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US 12,281,919 B2Granted
Monitoring of distributed power harvesting systems using DC power sources
AssigneeSolaredge Technologies Ltd.
InventorsMeir Adest, Lior Handelsman, Yoav Galin, Amir Fishelov, Guy Sella
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Abstract
A system includes a central analysis station and a display. The central analysis station may be configured to receive a unique identifier and performance data from each of a plurality of solar panels. The central analysis station may detect a problem in at least one of the plurality of solar panels based on the performance data. A display may be configured to display a status of the at least one of the plurality of solar panels based on the detected problem.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a central analysis station from a plurality of solar panels via a communication link common to the plurality of solar panels, a plurality of data transmissions at varying time increments, wherein each of the plurality of data transmissions comprises:
- a unique identifier of a corresponding solar panel of the plurality of solar panels, and
- performance data of the corresponding solar panel of the plurality of solar panels;
- detecting, by the central analysis station and based on the performance data, an anomalous performance in one of the plurality of solar panels;
- and
- displaying, on a display and based on the detected anomalous performance, a status of the one of the plurality of solar panels,
- wherein the detecting the anomalous performance comprises:
- generating, by the central analysis station and based on the performance data, curves of power production;
- extrapolating the curves of power production for each solar panel of the plurality of solar panels;
- and
- detecting a power anomaly based on the extrapolated curves.
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A system comprising:
- a central analysis station comprising a computer storing analysis software that, when executed by the computer, causes the central analysis station to:
- receive, from a plurality of solar panels via a communication link common to the plurality of solar panels, a plurality of data transmissions at varying time increments, wherein each of the plurality of data transmissions comprises:
- a unique identifier of a corresponding solar panel of the plurality of solar panels, and
- performance data of the corresponding solar panel of the plurality of solar panels;
- and
- detect, based on the performance data, an anomalous performance in one of the plurality of solar panels;
- and
- a display configured to display, based on the detected anomalous performance, a status of the one of the plurality of solar panels,
- wherein the analysis software, when executed by the computer, causes the central analysis station to detect the anomalous performance by:
- generating, based on the performance data, curves of power production;
- extrapolating the curves of power production for each solar panel of the plurality of solar panels;
- and
- detecting a power anomaly based on the extrapolated curves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.