Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Energy panel arrangement shutdown
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Application No.: US15547117Application Date: 2016-01-28
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Publication No.: US10348094B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Paul Michael White , Sagar Arun Khare , Sarah Jean Ozga
- Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/015309 WO 20160128
- International Announcement: WO2016/123305 WO 20160804
- Main IPC: H02J3/38
- IPC: H02J3/38 ; H02M3/04 ; H02M7/48 ; H04B3/54 ; H01L31/02 ; H02J13/00 ; H02S40/32 ; H02S50/00 ; H02S50/10 ; H01L31/052

Abstract:
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for facilitating a shutdown of output power from an energy panel arrangement to an inverter. A shutdown implementation module is coupled between an energy panel arrangement and an inverter that converts DC power from the energy panel arrangement to AC power for an AC power grid. A communication connection is established, over a power-line communication line, between the shutdown implementation module and a shutdown controller associated with the inverter. Responsive to identifying a loss of the communication connection or receiving a shutdown instruction over the power-line communication line, the shutdown implementation module shuts down output power from the energy panel arrangement to the inverter. The shutdown implementation module may be located within a threshold distance from the energy panel arrangement (e.g., within about 10 feet) so that the output power may be shutoff within a threshold timespan (e.g., within about 10 seconds).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180013292A1 ENERGY PANEL ARRANGEMENT SHUTDOWN Public/Granted day:2018-01-11
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