Project Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2 Creating a PV Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.3 Creating a PV Project with Self-Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.4 Creating a PV Hybrid Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.1 Starting Sunny Design and Selecting the Required Project Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.2 Entering Project Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.3 Defining the Load Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6.4 Configuring the Gensets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.5 Configuring the PV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.6 Wire Sizing (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.7 Determining Self-Consumption (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.8 Plan System Monitoring (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.9 Analyzing Efficiency (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6.9.1 Analyzing Efficiency (PV Project with and without Self-Consumption) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
6.9.2 Analyzing Efficiency (PV Hybrid Project). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
6.10 Overview of Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6.11 Creating the Project Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.12 Changing the Password for Sunny Design/Sunny Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.13 Forgot Password? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.14 Have Design Suggestions Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.15 Setting Criterion for Sorting the Design Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
6.16 Setting the Method for Calculating Design Suggestions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
6.17 Changing the Share of the Inverter Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
6.18 Creating Your Own Load Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
6.18.1 Importing Consumption Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
6.18.2 Importing Consumption Data from Sunny Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
6.18.3 Creating Consumption Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
6.19 Deleting Own Load Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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6.20 Importing Data from Sunny Design Desktop Version from Software Version 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.21 Synchronizing Sunny Design Desktop Version and Sunny Design Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.22 Performing an Update for Sunny Design Desktop Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.23 Entering Prices for PV Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.24 Entering Prices for Inverters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.25 Setting Own Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.26 Displaying Deactivated Messages Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.27 Exiting Sunny Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
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1 Information on this Document
Validity
This document is valid for the desktop version "Sunny Design 3" from software version 3.20 and for the online version
"Sunny Design Web" from software version 3.20.
Target Group
This document is intended for PV system designers. PV system designers must have the following qualifications:
• Knowledge of how an inverter works and is operated
• Knowledge of all applicable standards and directives
Additional Information
Links to additional information can be found at www.SMA-Solar.com. The documents are not necessarily available in all
languages:
Document title Document type
Performance Ratio Technical Information
Designing PV Systems Optimized for Efficiency Technical Information
Leading Leakage currents – Information on the design of transformerless inverters of type
Sunny Boy/ Sunny Mini Central / Sunny Tripower
Grid connection – Influence of the Grid Conditions in Terms of Connected Power of PV
Inverters
Reverse current – Advice on PV Array Configuration for PV Systems using
Sunny Mini Central
Module Technology – SMA Inverters Provide the Optimum Solution for Every Module Technical Information
Auslegung von PV-Anlagen im Polystring-Betrieb – Eigenverbrauchsoptimierung vs.
Mismatch-Verlust (Design of PV systems in polystring operation – Increased
self-consumption vs. mismatch loss)
SMA Systemlösungen zur VDE-Anwendungsregel und dem EEG 2012 (SMA system
solutions for the VDE application guide and the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)
2012)
Technical Information
Technical Information
Technical Information
Article
Advertising material
Symbols
Symbol Explanation
Information that is important for a specific topic or goal, but is not safety-relevant
☐ Indicates a requirement for meeting a specific goal
☑ Desired result
✖ A problem that might occur
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Typographies
Typography Use Example
bold • Display texts
• Elements on a user interface
• Elements to be selected
• Elements to be entered
> • Connects several elements to be selected • Select Settings > Date.
[Button/Key] • Button or key to be selected or pressed • Select [Next].
• The value can be found in the field
Energy.
• Select Settings.
• Enter the value 10 in the field
Minutes.
Nomenclature
In this document the designation "Sunny Design" is used when both Sunny Design versions are referred to
(Sunny Design desktop version and Sunny Design Web).
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2 Product Description
2.1 Sunny Design
Sunny Design is a software for planning and designing PV systems and PV hybrid systems. Sunny Design provides you
with a design recommendation for your planned PV system or your planned PV hybrid system. Sunny Design also
proposes a combination of PV array(s) and inverter(s) which meet, as closely as possible, your requirements regarding
power class, energy yield and efficiency.
In addition, you have the option of determining and optimizing your potential self-consumption, sizing the cables,
evaluating efficiency and, in PV hybrid systems, configuring gensets.
