Smart sensor devices for measuring and verifying solar array performance

    公开(公告)号:US09991844B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-05

    申请号:US15030964

    申请日:2014-11-14

    申请人: PowerOwners, LLC.

    摘要: A device comprises a platform constructed and arranged to be mounted to one or more solar array modules and one or more solar irradiance sensors on the platform configured to receive incident solar energy, the solar irradiance sensors oriented on the platform so that the received incident solar energy is comparable to that received by the solar array modules, the one or more solar irradiance sensors providing solar irradiance signals in response to the incident solar energy. A processor is on the platform, the processor configured to receive the solar irradiance signals and, in response, generating a performance reference metric based on the solar irradiance signals, the performance reference metric related to the expected performance of the one or more solar array modules to which the platform is mounted. A transmitter is on the platform, the transmitter configured to periodically transmit the performance reference metric to a receiver.

    Stone wall construction method
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09975272B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-22

    申请号:US13408529

    申请日:2012-02-29

    申请人: Troy D. Guinther

    发明人: Troy D. Guinther

    IPC分类号: B28B19/00

    摘要: Provided is a system and method for building retaining and freestanding stone walls, wherein wall panels are made, then transported to an installation location, and installed on site quickly and efficiently. The wall panels are made in wall frames that use joint forms to provided wall panels having sides that reliably and securely mater together. The joint forms include “zig-zag” like connections and a structural interlocking key, engineered to prevent vertical and lateral deformation of the assembled wall. Drainage and strengthening materials are built into the wall panels while in the wall frames. A lifting apparatus is also provided that engages a wall panel through openings formed in a rear side, and stably lifts and flips the wall panel from a facedown orientation to an upright orientation.