DHW Heating, PV, EV charging 20.03.2020 08:51 20.03.2020 08:51

For the design of battery storage with the requirement to back up at least the minimum required part of the house installation for the required time, the following table shows a possible method of calculation.

To design the system, we need both the required battery capacity in kWh and the maximum instantaneous power of the system (inverter) to ensure a reliable backup function.

Individual appliances, their power consumption and running time are usually estimated, so it is advisable to take into account a certain margin.

 

Appliance Power consumption during operation Estimated running time in 24 hours Estimated consumption in 24 hours
Fridge 100 W 8 0,8 kWh
Router Wifi, AP internet 15 W 24 0,4 kWh
Gas boiler (in the heating season) 140 W 12 1,7 kWh
Desktop PC 150 W 1 0,2 kWh
Radio 20 W 6 0,1 kWh
TV LED 45 W 2 0,1 kWh
Lighting (summer season) 120 W 3 0,4 kWh
Lighting (winter season) 120 W 7 0,8 kWh
EZS, cameras 50 W 24 1,2 kWh
Control system 50 W 24 1,2 kWh
       
Immediate consumption (summer season) 550 W    
Immediate collection (winter season) 690 W    
Total (summer season)     4,3 kWh
Total (winter season)     6,4 kWh

 

It can be seen from the table that for the summer period, respectively. if we do not consider backing up the heating system, we also do not consider DHW heating and cooling, for the given example the calculation is based on a battery capacity of 4.3 kWh, if we assume discharge to about 20 % of capacity, then a 5 kWh battery would be suitable for this purpose.

Typical inverter power values of around 2000 VA would be suitable for this purpose without any problems.