Photovoltaic system power output control with retained reserve power output
AssigneeThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York
InventorQilong MIN
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Abstract
A photovoltaic power station includes, for example, a plurality of solar panels at a first location, the plurality of solar panels operable to provide a maximum power output, a controller operable to supply, from the plurality of solar panels, a predetermined power output less than the maximum power output to an electrical grid, and wherein the photovoltaic power station is operable to maintain, from the plurality of solar panels, a reserve power output to provide the reserve power output to the electrical grid, the reserve power output being the difference between the maximum power output and the predetermined power output.
Claims28
A photovoltaic power station comprising:
- a plurality of solar panels at a first location, said plurality of solar panels operable to provide a maximum power output;
- a controller operable to supply, from said plurality of solar panels, a predetermined power output less than the maximum power output to an electrical grid;
- and
- wherein said photovoltaic power station is operable to maintain, from the plurality of solar panels, a reserve power output to provide the reserve power output to the electrical grid, the reserve power output being the difference between the maximum power output and the predetermined power output.
A method comprising:
- determining, by a processor at a first location, a future estimation of maximum power output from a plurality of solar panels;
- and
- forwarding, by a processor at a first location, the future estimation of maximum power output from the plurality of solar panels to an electrical utility at a second location remote from the first location.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor at a second location, a future estimation of maximum power output from a photovoltaic power station disposed at a first location remote from the second location;
- and
- forwarding, by the processor from the second location, a first request to the photovoltaic power station at the first location a predetermined future supply of power output to an electrical grid less than the future estimation of maximum power output so as to maintain an estimated future reserve power output from the photovoltaic power station.
A system comprising:
- a sensor for use in measuring spectral radiation;
- an imager for use in imaging the sky;
- a shadowband movably positionable over said sensor and said spaced apart imager;
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- a computing unit operably connected to said sensor, said imager, and said shadowband.
A system comprising:
- a radiometer for measuring spectral radiation of the sky;
- a sky imager for imaging the sky;
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- a shadowband movably positionable over said radiometer and said sky imager.
A method comprising:
- obtaining a spectral radiation measurement of the sky;
- obtaining an image of the sky based on the obtained spectral radiation measurement;
- and
- calibrating an imager based on the obtained spectral radiation measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.