Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solar array with reference solar power plant for improved management
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Application No.: US17147233Application Date: 2021-01-12
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Publication No.: US11296647B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Madyan Michotte De Welle , Jérôme Arliaud
- Applicant: NEXTracker Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: NEXTracker Inc.
- Current Assignee: NEXTracker Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Agency: Weber Rosselli & Cannon LLP
- Priority: FR16/50014 20160104
- Main IPC: H02S20/32
- IPC: H02S20/32 ; G05D3/10 ; F24S30/425 ; F24S50/20

Abstract:
Solar array (1) comprising solar modules (3) distributed in rows (10), each solar module comprising solar collector (5) carried by a single-axis solar tracker (4), a reference solar power plant (2) comprising a central reference solar module and at least one secondary reference solar module, and a piloting unit (7) adapted for: piloting the angular orientation of the central reference module according to a central reference orientation setpoint corresponding to an initial orientation setpoint, piloting the orientation of each secondary reference module according to a secondary reference orientation setpoint corresponding to the initial orientation setpoint shifted by a predefined offset angle; receiving an energy production value from each reference module; piloting the orientation of the modules, except for the reference modules, by applying the reference orientation setpoint associated to the reference module having the highest production value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210211090A1 SOLAR ARRAY WITH REFERENCE SOLAR POWER PLANT FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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