Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid power plant optimization for inclement weather
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Application No.: US17417090Application Date: 2019-12-17
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Publication No.: US12155340B2Publication Date: 2024-11-26
- Inventor: Karthikeya Balladi Raghuchandra , Loránd Demsa
- Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N
- Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
- Current Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Priority: DKPA201870851 20181221
- International Application: PCT/DK2019/050401 WO 20191217
- International Announcement: WO2020/125898 WO 20200625
- Main IPC: H02S20/32
- IPC: H02S20/32 ; H02S10/12 ; F03D1/00

Abstract:
Embodiments herein describe optimizations for hybrid power plants that include wind turbine generators and photovoltaic generators by determining solar tracking setpoints for a field of photovoltaic generators co-located with a wind turbine generator, wherein the solar tracking setpoints orient a collector face for each photovoltaic generator sunward; in response to determining based on data received from the wind turbine generator that an airborne impactor event is occurring, adjusting the solar tracking setpoints to reposition the collector face out of a trajectory for airborne impactors; and transmitting the setpoints to tracking motors for the photovoltaic generators of the field.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220077813A1 HYBRID POWER PLANT OPTIMIZATION FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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