Difference Between Sunny Design Web and Sunny Design Desktop Version
Sunny Design is available as an online version "Sunny Design Web" and as a desktop version "Sunny Design 3".
The range of functions of both versions is identical. You can only use Sunny Design Web via the Internet. You must install
the desktop version of Sunny Design on your computer and, after initial registration, you do not need an Internet
connection. To ensure that your Sunny Design desktop version remains current, (e.g. new inverters, new PV modules),
you should occasionally perform an update for the Sunny Design desktop version via the Internet (see Section6.22
"Performing an Update for Sunny Design Desktop Version", page30). Sunny Design Web is always up-to-date.
You can synchronize Sunny Design Web and the Sunny Design desktop version via the Internet. This means that your
Sunny Design projects are available in the Internet in Sunny Design Web and on your computer in the
Sunny Design desktop version. For synchronization, you must have an Internet connection.
Sunny Design Web: registration required for full range of functions
To use the full range of functions of Sunny Design Web, you must register.
Sunny Design Desktop version: registration required and usable by one user per computer
To use the Sunny Design desktop version, you must first register for Sunny Design Web.
The Sunny Design desktop version can only be used by one user per computer. After initial login to the Sunny Design
desktop version on the computer, the Sunny Design desktop version can only be used by this user on this computer.
2.2 Functions
Using Sunny Design, and in compliance with all current legal and industrial requirements, you can plan various design
scenarios with all SMA inverters in the form of projects. In Sunny Design the following project types are available:
• PV project: for planning a PV system
• PV project with self-consumption: for planning a PV system with self-consumption
• PV hybrid project: for planning a PV system with electric generators
Depending on the selected project type, Sunny Design provides the following functions:
Function PV project PV project with
self-consumption
Determine and optimize self-consumption ✓
Determine the potential fuel savings and CO
savings
Use predefined load profiles, import own
consumption data, import consumption data
from Sunny Portal, create own load profiles
Configure the gensets ✓
Wire sizing ✓ ✓ ✓
Plan PV system monitoring ✓ ✓ ✓
Analyze efficiency ✓ ✓ ✓
Enter prices for PV modules and inverters ✓ ✓ ✓
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✓✓
PV hybrid project
✓
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Function PV project PV project with
self-consumption
Create personal locations using
meteorological data from the Sunny Design
database or imported meteorological data
Create project templates with default values ✓ ✓ ✓
Print project documentation or save as PDF file ✓ ✓ ✓
✓✓ ✓
2.3 System Requirements
Sunny Design Web
System requirements:
☐ A computer with Internet access must be available.
☐ A supported web browser must be installed on the computer.
☐ JavaScript must be activated in the web browser.
Supported web browsers:
The following web browsers are supported without restrictions:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer from version 9
• Mozilla Firefox from version 17
• Google Chrome from version 24
PV hybrid project
• Opera from version 12
• Apple Safari from version 6
Sunny Design Desktop Version
System requirements:
☐ A computer must be available.
☐ A supported web browser must be installed on the computer.
☐ JavaScript must be activated in the web browser.
☐ The computer must have at least 400 MB of free memory.
☐ The computer's main memory must be at least 2 GB.
Supported operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows XP from Service Pack 3
• Microsoft Windows 7
• Microsoft Windows 8
Supported web browsers:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer from version 8
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3 Installation
3.1 Installing Sunny Design Desktop Version
In order to use Sunny Design Web, it is not necessary to install the Sunny Design desktop version.
Requirement:
☐ System requirements for the Sunny Design desktop version must be met (see Section 2.3).
Procedure:
„".NET Framework 4.0" is installed automatically if required
If .NET Framework 4.0 has not been installed on your computer, the Sunny Design installation file automatically
installs it.
1. Download the Sunny Design desktop version to the computer from the download area at www.SMA-Solar.com.
2. Run the file SDesign-x.xx.x.x_Internet-exe.
☑The Sunny Design Setup dialog box opens.
3. Confirm the security prompt if it appears.
4. Select the desired language.
5. Select [OK].
☑ The installation wizard opens.
