Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Diodeless terrestrial photovoltaic solar power array
- Patent Title (中): 无极地面光伏太阳能发电阵列
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Application No.: US13589000Application Date: 2012-08-17
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Publication No.: US08541726B2Publication Date: 2013-09-24
- Inventor: Charles H. Hightower , Jeff E. Frericks , Authi Ariamuthu Narayanan
- Applicant: Charles H. Hightower , Jeff E. Frericks , Authi Ariamuthu Narayanan
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Vista IP Law Group LLP
- Agent Cynthia A. Dixon
- Main IPC: G01C21/02
- IPC: G01C21/02 ; H01L31/042

Abstract:
A method and device are disclosed for diodeless terrestrial photovoltaic solar power arrays. In one or more embodiments, the method and device involve a solar power array device without blocking diodes and/or without bypass diodes. The method comprises providing a solar module, a solar array tracker, a power bus, a controller, and an inverter. In one or more embodiments, the method further comprises providing a circuit breaker and/or a bi-position switch. When the controller senses that the solar module power is below a threshold level, the controller commands the solar tracker to vary the solar module's pointing until the solar module is operating at its maximum power point for the solar module's level of illumination. In some embodiments, when the controller senses that the solar module power is less than a minimum bypass threshold level, the controller commands a bi-position switch to bypass current around the solar module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130140911A1 DIODELESS TERRESTRIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR POWER ARRAY Public/Granted day:2013-06-06
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