Invention Publication
- Patent Title: SOLAR ARRAY WITH REFERENCE SOLAR POWER PLANT FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT
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Application No.: US18415294Application Date: 2024-01-17
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Publication No.: US20240154568A1Publication Date: 2024-05-09
- Inventor: Madyan MICHOTTE DE WELLE , Jérôme ARLIAUD
- Applicant: Nextracker LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: Nextracker LLC
- Current Assignee: Nextracker LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Priority: FR 50014 2016.01.04
- Main IPC: H02S20/32
- IPC: H02S20/32 ; F24S30/425 ; G05D3/10

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.
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
- US12166452B2 Solar array with reference solar power plant for improved management Public/Granted day:2024-12-10
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