Module Names and DescriptionsΒΆ

PySAM Module SAM Desktop Description
Battwatts   Simplified battery storage model
Belpe   Electric load calculator for residential buildings
Biomass Biomass combustion Biomass combustion for electricity generation
Cashloan   Financial model for residential and commercial behind-the-meter projects
Equpartflip All Equity Partnership Flip PPA all equity partnership flip (no debt) financial model
Fuelcell    
GenericSystem Generic system Basic power system model using either capacity, capacity factor, and heat rate, or an hourly power generation profile as input
Geothermal Geothermal Geothermal power model for hydrothermal and EGS systems with flash or binary conversion
Hcpv High concentration PV Concentrating photovoltaic system with a high concentration photovoltaic module model and separate inverter model
HostDeveloper Third party ownership - host/developer Third party ownership with PPA financial model from host and developer perspective
IphToLcoefcr LCOH Calculator Calculate levelized cost of heat using fixed charge rate method for industrial process heat models
Lcoefcr LCOE calculator (FCR method) Calculate levelized cost of electricity using fixed charge rate method instead of cash flow
Levpartflip Leveraged Partnership Flip PPA leveraged partnership flip (with debt) financial model
LinearFresnelDsgIph Process heat linear direct steam Linear Fresnel for industrial process heat applications
Pvsamv1 Photovoltaic (detailed) Detailed photovoltaic system model with separate components for module and inverter
Pvwattsv5 Photovoltaic (PVWatts) PVWatts photovoltaic system model with simple inputs
Pvwattsv5Lifetime   PVWatts photovoltaic system model for multi-year lifetime analysis
Saleleaseback PPA sale leaseback (utility) PPA sale leaseback partnership financial model
Singleowner PPA single owner (utility) PPA single owner financial model
Battery   Detailed battery storage model
Swh Solar water heating Solar water heating model for residential and commercial building applications
TcsdirectSteam CSP power tower direct steam CSP direct steam power tower model for power generation
Tcsdish CSP dish Stirling CSP dish-Stirling model with parameters for SES and WGA-ADDS systems for power generation
TcsgenericSolar CSP generic model CSP power system model with solar field characterized using a table of optical efficiency values
Tcsiscc CSP integrated solar combined cycle CSP molten salt power tower system with a natural gas combined cycle power plant
TcslinearFresnel CSP linear Fresnel direct steam Linear Fresnel model with steam heat transfer fluid for industrial process heat applications
TcsmoltenSalt CSP power tower molten salt CSP molten salt power tower for power generation
TcsMSLF CSP linear Fresnel molten salt CSP linear Fresnel with molten salt heat transfer fluid for power generation
TcstroughEmpirical CSP parabolic trough (empirical) CSP parabolic trough model based on empirically-derived coefficients and equations for power generation
TcstroughPhysical CSP parabolic trough (physical) CSP parabolic trough model based on heat transfer and thermodynamic principles for power generation
Thermalrate   Thermal flat rate structure net revenue calculator
Thirdpartyownership Third party ownership - host Third party ownership with PPA or lease agreement financial model from host perspective
TroughPhysicalProcessHeat Process heat parabolic trough Parabolic trough for industrial process heat applications
Utilityrate5   Retail electricity bill calculator
Windpower Wind Wind power system with one or more wind turbines