The project is to create a web-based photovoltaic system calculation tool that provides better planning options for photovoltaic systems. The tool will use current weather data and local conditions to estimate the usability and effectiveness of photovoltaic systems from a particular manufacturer and product. The final product will include both a term paper and a working web-based prototype.
- Content: Around 6 pages excluding cover, appendix, and bibliography.
- Form: Balanced ratio of text and pictures (relevant screenshots should be referred to in the text).
- Technologies: Provide an overview of all used technologies (DBMS, programming languages, frameworks, APIs) and justify their use.
- Project Description: The term paper should describe the entire project, including functionalities, without requiring execution.
- References: Cite all used sources, libraries, and technologies.
- API Documentation: The appendix should include a complete web service API documentation with endpoints, parameters, return values, and status codes.
- Data Storage: All data must be stored in a database, except for configuration data and temporary storage that is cleaned up after use.
- Frontend-Backend Communication: The frontend should never communicate directly with the database.
- Data Processing: The backend handles all data processing and communication with the database.
- Weather Data: Fetch live weather data from external APIs. Scrape weather data periodically via a cron job.
- Email Reports: Backend should handle the sending of emails with system reports.
- Provide a web service API to communicate between the frontend, backend, and database.
- Catch API access failures and return appropriate error messages and HTTP status codes.
- Web Application: Accessible via common web browsers (e.g., Firefox, Safari, Chromium-based browsers).
- Responsive Design: The application must support various devices, screen sizes, and orientations.
- Usability: Intuitive design with minimal user interaction required to perform tasks.
- User Account: Users can create, update, and delete accounts. Each user has a profile page.
- Projects: Users can create, update, and delete photovoltaic system projects.
- Products: Users can choose from predefined photovoltaic system products and specify multiple products for each project.
- Visualization: Display locations of photovoltaic systems on a map and generate reports showing electricity production based on weather data.
- Report Generation: Automatically generate a report after 30 days or trigger it manually. The report is based on 6 parameters: Power peak, orientation, inclination, area, longitude, latitude.
- Read-Only Projects: After report generation, projects become read-only.
- Chart/Diagram: Visualize electricity output with charts/diagrams.
- Sync Weather Data: Provide an option for users to manually sync weather data in addition to the automatic cron job.
- Company Accounts: Companies can create, update, and delete their accounts and photovoltaic products.
- User Types: Implement two types of users: free (limited to 1 project) and unlimited users.
- Authentication Layer: Implement API authentication (e.g., JWT, OAuth).
- Report Customization: Allow users to choose the report date range (up to 1 year) with a default of 30 days.
- Password Encryption: Encrypt user passwords.
- Soft Delete: Implement soft deletion for user accounts.
- PV/Watts Calculation: Add more parameters (e.g., clouds and system loss) to the electricity calculation.
- Location Input: Convert user-provided locations into latitude and longitude for the photovoltaic system.
- Presentation: 15-minute presentation with a live demonstration of the project features.
- Examination: Questions on the project, term paper, and course content.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.