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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.12 cm} x{4.88 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Project Related Terms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{PCC}} & Point of Common Coupling - the point in a power system where the electric utility and the customer interface occurs. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Feasibility Study}} & An assessment of a proposed plan or method. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{FEED}} & Frond End Engg Design - basic engineering after completing the feasibility study. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{IFR}} & Issued for Review \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{IFC}} & Issued for Construction \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{IFI}} & Issued for Information \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{IFT}} & Issued for Tender \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{\{\{nobreak\}\}Procurement}} & The activity of obtaining goods and services for a project. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{QA/QC}} & Quality Assurance and Quality Control - to measure and assure the quality of a product. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 4) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{EMS}} & Energy Management Services \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{AIS}} & ATCO Infrastructure Services \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{AES}} & ATCO Energy Services \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{On-grid}} & A system that is connected to a utility grid. Ensures you have enough electricity even if your system does not produce enough electricity. \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.12 cm} x{4.88 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Project Related Terms (cont)}} \tn % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Off-Grid}} & A system that is not connected to the utility grid. this means that the system is completely reliant on the sun and the energy that is stored in batteries. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{TSO}} & Transmission System Operators - carries electricity from power plants to different distribution networks or to consumer. Long distances. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 6) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{DSO}} & Distribution System Operators - distributes energy to final consumers. Smaller distances. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 4) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{RFI}} & Request for Information \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Other Terms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{MPPT}} & Maximum Power Point Tracking - an algorithm that is used by charge controller to maximize the available power from the PV module. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{DC/AC Ratio}} & The ratio between the PV to inverter power. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Clipping Loss}} & When the DC/AC ratio is too high, the PV array will produce more power than the inverter can handle, resulting ins loss of power or clipping. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{AC Coupled System}} & DC energy is converted into AC energy. This energy is then converted into Dc energy to be stored in a battery and converted into AC again to be used. (3 Conversions). \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 7) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{DC Coupled System}} & DC energy is stored directly into the batter where it is converted into AC only when it needs to be used. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Irradiance}} & The flux of radiant energy per unit area. \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{120/208VAC}} & Means the power distribution is 3 phase with neutral connection. 120V represents voltage phase to neutral, 208V represents voltage between two phases. \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Other Terms (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{120/240V}} & Common voltage in a typical home. They have 2 hot wires and a neutral. 120V from hot wire to neutral, 240V from hot wire to hot wire. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Peak Load Shaving}} & A strategy for avoiding peak demand charges. This is done by reducing consumption or using batteries. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Voc}} & Short Circuit Current - the maximum voltage that a solar panel can produce with no load on it. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Isc}} & Short Circuit Current - measured when the string is disconnected from the inverter. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Helioscope}} & Used to design and simulate designs with solar panels. \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Soiling Loss}} & When dust and grime accumulates on solar panels, lowering the sunlight that reaches the solar panels. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 4) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Townsend Model}} & A calculator that predicts monthly snow soiling losses based on snow conditions such as snowfall amount, snow events, air temperature and insolation. Less sensitive to regions with lower snowfall. \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 8) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Other Terms (cont)}} \tn % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Marrion Model}} & Uses hourly air temperature and plane-of-array irradiance values to predict when and how far snow slides off and array to calculate the system's fractional energy output. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Andrews Model}} & A purely empirical model tuned using data collected from similar sites. Can use data from fielded systems with this model to predict snow losses for new sites. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}