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11.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10728083B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-28
申请号：US15598596
申请日：2017-05-18
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Michael Herzig , Matthew Williams , Shawn Kerrigan
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for identifying PV system and solar irradiance sensor orientation and tilt based on energy production, energy received, simulated energy production, estimated energy received, production skew, and energy received skew. The present invention relates to systems and methods for detecting orientation and tilt of a PV system based on energy production and simulated energy production; for detecting the orientation and tilt of a solar irradiance sensor based on solar irradiance observation and simulated solar irradiance observation; for detecting orientation of a PV system based on energy production and energy production skew; and for detecting orientation of a solar irradiance sensor based on solar irradiance observation and solar irradiance observation skew.
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12.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20180196092A1
公开(公告)日：2018-07-12
申请号：US15910194
申请日：2018-03-02
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Charles McBrearty , Shawn Kerrigan , Michael Herzig
CPC classification number: G01R19/2513 , G06F17/18 , G06Q10/04 , G06Q50/06 , H02J3/383 , H02S40/32 , H02S50/00 , H02S50/10 , H02S99/00 , Y02E10/563
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems to estimate energy losses due to partial equipment failure in photovoltaic (PV) systems based on measured power and energy data, weather data, PV system configuration information, and modeled power and energy generation data.
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13.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20180054161A1
公开(公告)日：2018-02-22
申请号：US15783090
申请日：2017-10-13
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Anil Ramachandran , Shawn Kerrigan , Michael Herzig
CPC classification number: H02S40/38 , G01R22/10 , G06Q10/063 , G06Q10/0639 , G06Q30/0283 , G06Q30/0284 , G06Q50/06 , H02J7/35 , H02J13/0086 , H02S40/32 , Y02E40/72 , Y04S10/123 , Y04S50/14
Abstract: A system and method in which production measurement for renewable energy is obtained in a storage-independent manner. Energy storage is separated out from the renewable generation to provide individual performance analytics in DC-coupled and AC-coupled renewable energy systems with critical and auxiliary loads. A monitoring unit uses device communication and metering to enable revenue-grade production measurement for renewable source and energy storage periodically at specified time intervals. The production measurement for the renewable source is obtained in a form that would be comparable to renewable installations without storage. Additionally, multiple energy flows may be used by the monitoring unit to arrive at a storage efficiency value that can be attributed to the storage unit and how the storage unit is operated in the renewable energy system. The storage efficiency quantifies efficiency losses arising from the use of a storage unit to estimate the actual impact of storage on energy production.
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公开(公告)号：US20170215295A1
公开(公告)日：2017-07-27
申请号：US15401248
申请日：2017-01-09
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Michael Herzig , Anil Ramachandran , Gabriel Abbott
CPC classification number: H01L31/02021 , H02S50/00 , Y02E10/50 , Y02P80/25
Abstract: An electrical unit with modular hardware structure in which more complex and unsafe portions of the device are restricted for access by a qualified electrician only, whereas safe areas are made accessible to a non-electrician user, such as a homeowner or a low expertise technician, to help diagnose issues and/or upgrade the functionality of the device without requiring the presence of a high expertise technician/electrician. The unit may include the ability to add new communication interfaces in a modular manner, preferably by a non-electrician user. Protection domains are created by designing the electrical unit to include an easier level of physical access, open to the homeowner or a low expertise technician. This area would support the modular upgrade interfaces for communication and/or diagnostic interfaces for troubleshooting. A restricted area of access may be used to shield the high voltage wiring as well as wired industrial communication interfaces from the homeowner.
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公开(公告)号：US20160026740A1
公开(公告)日：2016-01-28
申请号：US14791312
申请日：2015-07-03
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Michael Herzig , Matthew Williams , Shawn Kerrigan
IPC: G06F17/50
CPC classification number: G01W1/10 , F24S2201/00 , G01W1/12 , G06F17/5009 , H02J3/383 , H02J13/0062 , H02J2003/003 , Y02E10/563 , Y02E60/7838 , Y04S10/54 , Y04S40/124
Abstract: Solar irradiance, the energy from the Sun's electromagnetic radiation, has a wide range of applications from meteorology to agronomy to solar power. Solar irradiance is primarily determined by a location's spatial relationship with the Sun and the atmospheric conditions that impact the transmission of the radiation. The spatial relationship between the Sun and a location on Earth is determined by established astronomical formulas. The impact of atmospheric conditions may be estimated via proxy using pixels from satellite imagery. While satellite-based irradiance estimation has proven effective, availability of the input data can be limited and the resolution is often incapable of capturing local weather phenomena. Brief qualitative descriptions of general atmospheric conditions are widely available from internet weather services at higher granularity than satellite imagery. This methodology provides logic for quantifying the impact of qualitative weather observations upon solar irradiance, and the integration of this methodology into solar irradiance estimation models.
