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US 12,191,804 B2Granted
Inline dc feeder DC/DC voltage step-up harness
AssigneeAderis Energy, LLC
InventorsOlee Joel Olsen, Jr., Adam Will Foodman, Bradley Allan Micallef
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Abstract
An inline DC feeder DC/DC voltage step-up harness for photovoltaic solar facilities includes a housing, a plurality of PV input connectors, at least one PV output connector. The housing incorporates a DC/DC converter, and has an input and an output. The plurality of PV input connectors are operatively connected to the housing at the input. The PV output connector is operatively connected to the housing at the output.
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An arrangement in a photovoltaic solar facility, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of inline DC feeder DC/DC voltage step-up harnesses each comprising a weatherproof housing containing a plurality of DC/DC converters each having a two-pole input and a two-pole output,
- (i) wherein, in the housing for each respective inline DC feeder DC/DC voltage step-up harness, the outputs of the plurality of DC/DC converters are connected together in parallel, and are terminated with a respective pair of connectors located on an outside of the housing and provided as an exterior two-pole output from the housing, and
- (ii) wherein, for each inline DC feeder DC/DC voltage step-up harness, the two-pole input of each respective DC/DC converter is terminated with a respective pair of connectors located on an outside of the respective housing and provided as a two-pole input exterior to the housing for the respective converter;
- (b) a plurality of PV inputs;
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- (c) a combiner box that feeds into a central inverter;
- (d) wherein each said exterior two-pole input of each said harness is connected via its connectors to a respective one of the plurality of PV inputs;
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- (e) wherein the exterior two-pole output of the housing of each respective harness is connected via its connectors to the combiner box.
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An arrangement in a photovoltaic solar facility, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of inline DC feeder DC/DC voltage step-up harnesses each comprising a weatherproof housing containing a plurality of DC/DC converters each having a two-pole input and a two-pole output,
- (i) wherein, in the housing for each respective inline DC feeder DC/DC voltage step-up harness, the outputs of the plurality of DC/DC converters are connected together in parallel, and are terminated with a respective pair of connectors located on an outside of the housing and provided as an exterior two-pole output from the housing, and
- (ii) wherein, for each inline DC feeder DC/DC voltage step-up harness, the two-pole input of each respective DC/DC converter is terminated with a respective pair of connectors located on an outside of the respective housing and provided as a two-pole input exterior to the housing for the respective converter;
- (b) a plurality of PV inputs;
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- (c) a string inverter;
- (d) wherein each said exterior two-pole input of each said harness is connected via its connectors to a respective one of the plurality of PV inputs;
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- (e) wherein the exterior two-pole output of the housing of each respective harness is connected via its connectors to the string inverter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.