Tracker health
OwnerJacob Mark Morin, David Kresse +1inventors
InventorsJacob Mark Morin, David Kresse, Ricardo Delgado-Nanez
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Abstract
A method for assessing health of a solar tracker includes receiving data associated with a parameter of a plurality of solar trackers of a solar array, determining a health status tier from data received for one or more of the plurality of solar trackers, assigning the determined health status tier to the one or more of the plurality of solar trackers, and instructing solar trackers of the plurality of solar trackers assigned to a first health status tier to transition to a predetermined position.
Claims20
A method for assessing health of a solar tracker, comprising:
- receiving data associated with a parameter of a plurality of solar trackers of a solar array;
- determining a health status tier from data received for one or more of the plurality of solar trackers;
- assigning the determined health status tier to the one or more of the plurality of solar trackers;
- and
- instructing solar trackers of the plurality of solar trackers assigned to a first health status tier to transition to a predetermined position.
A system for assessing a health status of a solar tracker, comprising:
- a plurality of controllers, each controller operably coupled to a respective solar tracker of a plurality of solar trackers;
- and
- a plurality of network control units, each network control unit operably coupled to one or more controllers of the plurality of controllers,
- wherein each controller of the plurality of controllers includes a processor and a memory storing instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to:
- receive data associated with a parameter of a corresponding controller of the plurality of controllers;
- determine a health status tier for each controller of the plurality of controllers from the received data;
- receive instructions from a corresponding network control unit to transition solar trackers of the plurality of solar trackers associated with a controller determined to be within a first health status tier to a predetermined position;
- and
- determine if the corresponding solar tracker is affected by the received instructions.
A system for assessing a health status of a solar tracker, comprising:
- a plurality of controllers, each controller operably coupled to a respective solar tracker of a plurality of solar trackers;
- a network control unit operably coupled to the plurality of controllers;
- and
- a remote host operably coupled to the network control unit, the remote host including a processor and a memory storing instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to:
- receive data associated with a parameter of each of the plurality of controllers;
- determine a health status tier for each of the plurality of controllers from the received data;
- and
- transmit an assigned health status tier to each respective controller of the plurality of controllers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.