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公开(公告)号：US10956629B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-23
申请号：US15910147
申请日：2018-03-02
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Charles McBrearty , Shawn Kerrigan , Michael Herzig
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems to estimate energy losses due to soiling in photovoltaic (PV) systems from data including the measured energy and power produced over the lifetime of the system, the system size and configuration data, the weather conditions (including irradiance, precipitation, ambient and panel temperature, and wind conditions) over the lifetime of the system, and derived meteorological condition information (e.g., the history of clear-sky conditions at the location of the site).
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公开(公告)号：US10564315B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-18
申请号：US13623232
申请日：2012-09-20
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Shawn Kerrigan , Michael Herzig , Matthew Williams
Abstract: A computer processor implemented method of identifying the location of a renewable energy system; providing a set of renewable energy systems having at least two location-known renewable energy systems each having a longitude and latitude pair and production data; providing at least one location-unknown renewable energy system in a computer processor; correlating by a computer processor each location-unknown renewable energy system to at least one location-known renewable energy system according to location-known renewable energy systems longitude and latitude pair and production data; providing a best-fit location for each location-unknown renewable energy system by triangulating the location-unknown renewable energy system to provide a triangulated latitude and longitude; setting the triangulated latitude and longitude for the location-unknown renewable energy system to become a location-known renewable energy system that is part of the set of renewable energy systems.
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18.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10520531B2
公开(公告)日：2019-12-31
申请号：US15374331
申请日：2016-12-09
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Anil Ramachandran , Shawn Kerrigan , Michael Herzig
Abstract: A system and method in which production measurement for renewable energy is obtained in a storage-independent manner. Energy storage is separated out from the renewable generation to provide individual performance analytics. A monitoring unit uses device communication and metering to enable revenue-grade production measurement for renewable source and energy storage periodically at specified time intervals. The production measurement for the renewable source is obtained in a form that would be comparable to renewable installations without storage, for accurate billing, maintenance, and performance analytics. Additionally, multiple energy flows may be used by the monitoring unit to arrive at a storage efficiency value that can be attributed to the storage unit and how the storage unit is operated in the renewable energy system. The storage efficiency quantifies efficiency losses arising from the use of a storage unit to estimate the actual impact of storage and the charge controller algorithm on energy production.
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公开(公告)号：US10482197B2
公开(公告)日：2019-11-19
申请号：US15196519
申请日：2016-06-29
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Charles McBrearty , Shawn Kerrigan , Michael Herzig
Abstract: A computer implemented method of estimating solar irradiance, the method comprising: constructing a reference irradiance set of tuples; constructing a reference predictor set of tuples, merging the reference irradiance set of tuples and the reference predictor set of tuples by matching numerical identifiers for a location for which a global horizontal irradiance exists in the reference irradiance set of tuples and the timestamp with the numerical identifier for a particular location in the reference predictor set of tuples and the timestamp to provide a reference data set of tuples; and estimating the global horizontal irradiance for a specific location and a timestamp by minimizing the least squares error between the reference predictor set of tuples and the reference irradiance set of tuples to provide a set of estimated global horizontal irradiance values for a specific location and timestamp.
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公开(公告)号：US10381494B2
公开(公告)日：2019-08-13
申请号：US15401248
申请日：2017-01-09
Applicant: Locus Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Michael Herzig , Anil Ramachandran , Gabriel Abbott
Abstract: An electrical unit with modular hardware structure in which more complex and unsafe portions of the device are restricted for access by a qualified electrician only, whereas safe areas are made accessible to a non-electrician user, such as a homeowner or a low expertise technician, to help diagnose issues and/or upgrade the functionality of the device without requiring the presence of a high expertise technician/electrician. The unit may include the ability to add new communication interfaces in a modular manner, preferably by a non-electrician user. Protection domains are created by designing the electrical unit to include an easier level of physical access, open to the homeowner or a low expertise technician. This area would support the modular upgrade interfaces for communication and/or diagnostic interfaces for troubleshooting. A restricted area of access may be used to shield the high voltage wiring as well as wired industrial communication interfaces from the homeowner.
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