6. Follow the instructions of the installation wizard.
3.2 Registering for Sunny Design
You must complete an initial one-time registration in order to use the Sunny Design desktop version and the full range of
functions of Sunny Design Web. Upon registration, you are given an account which you can use for Sunny Design Web,
the Sunny Design desktop version and Sunny Portal. If you are already registered for the Sunny Portal, you can use this
account to log in to Sunny Design Web. You do not need to register again.
Procedure:
1. If you are using Sunny Design Web:
• Start the web browser and call up www.SunnyDesignWeb.com.
☑ The Sunny Design Web homepage opens.
•In the Login area, select the button [Register for Sunny Design Web].
2. If you are using the Sunny Design desktop version:
• Select on the desktop by double-clicking or select Sunny Design from the list of installed programs.
☑ Sunny Design starts.
•In the Login area, select the button [Register for Sunny Design Web].
3. Fill in the details on the user registration form.
4. Select [Register user].
☑ You receive a confirmation of registration by e-mail.
5. Open the e-mail and select the activation link.
☑ You are registered and your account is activated. You can log in to Sunny Design Web and to Sunny Design
desktop version in the Login area using your account's e-mail address and password.
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4 User Interface
4.1 Personal Homepage After Login
Figure1: Personal homepage in Sunny Design Web after login (example)
Position Designation Explanation
A Header In the header, the following functions are available:
• Language selection
• For the Sunny Design desktop version: synchronization with
Sunny Design Web
• My Sunny Design menu:
– Making settings for location specification, notification dialogs, units of
measurement, temperature units
– Making settings for calculation of design suggestions, for display of
result values, for the letterhead on project documentation, for efficiency
analysis and for tariff information
– Creating own PV modules and favorites
– Creating own locations
– Creating own load profiles
– Creating own price lists for inverters
•Menu "First name, last name":
– Changing the password
– Logout (for the Sunny Design desktop version, you do not have to use
the Logout button to log out. You can simply close the application
window to exit Sunny Design.)
B Navigation area This area contains a list of the projects you have already planned.
C Work area In this area you have access to your projects, templates and settings. In the
project overview, you can, for example, delete, rename, export, and duplicate
projects and save them as templates.
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4.2 Project Pages
The project pages are displayed after you have selected a project on the start page. You plan your project on the project
pages.
Figure2: Enter project data project page (example)
Position Designation Explanation
A Header Explanation see table in Section 4.1
B Main menu Using this menu, you can call up the project planning pages that are displayed
in the work area. The main menu maps the steps for planning a PV system or a
PV hybrid system (see Section5.1 "Project Types", page13).
C Navigation area On small screens, the entire navigation area is automatically hidden and the
button is displayed. Using this button, you can then hide or display the
entire navigation area.
Navigation
On the Navigation tab, hyperlinks are available for the settings on the page
that is currently displayed.
Help
On the Help tab, you can call up help on the project page currently displayed.
Project tree
Explanation, see Section 4.3.
D Work area In this area, the content of the page currently selected in the main menu is
displayed. Here you make settings and thus plan your project.
Next steps
At the end of each page in the work area, the next possible steps are displayed
in the Next steps area. The buttons in this area can only be selected if you have
made the necessary settings on the page.
E - Button to hide and display the header and the main menu
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4.3 Project Tree
The project tree displays important project information, provides quick access to functions and enables navigation
between the individual elements of the project.
Figure3: Project tree (example)
Position Designation Explanation
A Navigation area On the project page Configure PV System, the planned PV system is
displayed in the navigation area in the form of a project tree.
Project Tree Symbols
Symbol Designation Explanation
Project A project is always present as the top element in a project tree.
Subproject Subprojects are elements of a project. There is always at least one
subproject present in a project.
PV array PV arrays are elements of subprojects.
*
* Example symbol; the relevant inverter is shown in each case.
Inverter Inverters are elements of subprojects. An inverter is assigned to one or
more PV arrays , depending on whether it is a string inverter or a multi-string
inverter.
Status Symbols of the Elements in the Project Tree
Symbol Explanation
Element in progress
Element completed
Observe information on element
Error during element configuration - check element configuration.
Warning - check element configuration.
Functions in the Project Tree
If you select an element in the project tree, a menu is displayed where you can rename, delete or duplicate the element,
for example. You can also remove elements from a subproject or copy them to a different subproject.
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