Generating the layout

⚙ Generate Layout, on the Plant Layout tab, builds a scaled plant layout from the shared input form: it auto-places containers, PCS, LV panels, transformers and MV panels to scale, wired together with power buses.

What it counts

The equipment counts come from the form's fields:

Containers    = ceil(BESS Plant Capacity / BESS Container Capacity)
PCS           = 1 per container
LV Panels     = ceil(PCS per group / PCS per LV Panel)
Transformers  = ceil(total PCS / (LV Panels per Transformer × PCS per LV Panel)), one per group
MV Panels     = the MV Panels field, fed by all transformers

Containers round up to cover the requested BESS Plant Capacity. Every container gets one PCS. PCS units are then grouped so each group's LV panels and transformer can be sized — the LV panel count and the transformer count both round up to the next whole panel or transformer needed to carry that group's PCS. MV Panels is not computed; it is fed directly from the field, and all transformers feed into it.

How it's arranged

Equipment is placed as a stack running south to north: containers at the south end, then PCS, then LV panels, then the transformer, with a row of MV panels at the north end. A container's footprint is looked up in a standard container-size table for 20, 40 and 45 ft, or scaled from the 20 ft ratio for any other length.

Connections are drawn as right-angled power buses rather than diagonal lines — a stub down from the parent, a horizontal bus, then a drop to each child. The result loads onto the Plant Layout canvas as scaled rectangles per piece of equipment, joined by these connection lines.

Reading the equipment count label

After generating, a count label reports what was built: the Containers, PCS, LV Panels, Transformers and MV Panels counts, with the transformer count followed by its typical MVA rating and how many transformers are on the LV side.

That per-transformer MVA figure is (LV Panels per Transformer × PCS per LV Panel) × PCS Capacity — the rating each transformer carries when PCS divide evenly across transformers. If the total PCS count doesn't divide evenly, one group's transformer ends up carrying fewer PCS than the others; the label drawn against that transformer on the canvas shows its true, lower MVA figure, while the summary label still shows the full-group maximum.